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'Relief 4 Roman' - help him while he fights for his future - TEAM TUHIMATA

  • From Roman with love

      11 January 2024

    Hey Roman here, a quick update on how things are progressing with me.

    At the start of my journey i was given a stage 4 diagnosis, & a very grim life expectancy. Life was very difficult, & chemo was very harsh on my body, mind and soul. I battled on & followed the oncologists instructions, until eventually i was told that my treatment had essentially stopped working.

    Faced with this realisation, i was forced to make a difficult decision...

    I decided to opt out of chemo, & try to take a more natural/holistic approach experimenting with a lot of things but mainly diet. Coming up to my quarterly scan, i was nervous but optimistic to see the outcome. The cancer had shown to only have progressed a miniscule amount, which was a shocking revelation for my type of cancer. With these results i opted to stay off chemo & stick to this way of combating/maintaining this cancers growth.

    Fast forward to the present & ive been off chemo for about 8 months. Although things are okay for now the cancer is still progressing at a slow rate, & i know eventually i will need some sort of medical intervention. I am optimistic about the situation, but i am under no delusions & know that i am in for a big fight. Luckily i have a lot of loving, generous, & strong support which continues to keep my spirits high.

    A massive thank you to everyone who has shown their love in anyway during this diffucult time. Words can never truly do justice to how much i appreciate everyones support.

    Love yous all

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  • Waterfront 1/2 Marathon Mission Bay

      1 April 2023

    Hey all 🙂 there is heaps of us from Team TUHIMATA that have entered to 'Run 4 Roman' in the Waterfront 1/2 Marathon event being held at Mission Bay tomorrow Sunday 2nd. It would be great to meet you and thank you in person for your amazingly generous support. We have a 6m 'Wish Wall' with your name & message on it also. Just look for the Team TUHIMATA tent, we will also have sausage sizzles & otai for sale (island fruit drink) were expecting a awesome day, there is live entertainment, beautiful scenery & even better company, so come cheer us over the finish line 🙂 see you there!

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  • How cool is this!?

      28 March 2023

    Gotta love this dude!! Amazing my bro THANK U SO MUCH 4 YOUR SUPPORT!

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  • *RAFFLE* draw is tonight-watch live on Instagram

      24 March 2023

    For those of you that got tickets for the amazing raffle, just a reminder it is being drawn tonight @6pm. You can watch the draw live on Instagram @jazztevaga 🤗 GOOD LUCK

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  • A special mention!

      16 February 2023

    A special mention 2 all the boys here from the Team TUHIMATA support crew! With Roman on clippers, giving custom 'chemo cuts'. Can feel the aroha, just beautiful boys!!

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  • A Massive THANK YOU! Go Team TUHIMATA!

      10 January 2023

    This is very overdue, I'm sorry!

    On behalf of Roman & his family, we would all like to say a massive THANK YOU to you all for your amazing generosity & support!

    He is a few chemo sessions in, with no official change to report as yet. He has had good days, & some not so great days, which is an expected part of this journey. Still he continues to take each day as it comes, with a smile, determined, positive & very grateful for the overwhelming love & support you have all shown.

    Thank you all X❤️O

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