15 October 2018 - Krystal Hekau can't afford housing but has been told the drugs to keep her alive will cost more than $6,000 a month.

The 36-year-old was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive breast cancer in September 2016. Soon, the disease was found in her lymph nodes.

"They said, 'We're so sorry, you are now incurable.'"

She's endured excruciating pain, a total hip replacement and learnt cancer had spread to her spine while she languished on a waiting list for radiation.

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