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Help Rochelle get her bounce back.

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My sister Rochelle is 33 and struggling with several undiagnosed chronic health conditions and their physical and financial impact. She has been without income for 8 months and does not qualify for financial support from Centrelink and isn't eligible for a healthcare card.

Before this, Shell was bright and bubbly, a dedicated Disability Support worker, loved performing stand up comedy, spending time with friends and family and cooking and gardening.

Since October she has been experiencing chronic pain, suffers from hemiplegic migraine (which mimic strokes), has been diagnosed with Idopathic Intercranial Hypotension (increased pressure in her skull) has had her gallbladder removed after months of Bilary Colic. She has lost alot of her vision in her right eye due to Optic Neuritis which means she cannot work or drive. She has been bedridden since October for 20+ hours a day because she suffers from POTS and is waiting for follow up testing for Multiple Sclerosis. This has been a very stressful, confusing and heartbreaking time for Shell and our family.

Shell has alot of medical expenses which weigh heavily on her partner Rowan and their household income, often leaving Shell feeling like a burden.

Shell is in need of financial assistance to be able to access specialist services including a rheumatologist, neurologist, endochrologist and geneticist. As she lives in Wagga alot of specialist care is in the bigger cities and the cost of accommodation and travel often makes this unfeasible.

If you can, please help me raise some money to help cover some of Shell's medical expenses and medications so she can get some answers and begin to get back to being the funny, kind and generous person she always was.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Justin Bennett
Organizer
Rowan Hunter
Beneficiary

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