Help Claudia Stay Alive

This fundraiser is to support Claudia Manchanda, a grandparent, well respected radical medical herbalist and much loved POC community activist, who is living with metastatic breast cancer.

Mainstream medicine deems that this diagnosis has no cure although the disease can be stabilised for years and life prolonged through integrative treatments. Claudia requires funds for regular blood tests, integrative oncologists, supplements/off label drugs, hyperbaric oxygen and IV treatments etc. All integrated treatments chosen have been researched to have good science behind them and Claudia always shares what they have learned since diagnosis 11 years ago, with those who request support.

Claudia is a medical herbalist and their aspiration is to have stabilised disease, to enjoy time with family and to contribute towards an integrative practice for those who cannot afford expensive therapies. Claudia is also passionate about countering all forms of injustice and wants to continue their long term campaigning for all marginalised people and providing free herbalist support to those in need. Their friends and community greatly appreciate the consistent dedication to love, care and liberation that Claudia shares with us all.

Claudia would like to thank you for any support you can offer and will post regular updates. Claudia is also more than happy to give back as much support to others going through this scenario.

You can view Claudia's fundraiser from 2022 here. It also has some previous updates around treatments and cancer progression (2022-2024).

Although previous fundraising raised a lot of money, unfortunately money is gone so fast when paying for healthcare, treatments, supplements and vitamins and other essential life continuing costs. The funds from previous fundraising ran out a while ago, which is why we are having to start again to cover all the current and future costs. Financial stress is heavy and everything is expensive especially health/y stuff and no one should be priced out of survival... But in a world where people regularly are priced out of survival and unable to access a decent quality of life in the time they are alive - as a community it is our responsibility to try to help bridge that financial gap. If not us, then who?

Financial mutual aid, redistribution of wealth and funding survival is essential. Please give if you can or save for when you can give in future, share widely and show community love for Claudia.

History:

Attached below is a table of the herbs, drugs and medication that Claudia takes and some of the costs. This is so people can view, and also to understand the overwhelming costs just for this alone.

This fundraiser is being run by one of Claudia's friends and Claudia has given consent for the content shared.

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