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Category: Dying

Neale Daniher: Fighting to fund the cure

Posted 07/12/201522/04/2017 WeDontTalkAboutPosted in 2015, ALS, Archive, Celebrity, Disability, Dying, End-of-life, Medication, MND, Motor Neuron Disease, Stories, Terminal disease

Neale DaniherCanterbury, Victoria Living with MNDNeale Daniher, AFL great now fighting Motor Neurone Disease (MND), is ready to open up further about the disease and disability. MND is a swift and merciless disease, […]

Surviving anorexia, depression and someone else’s suicide

Posted 27/11/201522/04/2017 WeDontTalkAboutPosted in 2015, Anorexia, Anxiety, Archive, Chronic disease, Depression, Dying, Medication, Stories, Suicide

 Ashleigh Hill-BuxtonCollingwood, VictoriaAshleigh is 25 years old. Petite, pretty and obviously a determined perfectionist, she is already an old soul. She overcame anorexia and completed one year of a degree in […]

Living and training with ulcerative colitis

Posted 26/11/201522/04/2017 WeDontTalkAboutPosted in 2015, Archive, Cancer, Chronic disease, Crohn's disease, Dying, Medication, Stories, Ulcerative colitis

Kane PickenElderslie, New South WalesKane is 35 years old. He is a husband, father, son and athlete. At 31, he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Even though he looks healthy, […]

Living with MND on the other side of the world

Posted 19/11/201522/04/2017 WeDontTalkAboutPosted in 2015, ALS, Archive, Depression, Dying, Employment, Medication, MND, Motor Neuron Disease, Neurological disease, Stories, Terminal disease

 Frank LyonsRozelle, New South WalesFrank is almost 63. He was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND, or known outside of Australia as ALS) a year ago. Born in Scotland, he […]

Life after pancreatic cancer

Posted 11/10/201522/04/2017 WeDontTalkAboutPosted in 2015, Archive, Cancer, Chronic disease, Diabetes, Dying, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Terminal disease

 Barbara RiddellKiama, New South WalesBarbara is 63 years old. I know her as a family friend – her daughter and my sister are school friends – but not intimately. She […]

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