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NZ Herald
27-04-2025
- Health
- NZ Herald
Gastric cancer: Young mum Sariah Nesbit diagnosed with inoperable cancer, needs unfunded treatment
The young mum said just before her diagnosis, she had started studying law at Auckland University, 'chasing my dream of becoming a lawyer'. Extremely rare diagnosis The young mum was diagnosed with Gastric Squamous Cell Carcinoma (GSCC), which has already spread to her lymph nodes and is attached to other key organs. Nesbit said the doctors initially thought she may have had an eating disorder because she was struggling to eat for about a month before her cancer diagnosis. On the day of her diagnosis she said, 'I was in shock when I saw the tears in my mum's eyes, that is when it hit me and I started crying.' 'When we decided to find out how long I had, we just broke down,' she said. 'Overnight, everything changed. Now, I'm focused on what matters most: my girls, my health, and making every moment count.' The young mum said she struggled to tell her daughters, initially saying she was sick when they saw her bandages from treatment, but 'I finally told them.' Nesbit said she didn't know how much her daughters fully understood when they learnt last week, but she struggled when one of her children's teachers said her daughter wasn't her usual bubbly self. 'When her teacher told me that, I just sat in the car and cried. 'I'm trying not to imagine what they [my children] are imagining.' 'My child has cancer' Nesbit's mother, Marie Nesbit, said this is the news that 'no parent ever wants to hear - 'my child has cancer.'' The young mum said her medical team is recommending a combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy – a treatment that could offer her more time and better quality of life. Immunotherapy for advanced gastric cancer is not publicly funded in New Zealand, and the hospital has a strict policy that unfunded drugs cannot be administered in the public system, she said. 'I can only access this treatment through the private health system, which comes with overwhelming costs.' Nesbit's mother said, 'I really want to be able to save her life with a card, I would give her my arm if I had to.' 'It's really disheartening when treatment is available, but it costs so much, it's someone's life,' her mother said. Nesbit said she is someone who likes to keep her struggles to herself. 'Opening up like this is incredibly hard. But with the support of my family, friends and medical team, I'm sharing my story in the hope that you might stand with me in this fight.' A Givealittle has been set up to help cover the cost of receiving the immunotherapy in the private health setting, which costs around $45k for one year. 'I really want to thank everyone, even the strangers, it feels like a big load of arms around me.'
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why Grove Park may have been inspiration for E. Nesbit and The Railway Children
Grove Park and its railway station may just be the inspiration behind The Railway Children. E. Nesbit, or Edith Nesbit, is famously known for her published works like The Railway Children, Five Children and It, and The Phoenix and the Carpet. Over the course of her life, the esteemed author lived in a number of areas around south east London including Eltham, Blackheath and Grove Park. At one time Nesbit lived in Well Hall, with her home backing onto what is now Well Hall Pleasaunce, and there are even records of the author punting in the moat around The Tudor Barn when she used to live there. At one time Nesbit lived in Well Hall, with her home backing onto what is now Well Hall Pleasaunce. (Image: Emily Davison) She was also friends with fellow south east London writers H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, who she would frequently entertain as guests. Whilst the village of Strines in Stockport also lays claim to being the inspiration for The Railway Children, Grove Park's strong claim is one that is highly regarded. Whilst the village of Strines in Stockport also lays claim to being the inspiration for The Railway Children, Grove Park's strong claim is one that is highly regarded. (Image: Loco Steve/Flickr) Nesbit lived in Baring Road between the years of 1894 and 1899, in a home called Three Gables next to The Ringway Centre – a rather similar sounding name to the fictionalised Three Chimneys house where the children move to. The building is no longer standing, however a short way from the former house you'll find Railway Children Walk, which leads to the nature reserve and Railway Children Point, a spot that would have given the author views of the railway line and surrounding countryside. This connection was marked with a map and trail financed by The Heritage Lottery Fund, which highlights sites of interest in Grove Park since the town's birth in the 1870s. A short way from E. Nesbit's former house you'll find Railway Children Walk, which leads to the nature reserve and Railway Children Point. (Image: Google) Edith was later to move to an 18th century house in Well Hall in 1899 with her husband Hubert, where she remained for 22 years. This home is also believed to be the inspiration behind another of her books – The Red House, published in 1902. A plaque was later erected in Well Hall Pleasaunce in 2004, commemorating the author for her work, and reads: 'Edith Nesbit, with her magic touch of writing children's stories which still live on today in television and film adaptations, is the name now most associated with Well Hall House."
