Stand For Family

Jane Russell

“STAND FOR challenged the ‘no’ and made it a ‘yes’ which is why my three young children still have their mum!”

Jane Russell, whose story is featured by Stand For
Jane Russell, whose story is featured by Stand For. Image used with permission from the live Stand For website.
1About Jane

Jane is a 42-year-old single mother, raising three children while working.

2What did STAND FOR do for Jane?

Jane had a 1cm gallstone lodged in her 3mm bile duct. After repeated complications, including hernias, internal bleeding and pancreatitis, the NHS deemed her gallstone inoperable. She was, in effect, told nothing more could be done.

Stand For arranged specialist private surgical treatment in London. Throughout the process, Neil told Jane that if humans had put a man on the moon in 1969, we could probably sort out her stone.

3What was the outcome?

Jane’s health was restored following the surgery, which resolved the serious complications she had endured from earlier treatment.

4Describe what STAND FOR means to you.

“I was extremely lucky I found STAND FOR. Neil kept telling me we’d put a man on the moon in 1969 so he was sure we could sort out my stone! And that’s just what STAND FOR did. Nobody should be told they can’t be helped, but when it happened to me, I was lucky enough to have someone come along and fight my corner.”

Story published with permission. Content and quotes drawn verbatim from the Stand For case study.

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