Two determined sisters facing challenging health issues are holding a fundraising evening to help with their medical costs.
Angela McLellan, 29, and Andrea Price, 24, are holding “The Live Life To The Limit Social” evening up at the Stampede Barn on Saturday, May 10, starting at 7:30 p.m.
“We want to celebrate living life to the limit because it’s not something you can always do when living with a chronic illness,” said Andrea.
“Life with Lyme has a Price - in this case it has two” is the slogan on their poster - Angela’s maiden name is Price.
Andrea started noticing vision problems while playing volleyball, and was diagnosed with having Lyme disease by a naturopath in October of 2012, after seeing neurologists for quite some time.
Andrea said through treatments, she had a lot of ups and downs, but has been getting better.
Angela was diagnosed at 21 with a rare neuro-muscular disease, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis.
Her neurologist said another issued could be causing the strange sensory symptoms she was having.
Through a clinic in Calgary, her bloodwork, sent to IgeNex Labs in the United States, tested positive for Lyme disease.
She’s unable to get a lot of the treatments Andrea does because of her neuro-muscular disease.
“In Canada, when you do test positive for Lyme disease, the protocol is six weeks of antibiotics, and that’s it,” said Angela.
Those seeking other treatment must pay their costs themselves.
The sisters appreciate everything valley residents are doing to help.
“We’ve had a lot of support from the community - Angela and I are so grateful,” Andrea said.
The sisters are still gathering items for the silent auction, and ask that anyone wishing to donate in any way to call Angela at (403) 334-4440.
