Shane's Cancer Battle
I have made this page in hopes that we can raise enough money for extra medical costs or even for his general life costs.
Wattle Downs, Auckland
In November Shane was admitted to hospital with pains in his stomach which we thought was galstones well it turned out to be stage 4 lower oesophageal cancer which has spread to the the lymph nodes. Unfortunately this means he has had to give up what he loves most and stop working full time as he is receiving chemo every 2 weeks which with hope will give him more with us and give him a better quality of life. There is also a couple extra addons that he can get with chemo to help him but they are not funded by the government. HER-2 targeted treatment/immunotherapy is the name of the treatment that is unfunded.
At the moment his partner is working part time as she goes to his appointments and looks after him while on chemo and eventually will have to give up work and care for Shane.
Teresa Brown's involvement (page creator)
I am Teresa, Shanes step daughter
Use of funds
Extra cost for treatment and help with bills.
Latest update
Update from Shane's Facebook 2 July 2023
I had an assessment with the oncologist on Thursday. Everything is stable so I am going off chemo for as long as possible, I have a check up in 6 weeks to see how I'm doing and then a scan in 3months.
If there is changes after 6 months or longer in the tumor or lymph nodes they will put me on chemo for another round but if there is changes before the 6 months then chemo is less likely to work. I will give it my all to get through this!
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