Robyn's Incredible Battle - Help our friend live!

$10,127 of $30,000 goal
Given by 65 generous donors in around 4 months

Help support Robyn with her costs in her ongoing battle with Stage 4 cancer.

Canterbury

Please help Robyn battle cancer in 2020!

My friend Robyn is in a battle for her life and needs all our help now.

It's not only emotionally and physically tough for her but there's also a huge financial cost to bear if she has any chance of beating this bloody awful thing.

Her "journey" with cancer began in 2011, just months after losing both her home and business in the Christchurch earthquakes. At that time she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, had a mastectomy and lymph node removal. For over a year she endured intensive Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy.

Tragically in 2018 the beast came back.

It was while she was working overseas that she started getting back pain and had difficulty walking. A diagnosis was given of Stage 4 cancer with metastasis in several organs including her lungs and kidney, pelvis and spine. This was August 2018, she was in Hong Kong and wheelchair bound, I can't even imagine how scared she would've been, and then being given the horrific news she had 3 months to live with an outside chance of 2 years.

15 months on now and those that know Robyn know that this fiercely independent woman has a VERY strong will to live and she has everything to live for ... she's only 55, has a young adult son who needs his mum, and we all need Robyn in our lives too!

Fortunately people do win these battles, even with Stage 4 cancer, by treating it as a full time "job" and attack it with whatever is available.

So she has been doing everything she can to fight it.

Thankfully, as an ex-physiotherapist, Robyn has substantial healing knowledge and interest. She's taken an integrative approach, incorporating both eastern and western medicine, and has managed to hold off progress of the disease, but needs to keep up the treatment to continue to do that.

This is where we step in.

Robyn is a proud woman who has self funded everything to date but she simply can not continue to do that. It's just financially impossible so ...

WE NEED TO RAISE $30,000 TO HELP HER NOW

We can do this! EVERY little bit helps. Let's help Robyn live!

Current Health Status:

Her CA 15-3 (a breast cancer marker) is almost normal and her blood analyses are good. The tumors have stopped growing and some have shrunk. She is aiming for remission and the best chance of doing that is while she is ahead and already winning.

Ongoing Treatment in 2020:

In 2020 she is starting a new protocol from a clinic in London. The drugs are not expensive, but residential detox support and complementary therapies (electro therapies including infrared and hydrogen therapy ) that will aid in the success of this protocol are VERY expensive.

The people that win this battle are the ones that attack from every angle, mind - body - spirit.

While she is continually getting stronger, it's a hell of a big job to heal yourself of cancer, let alone the ongoing cost of treatment and supporting herself through it. It has been incredibly stressful.

It’s time for Robyn to feel the love and support from us all as we ‘Give a Little’ to enable her healing journey to continue.

Thanks everyone.

Eddie Spearing's involvement (page creator)

I’ve known Robyn since she moved to Wanaka fresh out of the Chch earthquakes.

I’m a friend. I want to help. I’m setting up this page so that Robyn can receive the help she needs.

Use of funds

Help with all treatments, access to treatment choices overseas and help with extra cost of living.

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Latest update

A huge THANK YOU!!  30 January 2020

Hello everyone, just to say "WOW" and thank you so much for your incredible generosity in helping our wonderful friend Robyn to reach $10,000. She is very grateful and overwhelmed by the support she has received - your donations and messages of love and encouragement are giving her strength to keep going.

So, exciting news...we have decided to extend this Givealittle page until March 31st. It would be awesome to reach the target of $30,000 and we believe as we keep sharing Robyn's story with others, it's possible.

Lets all keep remembering Robyn in her incredible battle to live, keep sending her our love, hope and strength and keep sharing her story so that others can help and support her too.

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Latest donations

Kathleen Ann Swi
Kathleen Ann Swi on 08 Mar 2020
Robyn, sending you light, love and peace from North Carolina. Lovingly, Kathleen Ann Swim Sistrunk
$20
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 11 Feb 2020
with love from Len(Perth) xx
$50
Catherine
Catherine on 03 Feb 2020
You're well on the way dear Robyn. Your amazing tenacity will hold you in good stead . With love Catherine xxx
$50
Eddie
Eddie on 30 Jan 2020
$10,000 is a nice number. xxx
$200
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 15 Jan 2020
$500

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