Help our mum get life changing medication

This woman here is our incredible mum who was first diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer during COVID in 2020. She managed to fight that off and kept it at bay for over four years — but now it’s back, and it’s tougher than before.

She’s currently undergoing chemo every two weeks, but her treatment has plateaued and we have been looking at other options. Two new medications (cetuximab and encorafenib) have become available that will give her more time with us, time she’s desperate for with her family and friends.

While we’ve been lucky enough to get partial funding through a compassionate access programme, there are still huge costs:

$26,079 for treatment fees, admin and couriers, and $8,739/month for medication that isn’t funded in NZ.

Over the next 5 months, that adds up to $69,774.

Our mum is someone who loves life, she loves her job and her family and her friends, she even loves the strangers she passes on the street. It’s not easy for her, nor the rest of us, to ask for help but this is something worth asking for.

There is not a single person more dedicated, determined, and more deserving to keep living their best life than our mum, we will do whatever we can to make sure she gets that. Again, this is a difficult ask, but any donations would mean the absolute world to our entire family.

Thank you for all your support.