HELP KURTIS FIGHT CANCER

In November 2013, my brother was diagnosed with Stage III Testicular Cancer. This meant that he had to immediately stop working and start 2 months of chemotherapy. From there, Kurtis had to go through serious extensive surgeries, followed by more chemotherapy. After the first lot of chemotherapy and surgeries, the cancer seemed to have been defeated. However, later a blood test showed that the cancer come back. This led his oncologist to suggest pursuing high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant followed by more surgery.

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

As my brother is a soldier and not on to give up, he refused to give up. Therefore, along with his partner, he did a bit of research to explore what other options were available out there in the hope of one day being cured. He has found an alternative treatment in 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. It 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 improve quality of life and deal with some health conditions - including cancer. Evidence in studies suggest that these higher levels of Vitamin C may cause the death of cancer cells.

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 him 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 tests which will incur various charges.

Kurtis is not solely relying on this treatment. He has also taken to steps to help increase his chances of survival by complimenting the Vitamin C treatment with a change in lifestyle. This includes 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 him financially but to return to the work he loves doing - 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 his partner, family, his friends and those people he has helped in his line of work.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask if you could help support us in any way getting Kurtis back to full health. So far, Kurtis has solely relied on his and his partner's funds but to continue living a good healthy life, we now need a bit of help.