It appears such a stroke of incredible good fortune that she might well be told, as is the way, that she should buy a ticket in Lotto.
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But of course it had nothing to do with luck.
Luck infers a random event that has a minuscule chance of eventuating, that has nothing to do with placing faith in a forensic approach to tackling whatever it is that has to be conquered.
Nevertheless, the remarkable story of Lavington woman Charmaine Aldridge certainly is one that seems to be veritably dripping in good fortune.
Part of her story is not so remarkable. That is the bit where the now 37-year-old received a life-changing medical diagnosis.
Cancer is one of our major killers, though significant advancements in treatment over the decades has meant it does not need to be a death sentence.
Often a patient, even if not cured, is able to live a full life with the disease.
Where Charmaine first played with the odds was in developing such a rare cancer.
Tests in a Melbourne hospital revealed she had Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, a rare cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow and is diagnosed in about 900 Australians every year.
What came next was nothing remarkable, even if the essential truth of it all for Charmaine was the polar opposite.
That is, she began the constant rounds of chemotherapy for month-after-month and the eventual unavoidable search for a compatible bone marrow transplant.
This was where her story became truly amazing. Neither her brother or sister were a donor match but from an international bone marrow registry came the tremendous news of a match with a young man in Germany, who agreed to be a donor.
Transplant over she had her old life back, once the months of carefully monitoring its success were over.
We wholeheartedly support Charmaine in urging the whole community to take part in the Leukaemia Foundation's Light the Night event in Albury’s QEII Square on October 26, for those on the same journey.
And to remember those lost.