Help Kurtis in his fight against Cancer

In November 2013 my partner was diagnosed with stage 3 testicular cancer. This led him to having to immediately stop working and start 2 months of chemotherapy. From there Kurtis has had to go through surgeries followed by more chemotherapy. Following the first lot of chemotherapy and surgeries the cancer showed signs of being defeated however later blood test had showed that the cancer reoccurred. This leading the doctors to pursue the option of high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant followed by more surgery.

After having gone through the high dose chemotherapy, transplant and surgery, Kurtis and I were told in late December 2014 that the treatment had not worked and the cancer was still present in his body. The prognosis following the bad news was that the doctors had explored nearly all the options available to them and that there was not much chance of them winning the battle and that Kurtis’ life expectancy was estimated to last only months.

This has then made us explore what other options were available to Kurtis in the hope of one day being cured. We found intravenous (I.V) vitamin C. Intravenous vitamin C in short is an alternative treatment that is given through an intravenous line directly in to the vein allowing the body to consume a high levels of vitamin C that works in our bodies at a cellular level as a powerful antioxidant and a vital co-factor for some key enzymes. Research has found that significant doses of Vitamin C seem to help people improve their quality of life and deal with some health conditions- including cancer. Studies suggest that these higher levels of vitamin C may cause the death of cancer cells as shown in lab studies.

This is where we would like to kindly ask for your help as the cost of I.V vitamin C can be very expensive. I.V vitamin C starts at $150 and then as the level increases up to therapeutic level, sessions can cost up to $250 per dose. It has been recommended to us that two sessions per week would be the ideal minimum. Along with the vitamin c therapy Kurtis has to have 3-4 weekly doctor’s visits costing $70 per 15 minutes a visit and further blood testing with various charges.

Kurtis is not solely relying on this treatment as he has also taken to steps to help increase his chances of survival by complimenting the vitamin c treatment with a change in lifestyle. Including changing to an organic vegetarian diet, drinking alkaline water, meditation to reduce stress, light exercise, as a well as taking the suggested vitamins to help compliment the I.V vitamin c.

Kurtis is a true fighter and is not allowing the news to affect him in his plans of living life. Kurtis plans on returning back to work once fully recovered from the last surgery in November 2014. This will not only help us financially but to return to the work he loves doing in helping others as a personal trainer (and if he has his way he would love to be back playing rugby).

Kurtis is a very loving and caring person as shown by his commitment to me, our families, his friends and those people he has helped in his line of work. So I would like to take this opportunity to ask that if you could help support us in any way to getting Kurtis back to full health so that he may continue in his ambition of helping others.