{"id":17987,"date":"2020-01-08T18:09:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=296052"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:51","slug":"mom-of-three-fought-breast-cancer-drought-and-australia-bushfires-in-the-same-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/mom-of-three-fought-breast-cancer-drought-and-australia-bushfires-in-the-same-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom Of Three Fought Breast Cancer, Drought, And Australia Bushfires In The Same Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lisa Hardman went through a lot in the span of one year: drought, a breast cancer diagnosis, and then the loss of much of her property due to a raging bushfire.<\/span>\u201cIf I was going to be totally blunt, I\u2019d say it\u2019s been a shit year,\u201d Lisa said<\/a>.<\/span>The mother-of-three and her husband, Paul, live in Ebor, New South Wales, a small village that is located near a gorgeous tiered waterfall called Ebor Falls. Lisa and Paul own a 280-hectare farm there, and have three children: Hannah, Mackenzie, and Cooper. They primarily raise cattle on their property, and it borders the gorge near Ebor Falls.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/McGrath Foundation<\/span>
\n<\/span>However, unrelenting droughts have wreaked havoc on their land over the past few years. The Hardmans were forced to sell most of their cattle in 2019.<\/span>\u201cHaving come here in such a lush environment, with grass knee-high, it\u2019s incredibly devastating not just for us but for other farmers in the region to see the land like this,\u201d Lisa said.<\/span>In March of that same year, Lisa was diagnosed with breast cancer. She spent the next several months traveling to different cities for treatment, which included chemotherapy and radiation.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/McGrath Foundation<\/span>It\u2019s an understatement to say that it was a stressful time for Lisa. Thankfully, she had a little extra support. Rachael Stevens<\/a> is a McGrath breast care nurse at Armidale Hospital, where Lisa underwent treatment.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Rachael is part of a network of nurses sponsored by the McGrath Foundation<\/a>. These nurses care for breast cancer patients throughout Australia physically, psychologically, and emotionally \u2014 for free.<\/span>Jane McGrath, the founder of the foundation, was 31 when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Her relationship with her breast cancer nurse inspired her and her husband to create the McGrath Foundation to help thousands of men and women fighting breast cancer by providing specialized breast cancer nurses. On top of that, they raise money to make this care free, to ensure that patients don\u2019t have to have a certain income to be able to benefit from much-needed support.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/McGrath Foundation<\/span>
\n<\/span>Rachael helped Lisa from the start.<\/span>\u201cRachael has always been there,\u201d Lisa said<\/a>. \u201cOne of the first things she said was I can call any time, even in the middle of the night if I just wanted to leave a message screaming expletives down the phone. It was nice to have someone I could talk to without an emotional attachment, especially during the more stressful times. It\u2019s quite a special relationship, a special one that\u2019s given to you.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/McGrath Foundation<\/span>The first dose of chemo wrecked Lisa.<\/span>\u201cBy the end of the week I was in a lot of pain, my digestive tract was burning and I couldn\u2019t walk,\u201d she said<\/a>. \u201cAfter that I said, \u2018I\u2019m not doing it.\u2019 I said, \u2018I\u2019m finished with it.’\u201d<\/span>So Paul contacted Rachael and asked for help. Rachael helped Lisa manage the side effects, and was a sounding board for all of her concerns.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/McGrath Foundation<\/span>In November, Lisa completed her last round of radiation.<\/span>That same week, a bushfire ravaged most of their property \u2014 about 200 hectares \u2014 including trees and feeding areas for their remaining cattle.<\/span>\u201cOn the 14th of November, the Ebor fire swept through, which was really scary,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was hot, and it was fast.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/McGrath Foundation<\/span>
\n<\/span>Their land doesn\u2019t look the same.<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s like a moonscape, just grey ash and dust everywhere,\u201d Lisa said<\/a>.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/McGrath Foundation<\/span>The Hardmans are doing their best to stay positive \u2014 and one big shining light is that Lisa is done with treatment.<\/span>Learn more in this video.<\/span>Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lisa Hardman went through a lot in the span of one year: drought, a breast cancer diagnosis, and then the loss of much of her property due to a raging bushfire.\u201cIf I was going to be totally blunt, I\u2019d say it\u2019s been a shit year,\u201d Lisa said.The mother-of-three and her husband, Paul, live in Ebor, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44358,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17987\/revisions\/44358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}