Please help Dad kick cancer in the ass again!
Whangarei, Northland
We aren't usually a family that asks for help but we are desperate.
My dad was diagnosed with multiple myeloma which is an incurable blood and bone cancer back in December 2022.
He immediately started chemo until he underwent a stem cell transplant in May 2023 and kicked it in the ass!
Since then he has become a Grandad to little Piper who is his absolute world.
We found out last month that the cancer has come back quite aggressively, as of today he is 14th on the list for a clinical trial which can take up to 3-4 months until he makes it to the trial.
There is only 1 treatment option available (DRd daratumumab subcutaneous lenalidomide dexamethesone) which will get him enough time to get to the clinical trial but unfortunately, it isn't funded in New Zealand.
This medication is going to cost $20,000 per month.
Without this, Dad has been given 3 months to live.
Please help us get Dad to the clinical trial and Piper's 1st birthday.
They are my Mum & Dad
Money will be put towards the cost of treatment (daratumumab) and ease financial stress for mum and dad.
Update #3 - Good news!! 24 June 2024
Dad had his appointment with the specialist at Canopy Care and we have had the results from the first cycle of Daratumumab and it is showing a great response so we will definitely be carry on with it for as long as we possibly can.
Thank you for all your support so far it means the world.
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