Michele's Benefit Fundraiser
Fundraising to help with cancer treatment costs
Marlborough
Michele is my partner of 10 years.
Two days after purchasing our dream lifestyle block, Michele was diagnosed with bowel cancer.
After all testing is complete, Michele is incurable. If chemotherapy/immunotherapy is successful she may have 3-5 years to live.
We are hoping for funds to help while Michele undergoes treatment and is unable to work. She may not ever be able to work fulltime again, we don't know.
If we raised enough funds we can look at unfunded medicines which cost around $5000 per month.
Anton Whelan's involvement (page creator)
Michele is my partner of 10 years
Use of funds
Ongoing living costs while Michele cannot work and if enough raised, to look at unfunded medicines like bevacizumab (Avastin) and encorafenib (Braftovi) or possibly an MRI Cryoablation procedure
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Thanks and appreciation 13 December 2025
We can't reply to each individual donation, other than the auto-reply we set up to be sent to each donor. Please know that we are very humbled and grateful with the generosity that has been shown from all you lovely people and businesses. Of course we have wonderful support form our friends and families, but we also wanted to give a huge shout out to the businesses that we work for. We are so blessed that we have the most wonderful employers. No.1 Family Estate in Rapaura Road Blenheim where Michele works, and Astro Hospitality in Riverlands Blenheim (and Auckland) where I work. We could not have been with better employers at such a time, and they have both given us so much support through our journey. We really count this as a huge blessing.
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