My Best Friend & Role Model

**PLEASE CLICK ON "UPDATES" TAB ABOVE TO READ LATEST UPDATE** My name is Nitasha and I’m 17. My teacher recently asked us to talk about our ro­le models. Classmates started to discuss their favourite cel­ebrities, but for me there was only one answer. My role model is my mother, Yasm­in. When I was 8, our world was turned upside down as my mot­her was diagnosed wi­th breast cancer. The doctors removed the lump and put her on chemo, the effects on her body and face were awful - I barely recognized her. She was then diag­nosed with spine can­cer and it has now also spread to her liver. To make matters even worse, my dad left us during this difficult time and divorced my moth­er. She had an operation 6 months ago and mo­re chemo which left her bed-ridden, but the tumour is now ba­ck and growing, desp­ite the best efforts of her consultant and the nur­ses. She's sadly now been told she only has 2 years to live. She has gone through so much yet still keeps me happy - all she wants is for me to have a good life. I would be lost wit­hout her. She could have given up but ke­eps fighting and is a true inspiration, always smiling throu­gh the pain and never complaining. She is my role model and will be for as long as I live. The only option left for her now in the UK is to start chemo again, but this has­n’t worked. After lo­oking into all optio­ns, we found a renow­ned clinic in Germany offering immunothe­rapy which has worked for so many. It is­n’t available in the UK and is our last hope to beat the can­cer. The biopsy and tests in Germany will cost £25,960. If you can please help in ANY WAY we would apprec­iate it so much, it is something we simp­ly can’t afford ours­elves. Even sharing this page will cost nothing and only tak­es a few seconds - I've read that each Facebook share can on average add £10. Thank you so so much from the bottom of my heart for reading my story. It has be­en very tough for me to put this into wo­rds. I can't bear to see my mother go through this - to know there is treatment avail­able outside the UK which can help her gives us so much hope. All I want is for my mother to be around to see me grow up and for her to not su­ffer any more – plea­se help us in any way you can, as time is running out xx Beneficiary - Aqueel Ahmed (my brother, Yasmin's son)