Anaru Turei Gray - funding for the Big C

**Update on 4 April 2019-

Latest news: Cetuximab won't work for Anaru.

Alternative treatment options:

We would appreciate it if funds could be used towards funding alternative treatments. There are so many options such as high-dose Vitamin C, lymphatic drainage, Essiac Tea, curcumin, turmeric, high alkaline water, probiotics, infrared saunas, coffee enemas, frankincense oil, juicing, colloidal silver, baking soda Trojan horses, milk thistle. We are currently looking at unfunded lymphatic drainage ($500 per month), vitamins/unfunded meds ($690 per month), and I have made an appt to start the IV Vit C and this is estimated at $1600 per month. Any extra funds will be used to support us at this difficult time.

We had created this page for a specific purpose of funding Cetuximab for the overall goal of longer life. That didn't go as expected. I believe keeping Anaru feeling well and keeping his head in good spirits will be the key to quality of life for as long as he is able.

Aroha nui ki a koutou,

The Grays xx

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So, the saying goes, "You can't put a price on (life)". When you have a husband battling terminal Stage 4 Metastatic Colon Cancer with metastases to both sides of the liver, both lungs, and to the peritoneal stomach lymph nodes, you can.

That cost per year is: $53,800.00

For one extra year of life for my husband; one extra year of life for Anaru to spend with his four kids.

This price tag is for 26-fortnightly rounds of Cetuximab that is approved but unfunded by Pharmac - despite statistics that this therapy gives people with the same diagnosis as Anaru an extra 7-11 months to live.

Please help this amazing 40 yr old man with the gift of life and time!

Updates will be posted as our journey continues.