Help Rob with his fight against colorectal cancer as well as keeping our family whole and our lives cancer free
Waikato
06/07/2019. This is the date that our family got thrown a curve ball in life. This
is the date that the head of our house hold, my husband and the father of 2
daughters and our 3 sons was diagnosed with bowel cancer- The second highest
cause of cancer death in New Zealand. And then we were told he had Stage 4
terminal disease. It had started in his bowel and moved to his liver….. All
without any signs or symptoms…. Rob is only 54 and our 3 sons are 9, 16 and
22.
Our family has been rocked to the core and the last almost 3 months has been a
rollercoaster of emergency surgery, tests, biopsies, injections, appointments,
blood tests, scans, medical interventions, chemotherapy, ED visits and the list
goes on!
Rob’s oncologist has ordered an intensive fortnightly Chemotherapy regime
which commenced on the 23/07/2019. Even though treatment and it’s side
effects are not fun (to say the least!), Rob is taking it all in his stride and making
us so very proud! His second scan recently has shown promising results and we
are all so happy! His oncologist has asked we consider adding another drug to
work along side his chemo. Cetuximab is a medicine that interferes with the
growth and spread of the cancer cells in Rob’s body and we would dearly love
him to receive this…. Unfortunately, this drug is only funded for head and neck
cancer in New Zealand and not colorectal cancer. The initial cost of this is
approximately $37 000. After this, if further treatment is deemed to be
beneficial, appointments will be approximately $2000. Unfortunately, this is not
something that we can afford and is therefore, the reason for our Givealittle
page with an open goal. Our hope, if Rob is able to access this drug, is not only
that it gives us more quality time together as a family, but also contributes to
our over all goal of remission and a cancer free life. In addition to drug therapy
to fight this, we are also looking into and using supplements, nutrition and
lifestyle changes to further improve Rob’s chances of fighting this.
I am Rob's wife and would do anything to have him by my side and making memories with his children whom he adores
All money raised will be used for the costs of unfunded drugs and supplements needed to give Rob the best chance at survival
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