The Star: January 18, 2024

The Star Thursday January 18 2024
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‘Cancer does not choose those who
can afford help and treatment’
• By Daniel Alvey
LIZ MORRISH has a good
reason to make every day a good
day – she has been given only
four-to-five months to live.
The 68-year-old was diagnosed
with bowel cancer five years ago,
and after a number of operations
thought she was in the clear.
“December 2022 they discovered
it had metastasized into my
lungs so it was then stage four
terminal cancer.
“So I’ve had 13 rounds of
chemo, two different lots of
drugs, both stopped working.
“So there are no more options
for me drug-wise, unless you pay
for it which is exorbitant, and
no guarantees of making much
difference.
“It’s pretty tough,” Liz said.
Liz does not want to think
about the time she has left.
Instead, having lived in Lincoln
all her life on her family’s
150-year-old farm, she decided
to do something to help the community.
Liz and friends have organised
a game of walking netball on
Sunday at the Lincoln Event
Centre, with funds going to the
ACTIVE: Given four-to five months to live, Liz Morrish has
organised a fundraiser to help fellow cancer sufferers.
Selwyn Cancer Society.
“The fundraiser is about helping
those who are less fortunate
than I am, because cancer does
not choose those who can afford
help and treatment,” she said.
Always sporty, Liz has played
netball, badminton, tennis, and
more recently golf.
“I’ve got to keep doing something,”
she said.
Lincoln-based teams the
Lustys and Springlincs, which
have been playing netball locally
and at the masters games over
the past 25 years, will face off
again, this time for a good cause.
“We’ve been rivals and friends
for many years and over a couple
of wines we decided to do something.
“We’re all too old to actually
play netball so we decided to do
a walking netball, which is actually
a sport.”
Liz said she has received great
support from Lincoln businesses,
which have provided items for
raffles for the fundraiser.
“It has been fabulous, not one
single person turned me down.
It has been so generous so I’m
blown away and very humbled.”
Helping organise the afternoon
is Lincoln resident Carol
Townsend.
“The Lincoln community is
very caring . . . and Liz is such a
lovely person,” Carol said.
As well as the lung cancer, Liz
also has a tumour in her lower
groin and in the past fortnight
found out the cancer has spread
even further.
“Last week I lost the use of
my right hand completely . . .
ended up a night in hospital and
had a brain scan, and it has now
moved into my brain.”
This time there may be options
for surgery or radiation
treatment to regain control of
her right hand, but Liz is yet to
decide on whether she’ll pursue
them.
Along with the fundraiser Liz
has decided to get some bucket
list travel items ticked off.
“This week we’re going down
south. I’ve always wanted to go
to Doubtful Sound and have a
look around if they can get me in
a kayak . . . my ultimate one is to
go to Rarotonga.
“I’m making the most of
everything now, there’s no point
sitting at home saying ‘poor
me’, I have to create the best
memories I can from now on in.”
• The walking netball
fundraiser will be held
at 4pm on Sunday at
the Lincoln Event Centre.
Admission $10 for adults,
children free. An aftermatch
BBQ will be held at
The Famous Grouse from
5.30pm. BBQ cost $20
per adult, $12 for children
under 12. Donations can
also be made directly to:
https://shorturl.at/ajprH
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