This is a beautiful picture i saw in Wikipedia of my homeland Wales. I just had to share this, It looks cold but lovely.
Friday, July 18, 2008
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This is a beautiful picture i saw in Wikipedia of my homeland Wales. I just had to share this, It looks cold but lovely.
My search for funds
I am giving it my all to get funds to help my mother. I have been knocked back by alot of government agencies. I am not asking for alot of money, for the government it is like a drop in the ocean. I don't know how it makes sense to have a drug (flolan) and put it on the PBS then not make the pump available to dose it. The medicine is the only thing standing in the way of my mother having a functional life. It is hard enough being sick without trying to find funds to get better. Pulmonary hypertension doesn't just effect a persons health it also eats away at a persons soul. I don't know how my mother does it. To all the pulmonary hypertension sufferers out there, the unrepresented, the breathless without voice, Stay strong, fight for what you need. The prevalence of Pulmonary hypertension is on the rise mostly the secondary type because of the fen phen phenomenon and also the amount of people sufferer with aids is very high and they tend to get Pulmonary Hypertension in it's secondary form. Regardless of cause the voices will get louder and always historically speaking there is power in numbers, then the governments of the world will have to make pulmonary hypertension medicines available. I hope to find a Pulmonary Hypertension support group within Australia that isn't just interested in having tea with cookies.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Competition Fanatic
Lately I have found myself entering any and everything available. It is driven by my need to get money, money for vital equipment to save a life, the life of my dearest mother. I can't give up on the idea that I may in fact win then I would be able to cash up and run to the hospital. I can't believe health care in Australia has gotten to this point, where she is more likely to be treated if I win the lotto. I can't sit and watch her fade without the medicine she needs being given to her. FLOLAN.. small name but very high price, the pumps alone are almost 10k, then the on-going expense of the consumables is $900 AUD a month. Then there is Glivec- the experimental drug for Pulmonary Hypertension showing great promise, I don't think that there is a more expensive drug available and medicare don't cover experimental drugs no matter how good the reviews. So I'm going to keep entering into competitions with the vague hope that I may win something for her, and keep the hope that the federal health minister or executive director for RPA show some compassion to my mum and at least fund the Flolan pump and consumables.