Support Jan in keeping her promise to her son
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I have been encouraged by some friends to set up this page.
It’s hard for me sometimes to admit I need help & I don’t always find it easy to be open about what’s really going on for me. But it’s time now for me to step beyond my fears & reach out.
In 2013, at the age of 53, I was blessed with the birth of my gorgeous baby boy. Truly a miracle. Born premature & with some challenges to overcome, but the most perfect & precious, longed for baby. On the same day I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
What followed was frightening & exhausting & at times I wondered how we were going to make it through. But with wonderful care from an amazing medical team & the unwavering love & support of my steadfast friends, we managed.
Sadly in 2015 I lost my mum to cancer & my dad shortly after due to complications of dementia. My marriage broke down & I found myself a single mum to my beautiful two year old son.
Three years later, having returned to work part time, I was feeling well & looking forward to building a new life. Just a few months ago we moved to the Blue Mountains, I enrolled my son for kindergarten & was looking forward to re establishing my counselling practice. We celebrated Christmas in our new home, feeling happy & blessed.
Then in the first week of January 2019, I received the news that the cancer has mestastasized. It has spread along my spine and pelvis & invaded my liver. I am due to start treatment at the Nepean Cancer Care Centre on the 24th January.
I don’t know how much I will be able to work through this next phase of treatment. With no family here, there is only so much that my friends can continue to do to support me and my son.
Without work I have no source of income. I need help to pay the rent, for food & transport, to pay the bills & the extra costs of treatment that aren't covered through medicare. I need the money to keep moving forward to provide a certain & safe future for myself & my little boy.
The hardest part of this for me, is dealing with the fear that swamps me whenever I think that perhaps I won’t be here for my little boy. I waited so long to have him & he is the absolute light of my life. I love being his “mama” & I want to be here for him for many, many years to come. He needs his mum & five years ago I promised I wouldn’t leave him.
If you feel you have the capacity to donate I will be truly grateful. Any amount no matter how small, will be appreciated more than you will ever know. I believe I will be well again. I have already been blessed by a miracle with the birth of my son. I believe I will be blessed again. I am so grateful for the love & support that has carried me through the past 5 years. I know this is just the next phase in our lives.
To all who read this, thank you. And a huge thank you to my extraordinary friend Tracy, who helped set up this page. Tracy, you truly are an angel in our lives. Orlando & I love you so very much.
Jan

It’s hard for me sometimes to admit I need help & I don’t always find it easy to be open about what’s really going on for me. But it’s time now for me to step beyond my fears & reach out.
In 2013, at the age of 53, I was blessed with the birth of my gorgeous baby boy. Truly a miracle. Born premature & with some challenges to overcome, but the most perfect & precious, longed for baby. On the same day I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
What followed was frightening & exhausting & at times I wondered how we were going to make it through. But with wonderful care from an amazing medical team & the unwavering love & support of my steadfast friends, we managed.
Sadly in 2015 I lost my mum to cancer & my dad shortly after due to complications of dementia. My marriage broke down & I found myself a single mum to my beautiful two year old son.
Three years later, having returned to work part time, I was feeling well & looking forward to building a new life. Just a few months ago we moved to the Blue Mountains, I enrolled my son for kindergarten & was looking forward to re establishing my counselling practice. We celebrated Christmas in our new home, feeling happy & blessed.
Then in the first week of January 2019, I received the news that the cancer has mestastasized. It has spread along my spine and pelvis & invaded my liver. I am due to start treatment at the Nepean Cancer Care Centre on the 24th January.
I don’t know how much I will be able to work through this next phase of treatment. With no family here, there is only so much that my friends can continue to do to support me and my son.
Without work I have no source of income. I need help to pay the rent, for food & transport, to pay the bills & the extra costs of treatment that aren't covered through medicare. I need the money to keep moving forward to provide a certain & safe future for myself & my little boy.
The hardest part of this for me, is dealing with the fear that swamps me whenever I think that perhaps I won’t be here for my little boy. I waited so long to have him & he is the absolute light of my life. I love being his “mama” & I want to be here for him for many, many years to come. He needs his mum & five years ago I promised I wouldn’t leave him.
If you feel you have the capacity to donate I will be truly grateful. Any amount no matter how small, will be appreciated more than you will ever know. I believe I will be well again. I have already been blessed by a miracle with the birth of my son. I believe I will be blessed again. I am so grateful for the love & support that has carried me through the past 5 years. I know this is just the next phase in our lives.
To all who read this, thank you. And a huge thank you to my extraordinary friend Tracy, who helped set up this page. Tracy, you truly are an angel in our lives. Orlando & I love you so very much.
Jan
Organizer and beneficiary
Jan Cullis
Organizer
Katoomba, NSW
Tracy Duff
Beneficiary