No Conventional Cure: Fighting a Rare Cancer with Alternative Therapies 💪🌿

Nearly 2yrs ago, at 35 our incredible, clever, generous, loving mate Simon was diagnosed with a rare & aggressive cancer, Ampullary adenocarcinoma with a pancreatic subtype, which typically affects people over 70! Simon underwent a complex & risky surgery (Whipple procedure) & intense recovery period. When he felt physically able, he stepped back from being a Commercial Beekeeper & Hobbyist Farmer, headed out on his outlandish adventures & spent 7 months meeting fantastic humans & pretending to be a hunter gatherer on the West Coast of NZ with his partner Sarah.

Towards the end of his trip & upon returning home, our mate Simon started to feel low in energy, having constant abdominal pain, slept poorly, & appetite/weight loss. He reached out to have an overdue scan, & the results are not what we hoped for. His oncologist has suggested a prognosis of 6-12months. While there’s no conventional cure available, he is stubborn & determined to see if he can be one of those anecdotes on the internet who is climbing mountains again 12 years on, hanging out with his amazing friends & family despite the diagnosis, & if not, at least be able to be comfortable without all the issues that long term opioids cause.

These therapies—including high-dose CBD & FECO protocol, mistletoe injections, intravenous vitamin C, ozone therapy, & hyperbaric oxygen therapy—whilst optimistically effective, are not funded & extremely costly. Hence, asking for help.

You are helping one of the greats. Love you xo