Help Emma recover from breast cancer 🙏

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In September 2023, my younger sister Emma at just 28 years old, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. The type of breast cancer she has is called HER2-positive, one of the more aggressive/rapidly growing types and has a higher risk of recurrence. After already going through fertility preservation (IVF), genetic testing and 4 chemotherapy sessions, she still has a long year ahead with more chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and immunotherapy.

Unfortunately one of the 4 drugs used for her treatment, Pertuzumab, isn’t funded in New Zealand, like it is overseas in Australia, despite being proven effective.

Pertuzumab reduces the chance of recurrence, and also protects her heart from the side effects from the other drugs used in her treatment.

Currently Emma and her partner Rayo are struggling to pay the high cost of the $7,194 every 3 weeks for the drug Pertuzumab, which is normally taken for a full year.

I’m hoping to raise funds to required to continue funding her life saving treatment.

No one should ever have to go through this terrifying experience, and especially at such a young age with so much life ahead of her.

I'm not usually one to ask for help but in a situation completely out of our control any help would be greatly appreciated ❤️

If you can spare anything, I am forever grateful for your love and support.

Here's a link for information on this aggressive breast cancer.

https://cancertreatments.co.nz/breast-cancer/perjeta/