Life Changing Treatment

Thank you for visiting this Go Fund Me Page.

This has been set up on behalf of Darina.

Darina was diagnosed with primary Breast Cancer in April 2019, at the age of 26, just 8 weeks after the birth of her second baby. Darina underwent a double mastectomy, intense chemo, and multiple surgeries, all whilst being the best Mummy to her her two beautiful boys. Darina was given the 'all clear' in December 2019.

In January 2022, after months of symptoms, Darina was given the devastating news that her Cancer had returned, unfortunately, this time it had spread to her liver, spine, lymph nodes, and bones, meaning she received a secondary breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 29.

Secondary breast cancer is unfortunately incurable with limited resources/treatment lines available. Since Darina's diagnosis, she has been on four different types of chemo, none of which have kept her cancer stable. To say Darina has had it rough with her treatments within the last year would be an understatement, she has had several allergic reactions, multiple trips to A&E with suspected sepsis, and emergency surgery on her collapsed gallbladder in October. She has spent the last few months almost bedbound due to the effects of her last chemo which unfortunately has not worked to reduce the tumors within her liver.

Darina's oncologist has found a treatment called Enhertu, he is confident that this treatment will reduce Darina's tumors in Her liver and keep her cancer stable. The FDA in America has approved Enhertu for Darina's type of cancer and has seen extremely positive results, however, it is yet to be approved within the UK for Darina's type of cancer, therefore the cost cannot be covered by the NHS or private health care.

The starting cost of Enhertu is £100,000.

We understand this is a large sum of money to achieve but we have to at least try!! After all, we cannot put a price on buying Darina some more time to spend with her wonderful Husband Jonny, and her beautiful boys, Marley and Cobi.

Those who know Darina will agree with me when I say, she is simply the most incredible human. Throughout her primary and secondary diagnoses, she has remained the positive, caring, amazing lady that she is.

She is constantly lifting us all up with her amazing sense of humor, when really it should be the other way around!

Shortly after her secondary diagnosis, Darina set up a charity Gray to Sunny Day, and raised funds through 'Boob pot' parties, a golf day, a charity ball, & lots of other things in between! She has raised over £16,000 which has been spent on families who are living through the hell that is cancer, on day trips, photo shoots, or anything they request to help create lasting memories, and forget about the awful realities of Cancer for at least a day.

It's now time we all return the favor and help fund this treatment for Darina.

If anyone has any questions or would like to reach out to Darina, you can do so on Instagram. @Darinagray

More information on Gray to Sunny Day can be found on our website / Instagram @Graytosunnyday

Thank you all so much ❤️