{"id":4276,"date":"2019-04-10T19:36:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=242379"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:14","slug":"82000-of-donations-pour-in-for-mom-with-incurable-cancer-to-travel-for-specialized-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/82000-of-donations-pour-in-for-mom-with-incurable-cancer-to-travel-for-specialized-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a382,000 of Donations Pour in for Mom with Incurable Cancer to Travel for Specialized Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

39-year-old Helen Munro lives in Leyton in east London with her husband, Finch, and their two children, 5-year-old Lola and 3-year-old Lupe. The couple runs Finch London, a design firm that creates custom furniture, and they\u2019ll be celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary this year. It might sound like a great life, but there\u2019s one very large wrench in the machinery. Helen has terminal cancer.<\/span>She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in August of 2017 after finding a lump in her breast. She was sure it wasn\u2019t anything serious but went to see her doctor and had an ultrasound, followed by a mammogram and a biopsy. She learned a few days later that she had breast cancer<\/a> and that it had spread to her lymph nodes. More follow-up tests and scans soon also revealed that the cancer had metastasized to her bones as well and was therefore incurable.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Instagram\/showingstage4thedoor<\/a><\/span>Helen, however, has continued searching for other treatment options. She did a massive overhaul of her diet and lifestyle and enrolled in a trial at St. Bart\u2019s Hospital, where she received a combination of injections and oral chemotherapy that she was told was \u201cthe closest thing to a cure<\/a>.\u201d Unfortunately, the treatment which had initially been so promising stopped working within a year.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Instagram\/showingstage4thedoor<\/a><\/span>Next, Helen tried alternative therapies before getting back on chemotherapy. She\u2019s almost entirely out of options, but nothing seems to be helping, and she isn\u2019t responding well to her current treatment. Doctors also found cancerous cells in Helen\u2019s liver, further threatening her diminishing hopes of survival. But she\u2019s not about to give up.<\/span>Recently, Helen\u2019s family found a center that does highly specialized treatments based on each individual patient\u2019s DNA. Even though Helen\u2019s cancer is now stage IV, there\u2019s still a chance she could survive with this private treatment, which involves \u201chighly-targeted\u201d immunotherapy vaccines<\/a> that are meant to stop the cancer in its tracks. But she\u2019ll have to travel out of the country for treatment, which is not guaranteed to work, and it will cost the family well over \u00a3100,000, because it\u2019s not covered under the NHS\u2019s free health care plan.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Instagram\/showingstage4thedoor<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Since learning this, the Munro family has set up a fundraising page on Crowdfunder<\/a> explaining their dilemma and asking for donations to help them afford the expensive treatment before it\u2019s too late to save Helen\u2019s life. They have been able to cover their initial costs with the help of family and friends, but they need more to have a real shot at saving Helen\u2019s life.<\/span>\u201cI\u2019m desperate to try and improve my quality of life, extend my life, or even find a cure. I want to be around to see my children grow up, to create memories for them, and to grow old with my amazing husband,\u201d Helen writes<\/a> on the donation page. \u201cSo if you can, please make a donation, for me and my family. It would mean the world to us.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Instagram\/showingstage4thedoor<\/a><\/span>The family was hoping donations would come from acquaintances and strangers alike, but what they weren\u2019t expecting was the massive outpouring of support and money that came as soon as her story was covered by a news site and reached social media. Just a week later, they\u2019d raised over half of their goal. Now, about a month later, they\u2019ve got more than \u00a382,000 from more than 2,000 supporters.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Instagram\/showingstage4thedoor<\/a><\/span>Along with the donations, the family has also received countless calls and messages from strangers in far-flung places. \u201cNow we are getting people from all over the world,\u201d says Helen<\/a>. \u201cWe got a call from one woman in South Africa.\u201d<\/span>\u201cWe\u2019ve had anecdotal evidence from other people who have been through similar treatment,\u201d adds Finch<\/a>. \u201cSomeone made a donation saying their wife was still alive and well. So with that vaccine, there have been quite remarkable turnarounds from people in Helen\u2019s situation.\u201d<\/span>For those who cannot donate, the Munro family appreciates a social media share to help spread the word and get them the donations they need to be able to prolong or even save Helen\u2019s life.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Share on Facebook<\/a><\/span>
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39-year-old Helen Munro lives in Leyton in east London with her husband, Finch, and their two children, 5-year-old Lola and 3-year-old Lupe. The couple runs Finch London, a design firm that creates custom furniture, and they\u2019ll be celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary this year. It might sound like a great life, but there\u2019s one very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44539,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4276\/revisions\/44539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}