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I have known Lisa since we were both 13 years old and she has been a close friend the entire time. She was recently diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, which is a very rare and horrible disease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_fibrosis). Normally this disease affects people from the age of 50-75 so she is a very abnormal case, especially since she isn't a smoker. She has been told that she needs to get on stronger medicine in order to fight the disease and its debillitating effects, however, before she begins the new medication she has been told if she ever wants to have a family she needs to freeze her eggs before starting the treatment and her insurance won't cover this. Her lungs are deteriorating and her doctors have told her she can't put off the new treatments any longer. It has been nearly impossible for her to find work because of the poor state of her lung capacity and the side effects of the medication she is currently taking. She has tried to raise the money herself doing odd jobs, selling her car and anything else she can think. So far she has already raised $4,000 by herself and she only needs $2,000 more. I know that the chance to hopefully one day still have a family means the world to her and will help motivate her through the next round of really difficult and painful treatments and would love to give her this additional hope. Also, this disease doesn't have a known cure and she is going to spend the rest of her life fighting it, so anything to help give her hope is a blessing and any money raised over the $2,000 goal will go toward helping her pay for future treatments. Anything you can give to help from $1, to $5 to $100 will be incredibly appreciated and help in ways you can't even imagine. The doctors want her to start the next round of medicine by this Monday and we need to raise this $2,000 as fast as we can.
Lisa also started a FB group page to cheer herself up by asking her friends to send her dragon pictures, jewelry they have made or anything dragon themed or related. She is writing stories about each one to make a book for her niece about finding stregth and beauty in things that are sometimes presented as scary. The link to this page is https://www.facebook.com/groups/700175936747869/
Even if you can't give, please forward this campaign along to your network of contacts and get the word out there or send her a dragon picture to help put smiles on her face and contribute to her stories. Thank you all for taking the time to help.
Gregg
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