Help me live to see my grandkids grow
Christine (Rubie) Davies is raising funds for chemotherapy and immunotherapy to help her live well beyond a few months.
Hillcrest, Auckland
I was diagnosed with Stage 4 (metastasised) breast cancer in May 2022. Recent testing has confirmed that my Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) that I fought in 2020 has returned and is now in the lymph nodes in my upper, right chest, in my lungs, and there is a tiny one in my liver. However, testing has shown that I would very likely benefit from immunotherapy (Keytruda). It could extend my life significantly. Without it, I have been given 4 months to live as of July 2022. However, although Keytruda is known to have positive benefits for those with TNBC, it is only publicly funded for melanoma - not breast cancer. Therefore, I need to have immunotherapy, along with chemotherapy, in the private sector at a cost of approximately $150,000. Several people have asked me to set up this page so that they can support me in this fight for my life. I would be very grateful for your help. Every little bit will go some way to helping prolong my life, and possibly even enabling a complete recovery.
Use of funds
The money will pay for my immunology and chemotherapy treatments that are not funded in the public sector.
Latest update
Last - and best - message 9 August 2025
As you all know, you all donated very generously to me so that I could undergo immunotherapy which, at the time, was unfunded in New Zealand. I can never thank you enough for your kindness.
Initially I was given five months to live but within three months of immunotherapy and chemotherapy, all my tumours had disappeared. I have been on immunotherapy for three years since then.
Recently, I had a new test whereby I had a blood test. A lab in the US then analysed the DNA from a sample of my tumour. They then looked for that DNA in my blood. There was none!!!! That means that there is no longer any cancer circulating in my body. As much as I can be with cancer, I am cured. I was so happy when found out today, if I still could, I would have been doing somersaults all afternoon!!!! Thank you. I am eternally grateful. Without your support this miraculous story would not have happened.
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Thanks so much, Lifeng. That is so very kind of you. I hope that you and your family have a wonderful holiday break.
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity.
Thanks so much for your generosity - and, yes, much more useful than a random gift. By my age, I have enough stuff. Take care xx
Thank you so much, Patricia. So very kind of you to donate a second time xx
Thanks so much for your donation and kind thoughts.
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