I have made this page to make mums biggest fight of her life that little bit easier.
Manawatu / Whanganui
My mum was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 and was unlucky again to be diagnosed again In 2017. She underwent 2 mastectomy's and chemotherapy and radiation both times.
She was tested for the BRCA gene which she ended up being positive with BRCA 2.
She started having trouble breathing and chest pains and after a wrong diagnosis had a chest xray in September this year 2019. This showed her right lung full with fluid and the lung was collapsed. She was in hospital for 10 days where they put in a drain and drained 5.5 litres of fluid off. Unfortunately the fluid was a Pleural Effusion which is a sign of cancer. After further tests it was confirmed Mums cancer from 2017 never left. It has now spread over her lung, spine, chest wall and bones. Mum's cancer is triple negative which means unfortunately it is not curable. The only form of treatment that is funded is chemotherapy . This will give her some time but once the chemotherapy stops working the only option is immunotherapy which isn't funded. One drug called tecentriq we can try is $54,000 and another option is a PARP Inhibator which is $8,100 a month. The longer we can keep mum alive the better, as new treatments are coming out all the time.
Mum is a kind, humble genuinely amazing person and I want to be able to make this journey that little bit easier for her.
Please share mums story far and wide.
I am Cheryl's oldest daughter
Funds will be used to put towards the non funded treatments to keep her alive, and daily costs of fighting this cruel disease.
Chemo has stopped working 22 January 2020
Unfortunately we found out yesterday that the chemo mum is on has stopped working. Her cancer on her lung is getting worse and her breathing getting harder. Her cancer tumor markers have increased also. They have changed her to a different type, but the ones left have less and less chance of working. We are getting close to needing the non funded chemo at $6,000 a time. Please share this more than ever we need every bit of help there is.
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