Help our mum get life changing medication
Donations to fund our Mum's cancer medication that will prolong her life and give her more time with us.
Wellington
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.
tahlia mcgill's involvement (page creator)
Our mum. (19-year-old daughter, 18-year-old daughter, 8-year old son, and other family members).
Use of funds
All money will be going towards the medication.
Latest update
Cancer Update 6 March 2026
This week marks an incredible step in my journey with stage 4 bowel cancer and I want to share it with everyone as every thought, prayer and donation has got me here.
I have had a year of chemotherapy before it plateaued and I had to look to unfunded drugs - encorafenib and cetuximab alongside chemo for any chance to keep trying to kick the cancer.
I had previously been denied surgery due to extensive disease.
6months later. These have been my miracle drugs, we were able to sign on thanks to everyone who donated and where I didn’t think I would see last Christmas, this Tuesday I fly to Auckland for major surgery. The drugs have worked so well that some areas are now cancer free and other tumours have reduced 40-60% - beyond incredible.
I went to Auckland last week for a small operation and to meet with the specialists, still waiting to see if this surgery was possible- they needed to see what was inside as to whether surgery would be possible- and I passed!!
Thursday is the day - cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC (heated chemo) a 6-14hr surgery.
They will remove a few organs as well as stripping the stomach lining and the healing journey will be intense with 2 weeks recovery before coming home.
This surgery is going to keep me around longer and I am beyond blessed.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, we appreciate your support more than anything.
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Thank you, they are definitely working wonders x
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