It is with great sadness that these words are written.
Jo died at home early in the evening of 1 February 2022, with Simon beside her.
What’s up? Well things have progressed and I fear this will be my last post. Since the brain radiation I’ve been really unwell and in the last few weeks increasingly unwell. I keep rallying but it only lasts a few hours and the nausea, diarrhoea and fatigue return. The cancer is everywhere now and we
Hey folks. If you have recently donated (or even donated in the past but not received a thank you), please keep an eye eye on your email, and check your spam or junk email. Emails usually come from fundraiser.net.au with a subject link like “a personal message from Jo to you” . I’ve had to
Well, as you may know things have progressed with my cancer. Now there are more lesions in my lungs, brain and now my liver. This means past treatments, including the Keytruda, have stopped as they are no longer working. I have started to feel a bit unwell with things now, so it’s getting a bit
Dear friends, I have finally finished my thank-you emails. They have taken me over a year to write. I have tried, where possible, to add a personal touch to each one, and it has been very emotional writing them. Apologies that it has taken so long, there have been more than 777! You should be
Well we’d always like an update to be positive, but that is something I can’t do today. I had a scan last Friday, and unfortunately it shows disease progression. There are two new metastases in my brain (fortunately not in very important bits!) and multiple small nodules in my lungs. One nodule in my lung
At age 43, with two children aged 8 and 3, Jo faces a heartbreaking and devastating situation. Right when she should be making early memories with her family, she faces a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. Those memories are soon all her children will have left. #ChallengeAccepted
“It’s my dearest wish that the boys are surrounded by love and support when I’m gone…”
“I want to live long enough for Lachy and Ben to have meaningful memories of me.”
