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Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
My online shopping sprees were signs of a serious illness. Millions suffer like Rachel but it took doctors 20 years to diagnose her. The impact can be devastating - but there IS an answer
For Rachel Luby, a 37-year-old mental health nurse from Pitsea in Essex, every day is a balancing act. Her bipolar disorder makes life a rollercoaster of barely predictable high, or 'hypomanic', episodes when she'll feel on top of the world and capable of anything for a few weeks. These are chased by devastating 'depressive' episodes during which she does not have the energy or impetus even to get out of bed.
News.com.au
17-05-2025
- Politics
- News.com.au
Opposition leader Sussan Ley reveals her mother Angela Braybrooks has died in tragic update
Sussan Ley has revealed her mother, Angela Braybrooks, has died. The devastating update from the Opposition leader comes just days after Ms Ley made history, when she became the Liberal's first female leader. 'In the very early hours of this morning, my mother, Angela Braybrooks, passed away here in Albury. My family and I feel this loss deeply,' Ms Ley said in a statement. Ms Ley expressed her 'deep appreciation' to staff at Riverwood Aged Care centre who cared for her mother, saying she was 'comfortable and at peace' in her final moments. 'Mum was a mental health nurse who helped so many people through her life. She taught me the values of resilience, self-reliance and persistence,' Ms Ley said. 'Growing up in wartime Britain, Angela could never have dreamt that her daughter would become Australia's first female leader of the Opposition, but because of her, that happened this week.' Ms Ley said her mother weathered uncertain times with 'strength and determination' and she had taken inspiration from her 'every single day'. 'It was a gift of fate that I was able to share Mother's Day with my mum one last time on Sunday,' she said. 'On Monday night in Canberra, our parish priest organised a FaceTime call, telling Angela she had to 'hang on' to see one more special moment in her daughter's life. If she could do that, he promised her, 'we'll have champagne tomorrow'. 'On Tuesday, hours after I was afforded the enormous privilege by my Liberal colleagues of leading our party, I drove back down the Hume Highway to be at her bedside. While mum was no longer verbal, she watched every moment of my press conference. As I walked back into her room that afternoon, her eyes lit up with excitement. It was a moment I will treasure, forever.' 'Thank you to the many Australians who have expressed their sympathies to me and my family. We look forward to celebrating Angela's life, the extraordinary person she was, and all she achieved.'
