Immunotherapy for Cheryl

*** Steven & Cheryl are part of the Clarence St Pak n Save family who are also doing a bike-a-thon fundraiser from 7am-10pm on Friday 5th October in store to help raise funds. Donations can be made through this page or down at Pak n Save Clarence St.***

Cheryl is on a Journey to Japan for Cell-based Immunotherapy to rid  herself of CANCER and get back to living!

On February 9th 2018 Cheryl’s doctor broke the news  that the  serious and often debilitating back pain she had been suffering from for a number of years, was in fact an aggressive CANCER.

After a barrage of tests Cheryl was officially diagnosed with a rare stage 4 CUP—Cancer of Unknow Primary  that had metastasised, affecting bones throughout her body and causing significant damage to her  spine.  The extensive nature of the damage to several of her vertebrae has meant that Cheryl has had to stop her work as an Early Childhood Educator  as she has been identified as an extremely high fall risk and is limited in her physical activities.

There are no further treatments for Cheryl’s cancer available in New Zealand.  While initial radiation therapy,  chemotherapy and bone strengthening infusions have worked to reduce Cheryl’s tumour markers to a residual level there is no definitive cure for her rare diagnosis.  In NZ it is considered incurable.

HOWEVER with the help of an Australian Cancer Navigation Expert Cheryl and her family have been offered HOPE through a cell-based Immunotherapy Treatment that has been successfully used in Tokyo, Japan.  Cheryl will need to undergo treatment in Tokyo for approximately 4 weeks with the support of her husband Steven, leaving their five young children at home in NZ in the care of family.

Funds for treatment, flights and costs associated with travel, accommodation etc while in Tokyo.