\u201cONLY one in five people with brain cancer survive past five years.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what is printed on flyers posted around Lake Weeroona by local woman Sarah Bearman.<\/p>\n
She was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in November last year after experiencing issues with her vision and years of migraines.<\/p>\n
Following an initial round of treatment, Ms Bearman joined a clinical trial for people with cancer where participants would be randomly selected to undergo either an additional six months of chemotherapy or become part of an observation group.<\/p>\n
She was put into the latter group but wanted to find a way to contribute more to the research.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was kind of disappointed because I wanted to do what I could for the research and give people in the future a better chance of a better diagnosis,\u201d Ms Bearman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I got put in the observation group I was like, \u2018well I need to something else, I need to do something for this\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was her mother\u2019s suggestion to do the Walk 4 Brain Cancer fundraiser and the posters around the Lake are bringing awareness to the disease and making it easy for people to donate to help find a cure with a QR code.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing I found when I got diagnosed is I didn\u2019t know anything about brain cancer,\u201d Ms Bearman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrain cancer is one of the most horrible and it\u2019s not very well known or spoken about very often.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to do those flyers for people to realise that it\u2019s actually a pretty big deal and the survival rate isn\u2019t as amazing as other cancers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Bearman\u2019s now raised $7000, well over her $5000 goal, and a further $1000 is still to be donated by her workplace.<\/p>\n
She said the poster\u2019s QR code, linked to her fundraising page, has allowed complete strangers to donate to the cause \u201cevery couple of days\u201d and she remains supported by her family and friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been really humbling to know that I\u2019ve got a lot of people in my corner. I hope that anyone else out there that has brain cancer or cancer in general has that network because they are very crucial to how you get through it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to say thank you to anyone who has ever sent a message, shown some love, supported or donated.\u201d<\/p>\n