Nor'West News: March 23, 2023
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>23</strong> 20<strong>23</strong> 3<br />
Brummie Dan’s fight to beat cancer<br />
• From page 1<br />
However, using the funds<br />
raised, the family is trying to get<br />
as much equipment as they can<br />
to help Morbey’s treatment.<br />
“Overseas they have cancer<br />
treatment centres, and we are<br />
trying to create one in our home,<br />
so we are buying things like<br />
infrared sauna blankets, red<br />
light therapy and ozone therapy,”<br />
Morbey said.<br />
The equipment needed can<br />
cost thousands of dollars. For<br />
example, for an infrared sauna<br />
blanket, which can relieve stress,<br />
help with joint pain, lower<br />
blood pressure and improve<br />
circulation, prices can range<br />
anywhere from a few hundred to<br />
thousands of dollars.<br />
“We have to make radical<br />
changes and can’t just hope,”<br />
Noble said.<br />
So far, they have used about<br />
$20,000 of the $24,000 raised to<br />
cover extra tests and treatments<br />
that are not funded and to pay<br />
for a trip for them to return to<br />
the UK for Morbey to see his<br />
family in May.<br />
Morbey was just about to get<br />
his food truck business off the<br />
ground, which he had been<br />
struggling with for three years<br />
with ongoing Covid restrictions.<br />
He had also set up a food truck<br />
market in Rolleston, which<br />
was tracking well. Both were<br />
expected to take off in summer,<br />
but never had the opportunity.<br />
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“My career as a food truck<br />
vendor never really got a<br />
chance,” he said.<br />
Morbey, originally from<br />
Birmingham in the United<br />
Kingdom, met Noble when she<br />
was on her OE and decided to<br />
follow her back to New Zealand<br />
in 2017, moving around the<br />
country and eventually settling<br />
in Rolleston as renters at the end<br />
of 2021.<br />
Noble has also had to give up<br />
her job to become a full-time<br />
carer for Morbey as his condition<br />
worsens, and to look after the<br />
kids.<br />
“Up until six weeks ago I<br />
was able to help out around the<br />
house and do the cleaning and<br />
groceries, but now I’m just too<br />
tired,” Morbey said.<br />
“It can be mentally challenging<br />
for me not to be able to play with<br />
my kids.<br />
“I also have to watch out when<br />
they get sick to make sure they<br />
don’t pass it on, a cold he (Dylan)<br />
brought home put me on my arse<br />
for two weeks.”<br />
While the family is receiving<br />
some support, they feel that the<br />
system has failed with them<br />
having to battle for extra<br />
care.<br />
“When I injured my back, I got<br />
more support from ACC than I<br />
do now I have stage four cancer,”<br />
Morbey said.<br />
“I think it should be easier<br />
for people in my position that<br />
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Said Noble: “It just adds<br />
stress.”<br />
The couple said they are<br />
incredibly grateful for all<br />
the support from the local<br />
community, such as dropping off<br />
meals or mowing lawns for free.<br />
“Every little bit helps make a<br />
difference,” Noble said.<br />
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family are using the<br />
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things like an infrared light<br />
panel (left) for red light<br />
therapy. Above left – Dan<br />
in his food truck business,<br />
which ‘never really got a<br />
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kids Alyssa and Dylan.<br />
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You did an outstanding job of marketing the property and Mark really<br />
appreciated the work you did on the day of the auction to get the sale over<br />
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Apologies for the lateness of this acknowledgement, but once again, a<br />
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