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Fundraiser to aid rare illness fight

... Wells, a lover of dance, has undergone five major operations and rounds of painful chemotherapy since being diagnosed with the disease more than four years ago.

There is no known cure.But there are treatments that make Linda feel better, and at 6 p.m.

Saturday, the neighboring Italian Fraternal Hall at 38 Viall Ave.

will hold a fundraiser for Linda so she can continue receiving them.Her father's health insurance will not cover any "experimental" treatments, even though just about everything is considered an experiment when treating peritoneal She spends much time on the Internet investigating her condition and possible paths to a full recovery."I know there's a cure for this.

I just have to find it," Wells says.Last year, the Leonardo Da Vinci Lodge of Rensselaer held a fundraiser to send Wells to Reno, Nev., for experimental injections of vitamins and more that produced an improvement beyond what anyone expected.

But doctors discovered more tumors six months later.

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