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Fight for Tamsyn's Precious Time

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Given by 1073 generous donors in around 9 months

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Help us raise funds to give Tamsyn a fighting chance to spend as much time as possible with her daughter Anja.

Dunedin, Otago

Tamsyn is a mother, a former triathlete and a police officer whose strength, resilience, and bravery have always defined her. Three years ago, at age 37, she was diagnosed with stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer. She fought with everything she had- strength, grit and determination, she bet the odds and was declared pathologically clear of cancer. She got her life back, returned to raising her 10-year-old daughter Anja, and completed a Wanaka half Ironman—proving her unstoppable spirit.

Now, the cancer has returned, spreading to multiple parts of her body. She has been given a terminal diagnosis with a time frame of 3-12 months. True to who she has always been, she's meeting it with strength, dignity and a focus on the people she loves the most. Her world right now is her daughter Anja.

Through it all, Tamsyn remains fiercely determined to fight and give Anja her mum for as long as possible. She cherishes precious time with her husband Glen, family, and friends, and carries the memory of her stillborn daughter, Aroha, close to her heart.

Mel Davidson's involvement (page creator)

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Use of funds

Funds raised will go towards treatment that could extend her life, the first treatment- Enhertu (trastuzumab) comes with a cost of $120,000. Her strand of TNBC is not covered by public funding.

September update 20 September 2026

After escaping to Fiji last week and celebrating Anja turning 11, Tamsyn could feel in her body that the current treatment wasn’t working. She asked for her October CT scan to be brought forward, and unfortunately the results confirmed what she had been feeling.

There are now 2 new tumours in her liver, 1 new in her spine, 1 new in her lung and 1 now in her kidney, with some existing tumours also enlarged.

Tamsyn is now heading towards third-line treatment, with her oncologist looking into possible clinical trials and other options, although they are becoming limited.

One positive is that she can stop Trodelvy and have a break from the weekly chemo and everything that comes with/after it.

It’s likely she’ll travel to Auckland again for SABR radiation on the new spinal tumour, after the previous radiation appeared to get the other spinal tumours under control.

We’re incredibly grateful that Tamsyn got to Fiji, celebrated Anja’s birthday and made some more memories together. Despite everything, she continues to do the everyday things — just with more pain, and somehow still less complaining than most people would! Approaching the 12 month mark post terminal diagnosis and beating the stats 💪🏻

As always, thank you to everyone for your continued support, kindness and love. It means everything ❤️

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