Buy Me More Time With My Boy?
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Hi my name is Emma I'm 38 and the little boy in the photo is Dylan my son he's only 7 and we are inseperable which is why this is so heartbreaking.
I've been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer that has spread to my lymph nodes and unfortunatly the NHS can't cure.
Our lives have been turned upside down, I'm always ill and in a lot of pain, despite trying to keep things as normal as possible for Dylan I think he knows something bad is happening but keeps it bottled inside him, no 7 year old should have to go through this and see his Mum so poorly. I don't want him to look back on his childhood and all he can remember is his poorly Mum.
To hear the words no cure is devastating, put yourself in my shoes for a moment imagine not being able to see your child grow up, to see them get married and to see your grandchildren and most heartbreakingly of all to leave your child without a Mum.
I'm constantly wondering how long I have left with him, will I get to see him go to high school? see his first love? see my grandchildren? and just support him through all the things as a Mother you take for granted that you will do.
I've been having chemotherapy since March and it's been very tough and unfortunatly my most recent scan shows that all those months of chemo haven't worked and the tumour in my breast has grown and is starting to come through my skin! so I now have even less time to raise the money and with 3 weekly chemo sessions for the rest of my time it makes fundraising difficult as I only get a week or so before it all starts over again! but I'm still raising as much as I can, even on chemo days I've come from the hospital straight to a stall or event I won't give up for Dylan's sake. It's such a blow some good news would be nice but unfortunatley that doesn't seem to happen and now it's become a bit of a panic trying to raise funds quickly before it spreads even further which I'm absolutely petrified will happen.
So if you're reading this here's where you can help me, there is potentially life saving treatment available in Germany called immunotherapy which uses your own immune system to attack the tumours but it is at a huge cost over £100,000 which is a massive amount but could prolong my life and even in some cases have put people in remission! The NHS do offer this but it is only licensed for certain cancers mine not being one of them.
I unfortunatly like most don't have that sort of money so if you could find it in your heart to donate even the smallest amount to my fund I would be eternally grateful and would mean the world to me and my little family.
I really do hate to have to set up this fund as I'm quite a private person but as a Mum (and if you are a parent reading this) then I'm sure you would do anything you possibly could so your child isn't left without a Mum.
Thank you for reading and please if you can share on social media to spread the word.
Emma x
If I do not reach my target in time I will be donating it to Cancer Research so hopefully in the future no one has to go through what me and my family are.
I've been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer that has spread to my lymph nodes and unfortunatly the NHS can't cure.
Our lives have been turned upside down, I'm always ill and in a lot of pain, despite trying to keep things as normal as possible for Dylan I think he knows something bad is happening but keeps it bottled inside him, no 7 year old should have to go through this and see his Mum so poorly. I don't want him to look back on his childhood and all he can remember is his poorly Mum.
To hear the words no cure is devastating, put yourself in my shoes for a moment imagine not being able to see your child grow up, to see them get married and to see your grandchildren and most heartbreakingly of all to leave your child without a Mum.
I'm constantly wondering how long I have left with him, will I get to see him go to high school? see his first love? see my grandchildren? and just support him through all the things as a Mother you take for granted that you will do.
I've been having chemotherapy since March and it's been very tough and unfortunatly my most recent scan shows that all those months of chemo haven't worked and the tumour in my breast has grown and is starting to come through my skin! so I now have even less time to raise the money and with 3 weekly chemo sessions for the rest of my time it makes fundraising difficult as I only get a week or so before it all starts over again! but I'm still raising as much as I can, even on chemo days I've come from the hospital straight to a stall or event I won't give up for Dylan's sake. It's such a blow some good news would be nice but unfortunatley that doesn't seem to happen and now it's become a bit of a panic trying to raise funds quickly before it spreads even further which I'm absolutely petrified will happen.
So if you're reading this here's where you can help me, there is potentially life saving treatment available in Germany called immunotherapy which uses your own immune system to attack the tumours but it is at a huge cost over £100,000 which is a massive amount but could prolong my life and even in some cases have put people in remission! The NHS do offer this but it is only licensed for certain cancers mine not being one of them.
I unfortunatly like most don't have that sort of money so if you could find it in your heart to donate even the smallest amount to my fund I would be eternally grateful and would mean the world to me and my little family.
I really do hate to have to set up this fund as I'm quite a private person but as a Mum (and if you are a parent reading this) then I'm sure you would do anything you possibly could so your child isn't left without a Mum.
Thank you for reading and please if you can share on social media to spread the word.
Emma x
If I do not reach my target in time I will be donating it to Cancer Research so hopefully in the future no one has to go through what me and my family are.
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Emma Baldwin
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England