UPDATE:

I recently discovered that I have new lumps developing, and so it is imperative that I continue to seek more treatment. I have been following the progress of another lady, who has been to a different German Clinic, who has managed to shrink a 9cm tumour to 2cm, using all natural therapies. 

I am therefore asking for your help once again, so that I can seek treatment from this clinic, and hopefully beat this, once and for all. Any donation big or small will be greatly appreciated. I just want to live a normal life again, with my two children. Thank you.

Please donate by visiting the link: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/cancerisstillpants

Just back from my third treatment in Germany. Professor Vogl has said that there is 10-15% less activity in my main tumour - great news! Each treatment is costing over £4,500 and so my funds are getting low.. I need your help to get the ball rolling, please donate or help me to come up with some new fundraising ideas so we can keep the progress going! Thank you to everyone who has helped me so far! Love Sandra x

A Message from Clive

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit this website,on behalf of my sister Sandra.

All of her adult life, Sandra seems to have struggled. Afterher divorce she managed to bring up her two young children on her own,balancing the usual demands of work and family as a single parent. At a pointwhen she appeared to be getting on top of things, nearly four years ago, wesadly lost our Father, and then a year later, she was diagnosed with a complicatedand rare form of Ovarian Cancer. I cannot begin to imagine how this must feel,every day, to live with such a diagnosis.

She is certainly a fighter and refuses to give up, tryingher utmost to stave off the disease with an array of natural and alternativetherapies. We now have the possibility of treatment that will offer a cure, butneed your donations to help fund the treatment.

Here is     Sandra's Story:

I am 49 years old, and until I reached 45, I neverquestioned that I wouldn’t see my old age. Unfortunately, I fear that might notbe the case, as I have been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. I am a Motherof 2 children; Emily, 20, who is a very talented artist and Ruben, 11, who hasa terrific sense of humour. I just want to do all the normal things with mychildren as they grow up. When I found out about my cancer, we moved in with myMother and left behind our family home.

How it started

For someone who had been reasonably fit, it came as a shock,when I woke up one night feeling decidedly ill. I was covered in sweat,nauseous, yellow, heart pounding and blood shot eyes. I called an ambulance, butthe paramedics were unable to find the cause of my symptoms, so they thought itwould be best to get me checked out at Torbay hospital. Once in hospital,following blood tests, they could find nothing wrong with me and told me to go andsee my GP.  A few days later, it happenedagain, I went back to hospital and still they could find nothing wrong with meor my blood. I proceeded to visit every GP in my practice, as I felt so unwelland every time they drew a blank.

On one visit I collapsed in the Doctors surgery and wastaken to hospital. Once more, I was told there was nothing wrong with my bloodresults.  They took me to the ward andsaid that they were getting me to see a Psychiatric Doctor, who pronounced me depressed,with a Health Anxiety disorder. Neither of which were true. Weeks of Questionnairesfollowed, as they put me through the Mental Health Dept. My symptoms persistedand I knew I wasn’t imagining this.

When I noticed blood in the toilet, my GP sent me for acolonoscopy. After the procedure, they scared the life out of me, telling me thatit could be Colon Cancer. They were able to feel a lump and wanted me to comeback for a CT scan and a biopsy to see what was going on. At 11 o’clock on11/11/11, I had a biopsy taken. I hoped it would be a good omen.. but the solidwhite mass I could see on the screen , where they were taking the biopsy from, was screaming otherwise.

Diagnosis

On the 14^th November 2011, I was at work and it willbe a day I shall never forget, the day my whole world fell apart. My boss toldme there was a call for me. It was the hospital and they had the results of mybiopsy. I have never got to the hospital so quickly. Thankfully, my Mum waswaiting there for me. The Gynaecologist broke the news, my Colon was clear,BUT….they had found Cancerous tumours all over my abdominal wall ,which had originatedfrom my ovary. They told me they were going to pull out all the stops, as I wasso young (I was only 45).

My situation was complicated, as my tumours were calcified,but the good news was that they were slow growing. However, this later provedto be a disadvantage when it came to chemo, as chemo attacks fast multiplyingcells, not slow ones. ( 18 monthslater I was rather shocked, to be told that the chemo would only have had 4-8% chance of working !). Chemo wasthe worst experience of my life. I was an utter zombie, where even lying downwas too much trouble.  Goodness knows howwe would have coped, if my Mum hadn’t taken me and my two children into her homeand cared for us all and has continued to do so for the last three years. Sheis now 83 and although marvelous for her age, I worry daily that this burdenis too much for her. 

Sadly, despite having had the chemotherapy it wasn’t longbefore my blood marker returned to where it started and then went higher. I askedto be referred to the Marsden in London, as I’d heard they were the best. They saidit would be far too dangerous to operate on me, because of the location of themain tumour and the smaller tumours were too numerous and with thecalcification, this meant they would be too hard to remove.

With no further treatment available from the NHS, I was lefton my own to pursue as many alternative approaches as I could. I have tried tolimit the progression of the disease with an incredibly strict diet; no sugar,meat, and most dairy, apart from a yoghurt that I make myself, that containsGcMAF, which is specifically used to treat cancer. For two months, I did TheGerson Protocol, which involved making 10 vegetable juices and having threecoffee enemas a day! I take enough supplements to sink a battle ship and I haveworked hard to try to keep my body as healthy as possible. Patricia Peat ofCancer Options was particularly good at putting me on the right path in this respectand I will be eternally grateful for her guidance.

Hope of A Cure

It is now nearly three years on, from when I was diagnosed.Recently, I attended a Cancer Conference in Exeter. There were several peoplethere, saying what wonderful results a Professor in Frankfurt, Germany, wasachieving for Cancer Patients, with a pioneering form of treatment. Thetreatment involves delivering a dose of chemotherapy via the arteries, injecteddirectly into the tumour. It is then sealed to keep the chemo within thetumour. By delivering it directly, it is not diluted by the blood, as it iswith regular chemo.

I was particularly impressed by one Cancer patient, GordonRoss, who told his story of how he had been cured of terminal throat cancer, byProfessor Vogl’s treatment, having exhausted the NHS options. It turned outthat Gordon was a local man and I have been able to contact him and learn moreabout his experience in Germany. When I heard about this alternative treatment,I sent copies of my scans to Professor Vogl, for him to assess if treatment waspossible.

Professor Vogl’s response that he can treat me, hasobviously made everybody elated. Both myself and my whole family are thrilledat  the possibility of my recovery, and being able to move backhome. It has given us hope and light, from what has been a very dark tunnel,these last few years.

As a Mother of two children I want to be there to help andguide them through all of life’s challenges and obstacles  and hopefully see my grandchildren born and grow up too. The prospect of getting better,being able to move back home with my children, and getting back to ‘normallife’ really spurs me on to not only stabilise the cancer, but  blitz it to smithereens!!! The treatment thatI can receive in Germany is up to 100 times more powerful, than systemic chemothat I received in this country.

Due to this revolutionary treatment and superior scanningequipment in Germany, compared to the UK, I’ve been told that it can shrinkthe tumours more than the regular chemo can do , potentially  curing me from my cancer. This treatment inFrankfurt is definitely not available anywhere in the UK (or elsewhere inGermany) nor is it funded by the NHS. I am unable to work and the cost of thistreatment is way beyond my means. To be cured and able to work again to providefor myself and children, as I used to, would be incredible.

As of yet, I am not sure how many treatments I am going toneed in Germany and will not find this information out until my first visit,but I do know the minimum would be between 3 and 4 visits, each costing up to £5,000a time. However, most cancer patients, that I have spoken to, who have received treatment from Professor Vogl, seem to have had about 8 treatments, hence the £40,000 target. This kind of money is way beyond my resources and I believe Germany ismy only chance of survival. If you are able to help me via a donation to thischarity website, or organise a fundraising event, I would be so very grateful to you, any donation will make a difference. Even  if you do not feel able to donate yourself, I would really appreciate it, if you could share this link (www.justgiving.com/Sandra-Cancer-Treatment) to this story, with as many people as you can. The more people that know, hopefully, the nearer I can get to my goal of being cured of this Cancer...

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 I urgently need your help now.

Thank you for your support,

Sandra xx