Since then, Ms McWhirter has set out to organise various fundraisers in her central Queensland community, including Shave for a Cure events and the only MDS walk in Australia. The foundation sent her myriad resources and ideas to raise money and awareness. "I didn't want to feel so alone because it's so isolating when you don't understand what it is you have and you're having to deal with there being no cure," she said. That is when she reached out to the MDS Foundation in the United States to try to connect with other people living with the disease. Ms McWhirter tried to find out all she could about her type of MDS – multilineage dysplasia (MDS-MLD) - but there wasn't a whole lot of information or support available for Australians. Ms McWhirter received the 2021 Global Move for MDS Courage Award from the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation.
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