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Cambourne Dad of two requesting the communites help to help beat Cancer!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 10:05am
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Mickeyweldon

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Location: Cambourne

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Good morning to everyone in the Cambourne Forum.

My name is Mick Weldon. I am a married father of two living in Cambourne. I have been diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer which has spread to my liver and surrounding organs. This cancer has been deemed incurable, and all conventional treatments through the NHS have come to an end. Recently I took part in a test externally to the NHS to try and match my cancer to an available treatment, this test came back negative. Please read the local news report here:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambourne-cambridge-cancer-treatment-oncologica-13047717

As you can imagine this news came as a massive blow to us as a family, but there was a shaft of sunlight through a huge dark cloud... As well as being tested against all known targeted therapies, an immunotherapy test was performed on my tumour samples, and I have been deemed to be an ideal candidate for this new ground breaking anti cancer treatment. Unfortunately this treatment, and any other treatments that I need to embark on are not covered under the NHS due to there being no evidence of efficacy against my cancer, but when a cancer is so rare, how can there be any evidence without actually trying the treatment?

Anyway, these results have never been seen in a cancer like mine before, and as a result of my tests another 55 people have been put forward to be tested for this new treatment. This is amazing news, because if we can prove to the NHS over the course of three cycles that this new treatment is a viable option, then the NHS HAVE to action these new treatments, not just for myself, but for countless others to follow.

I have written this post to ask the people of my local community if they can help with my cause in anyway that they can... I am hoping to get some fundraisers off the ground, and I am also hoping that some of the local business people out there could help to spread the word to try and raise awareness of this cause, but I really don't know where to start, and I am humbly requesting the help of this community to raise awareness of this campaign.

I understand I am just an individual, but this started with me getting help with my terminal cancer diagnosis, and now I have a viable option of treatment, not just for myself but for a lot of people that will come after me. Cancer will touch all of us in our life times, but with your help we don't need to let cancer be the death sentence that it presents itself as. I have an opportunity to spend some extra time with my family before the inevitable happens, and hopefully with your help we can make that time as long as possible.

Thank you for reading my story.

https://www.gofundme.com/h333zb-my-cancer-fight

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