Sally Hill considering working at McDonald’s despite living with stage four cancer

An East Geelong mother with stage four brain cancer is struggling to make ends meet.

Sally Hill was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given 12 months to live. The mother, who is unable to work, has been thinking about applying to Maccas to get money to pay the rent.

An East Geelong mother living with stage four brain cancer is considering going back to work at McDonald’s so she can pay her rent.

Sally Hill, 47, was shocked when she found out her stage one brain tumour, which she was first diagnosed with five years ago, had progressed into a stage four Astrocytoma tumour.

An Astrocytoma is a growth of cells that starts in the brain or spinal cord.

Doctors told Ms Hill in May her cancer was terminal and she would likely live for another 12-18 months.

Sandra Luca, Sally Hill and Olivia Hill. Sally Hill was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given 12 months to live. The mother, who is unable to work, has been thinking about applying to Maccas to get money to pay the rent.

“I remember the day my GP called me and he didn’t really understand the report, but he said it had grown and then he told me to contact my neurologist,” Ms Hill said

“If I wasn’t sitting down already, I probably would have fainted at that stage because it was not what I was expecting.

“I want to stay here as long as possible, I feel like I can’t really make plans, or if I will be here in six months.

“I don’t know if I am going to make it to next Christmas, but I try not to think too much about it, but it is obviously upsetting. It’s just the unknown.

Sandra Luca, Sally Hill and Olivia Hill. Sally Hill was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given 12 months to live. The mother, who is unable to work, has been thinking about applying to Maccas to get money to pay the rent.

Ms Hill lives with her mother, Sandra, and daughter Olivia and has been desperately trying to look for a job to make ends meet.

The former support worker found herself without a job after taking time off for treatment.

Now, with only about two weeks worth of rent left in her savings account, Ms Hill has been applying for jobs at McDonald’s.

“I didn’t really have any choice, otherwise it would be left with mum to pay everything, and I didn’t want that”.

Since her diagnosis, Ms Hill said she has had chronic anxiety from worrying about the people around her.

Sally Hill was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given 12 months to live. The mother, who is unable to work, has been thinking about applying to Maccas to get money to pay the rent.

“I’m worrying about mum, worrying about where she is going to live when I die. She won’t be able to afford it on her own, and I’m worried about that already,” she said.

Ms Hill set up a go fund me page for herself to pay for basic necessities.

The page currently sits at $400, and Ms Hill said she would be donating 10 per cent of donations to the Peace of Mind Foundation, who help support people living with brain cancer.

To donate visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-really-hate-to-ask-for-money-but-have-no-choice

Originally published as Sally Hill considering working at McDonald’s despite living with stage four cancer