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I am raising funds to show my support and your donation will make an impact to change the lives of people living with MS.

I am taking part in the 2023 MS Moonlight Walk to join the fight against multiple sclerosis. Together, we are raising funds to show our support. Your donation will make a huge impact to change the lives of people living with MS.

This Disease affects everyone differently, for me it has often robbed me of dignity, there are times where the fatigue is so intense I can fall into a deep slumber in the middle of a conversation.  I have lost complete bladder control in public.  I loose my words or slur them, I occasionally struggle to walk & so many other things.  

Did you know:

  • On average, more than 10 Australians are diagnosed with MS every week.

  • The average age of diagnosis is just 30 years of age.

  • Three out of four Australians with MS are women.

Your support will help fund essential services for almost 5,500 Queenslanders living with MS. These services include our NeuroAssist information line, specialist nursing services, wellness programs, and financial support. Your support will also power research into better treatments, and with your support, our hope is that one day there will be a cure for MS.

Please DONATE to support our walk to help ensure no one faces MS alone.

My Achievements

My Activity Tracking

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My Updates

My tired isn't the same as yours.

This maybe the most honest and unguarded post I've ever written. I know that when I continually push myself over a prolonged period I eventually hit the wall, one of the first things to shut down when I'm tired is the lead in time between my bladder and brain,  As a childless woman this has at times been completely humiliating, I've felt shame, embarrassment, confusion. Now days I tend to go mainly with acceptance, its one of things my body does when I'm tired.  I don't get the time from the thought "I need to go to the loo" to just going to the loo. While I do everything I can to limit occasions like this, sometimes there is just no avoiding situations like this. Today as I attempted to unlock my front door I didn't make it. This is my reality, its not everyones with MS, but it is some peoples & its something I never thought id speak so openly about, but this is my life, this happens, it happened today. 

Dark sense of humour

Today is double donation day and I'm rocking another of my amazing shirts.  This one is #myelinwars I often joke about my wiring, in fact the way I survive this is often through dark humour.

Reality

Some days I will go 100 miles an hour,  I'll do ALL the things! I'll exercise,  I'll be flat out at work,  I'll do some volunteer work once I knock off, I'll come home and tend to my chickens, then prepare dinner & maybe even read a book.  

Then there's days like today, where I do only what is super important, then I come home and crawl into bed.  If I'm lucky my trusty sidekick Macey will be around to make me feel better. 

My Coworker is conspiring....

So I do this walk not only as an individual but part of a larger team.  I come in to work today and find my co worker has put up posters of one of my team mates individual fundraising pages! 

I mean fair enough I did recruit said team mate to the walk, but Dude! I work with you! Ive also been your friend outside of work for well over a decade! you should be promoting me! HAHAHAHA

At least all the funds are going to the same place! but we are a little competitive.



Double donation day

So I'm pumped! I've walked to the train so I'm doing some gentle exercise.  Not going to lie that massive increase in temperature yesterday did leave me wobbly, so in honour of my temperature change wobbles and double dollar day I've donned my Drunkle Sclerosis shirt, hopefully it will assist me with my target today.

Walking to the Train Station Counts Right?

If it does then my answer to "have you started your training" is yes...... but more importantly my consideration for my ridiculous outfit has also commenced...

We don't talk about....

So most of the time I look "normal" you may not realise I have MS, one of the first bits to deteriorate for me was my bladder, something even women who have given birth don't openly talk about.   While I'm still on the search for foolproof undies I thought I'd include a picture showing how this disease effects me in hidden ways.  Thanks everyone who's donated so far, but we really need to cure or better yet eradicate this shitty disease. Get behind this walk to help achieve that goal!

Thank you to my Sponsors

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Ppteu Qld

$520

Etu Etu

$250

$15k Donor

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$250

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$207.50

Christina Warry

Keep on mooooovin' Janine! Love Brent, Christina and Kelis

$207.50

$10k Donor

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$200

Mark Ryan

Love your work Janine!

$200

$10k Donor

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$158.25

Kayla Tinkler

Love you

$158.25

Dan & Pj Wilson

One foot in front of the other. Go Sista 💞

$158.25

Anonymous

Hi Janina Good luck with your walk. Hope I have helped you to reach your goal amount. You are a star! Anne Kenendy

$127

Terry Wood

$112.88

Kate Flanders

$112.88

$10k Donor

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Shari & Em

Go Janine!!

$112.88

$15k Donor

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$112.88

Andrew Rich

Go Janine!!

$112.88

Kaine Aitken

Love ya!

$112.88

Luke Moore

Love your work comrade! Keep up the good work!

$112.88

Jan Mclucas

Go girl!!

$112.88

Jim White

More than happy to help out Janine.

$112.88

Sarah Mawhinney

Always a warrior 💪

$112.88

Paris Andriske

Go Janine Go 🙏🏽❤️😎

$112.88

Lynda Crowley-cyr

Hi Janine, you go girl! Lots of luv Lynda xoxo

$112.88

Juliana Plummer

You go girl! 💕

$112.88

Ros Mclennan

$107

Slads

Great fund-raising effort. good luck with the walk

$107

$15k Donor

Thank you for your generous donation in support of the MS Moonlight Walk.

$107

Shannon Fentiman

Go Janine!

$105.50

Kara Cook

Go Janine!

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Michelle Tinkler

You go girl!! Love Gary and Shell xx

$105.50

Penny Spalding

$103.75

Gary Hedger

$100

Neisha Traill

You are awesome! Love you 💜

$79.13

Kero

Great efforts again Janine.

$79.13

Jenny Foster

$79.13

Courtney Bahr

You got this chick!!!

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Bonny And Lloyd

Go Girl love ya guts ❤️

$79.13

Jackie Trad

Go Janine!

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Lee Harris

Love you Neeny ❤️

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Anonymous

Go you good thing!

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Evan Moorhead

Good luck Janine!

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Gemma Levett

Kick ass Neeny! xo

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$15k Donor

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Pamela Mills

Proud to support my mate Janine

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Renee Coffey

Go Janine!

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Maria Heenan

Go Janine!

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Peter Casey

$52.75

Rachael Gibson

Thanks for inviting me to support you, and being so brave in sharing your vulnerability 💜💕✨

$52.75

Rian Kelso

$52.75

Kieron Cundy

$52.75

Heidi Adams

Awesome effort Gorgeous Girl!! Apologies for late contribution but have been a bit skint 😀

$52.75

Karin Campbell

You go girl. So proud of you and awesomeness

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Jerome Pang

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Elida

Well, let’s just reclaim that second place comrade! ✊🏽

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Jess Fisher

You’re a star, Janine!

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$15k Donor

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Naomi

💪

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Rebecca Fanning

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Daniel Parsell

Go Janine!

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Bronte And Mike Bailey

Stay upright (and keep moving)

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Sharon Abbott

Amazing woman!!

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Lloyd Abbott

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Rachel Smith

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Paul Lupton, Lyn Rushby

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Sean Leader

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Ange Wearne

Good luck darl.

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Gary R Mcnair

Great work Janine, we are right behind you

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Lucas Kennedy

Best of luck Neenie!

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$10k Donor

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Virginia Clarke

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Elizabeth Baker

Keep up the great work you do Janine, sometimes life throws you stuff that really sucks but your smile never dims.

$52.75

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$52.75

Megan O’hara Sullivan

Sorry to hear the diagnosis but more than happy to support you.

$52.75

Mary Rose Abbott

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Mick M

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Alex Tonks

Good luck Janine :)

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Jolurl Justo

Go you good thing!

$51

Sophie Gadaloff

🩷

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Generous Matched Giver

$51

June Coleman

Delighted to support you Janine

$51

Tracey Smith

Go you good thing. Love you Triplet ❣️

$51

Shane King

$50

Ca

Freaking Legend! 💪🏼

$50

$10k Donor

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Yvonne

Go Girl!!

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Sally

$50

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Sally Gunner

You’ve got this. Smash those goals.

$50

Sarah Carroll

Enjoy the walk and good luck with fundraising for such an important cause. S x x

$50

Charmaine

Bloody Legend!

$42.20

Troy Fernandez

Go you

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$10k Donor

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$40

Madonna

Go Janine!!!!

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Janine Aitken

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Danny S

Go champion!

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Janet Close

Good luck to you and all your personalities.

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Gary Hart

All the best Janine 🙂

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Anonymous

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Belinda Norrie

You go girl!

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Daniel Clancy

Great work you are a legend

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Fiona Henderson

You rock!

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Bob C

Good Luck Janine Love Hand Grenade

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Joel Richters

Well done Janine

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Gillian Pechey

thankyou for doing this campaign

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Mick

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Sammi Lowe

How could I not support you in everything you do! You’ll smash it as always and make $$ for an awesome cause whilst doing it. Much ❤️

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Rocky Grosdanis

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Andrew Ramsay

Keep up the great work Janine❤️

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Peta

Go Janine!!

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Megan Kennedy-clark

Go Janine!

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Glenys Huyser

Go Janine ❤️

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Shay

Love ya xx

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Katie Lloyd

Good luck!

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Michael David King

Good on you

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$15k Donor

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Janet Baillie

Great work Janine, sending ❤️

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Pole Play Studios

Big Love Darling 💜✨

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Michelle Rae

Great cause, great woman

$36

Margarita Cerrato

$36

Generous Matched Giver

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Martin Durkan

$36

Margaret Scanlon

$31.65

Tracey Herring

Love your work, sister

$31.65

Jan Sheppard

Love you

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Bisma

Good luck!

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Catie Meinhold

You go girl👏👍

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Mel

🥾💥

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Kyra Webb

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Barry Tomkinson

$21.10

Leesh

❤️ you are incredible

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Christine Isfree-irvine

Go you good thing. (Done in interpretive dance

$21.10

Olivia Fernandez

Keep up the great work 👍

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Samantha Lowe

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Glenn Conroy

All the very best with it Janine

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Lindy Kabu

Go Miss Nine!!!

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Gail Hislop

All the best Janine. X

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Juanita Van Dam

Anything for you xx

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John Bryant

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Rhiannyn Douglas

<3

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Kerri Thomas

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Bronwyn Lindsay

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Melissa Webster

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Catie M

Keep fighting my beautiful lady.

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Kerrie Kahlon

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Carla Jones

$10.55

Sally Wooler

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Megan Bridger-darling

Let's do this.

$10.55

Zelda Da

Go Nina!

$10

Cindy Walmsley

I am sorry but I had to do it Big loves xxxxx

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Pamela Taylor-ray

$5.19

$10k Donor

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