Every month of treatment costs $5000.

Access to the drug gives Kelly, 44, another month with her husband, Matt, and her two primary school aged girls.

Kelly’s sister Lee Anne moved from Wales to Kiama when the diagnosis came through almost five years ago.

“Work wouldn't let me come out to Australia for Christmas,” Lee Anne said.

“Kelly told me through a text message, she said, ‘I have good news and bad news, the good news is, you’re going to come out to see me for Christmas, the bad news is, I have cancer.’

“She had rib pain for two to three weeks.

“On the day of her diagnosis, it twigged, it’s not just breast cancer we’re dealing with.”

The cancer had spread to her ribs and spine – two of her rib bones were broken, eaten away by the cancer cells.

“Typical Kel hadn’t shared the level of pain she was going through,” Lee Anne said.

“She’s a very special person.

“She’s really kind, full of fun, she has a dry sense of humour which I love and get.

“She’s really ethical, it’s always been about helping others for her, she wants to fix things, that’s why she became a doctor.”

The diagnosis has taken its toll on Kelly’s health, and her husband, Matt.

“Emotionally he’s devastated, Kelly and the girls are his world,” Lee Anne said.

“He’s a fantastic dad, he has done everything he can do.

“He’s directed his energy into work, and he’s always there for his family.”

Kelly and Matt were reluctant to ask for help from the community and finally caved to Lee Anne’s pleas in June.

“Her real fear was, ‘what if nobody cares?’” Lee Anne said.

“I told her, ‘If they can't donate they won't, it’s not that they love you any less.’”

The family are amazed by the community’s generosity to date, raising more than $4000 in less than four days.

“It’s just phenomenal,” Lee Anne said.

The aim is to raise $60,000 in total – buying 30 months of treatment.

She will take, Kisqali, a drug which substantially improves survival rates for metastatic breast cancer by halting progression. 

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