Nathan is a 30 year old man who lives with his Fiancé and his 2 beautiful children Sienna 5 & Thiago 3 who have unconditional love for him!
Nathan was born with a medical condition called neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and in 2009 he developed a benign tumour on delicate neck nerves called a plexiform neurofibroma. This was partially removed in 2011.
Since his operation the tumour slowly growed back as to be expected with these types of tumours.
Unfortunately in 2015 his little boy Thiago was also diagnosed with plexiform neurofibromas in his leg which has caused his entire left leg to grow out of proportion for his age and resulted in Thiago having a leg length discrepancy of almost 2 inches and finds it difficult to be as mobile as any other 3 year old boy would be. While visiting Thiago's genetic consultant Nathan's tumour was noticed and he was asked to attend the next genetic clinic which was in July 2016. From there he was sent urgently for numerous scans and finally a biopsy.
He was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer 3 days prior to his 30th birthday in August 2016. Doctors told Nathan that he has a large advanced soft tissue Sarcoma (which developed from his plexiform neurofibroma) and that it is inoperable due to its size and location. They have said that a cure is unlikely as soft tissue Sarcomas tend not to respond well to Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy could possibly shrink the tumour but not enough for surgery.
So far Nathan has had Radiotherapy which shrunk the tumour temporarily but unfortunately we have found out he now has secondary cancer in his lungs.
We previously tried raising £75k for proton therapy but he is no longer eligible for this. So now we are hoping to raise £50k for 8 weeks of treatment at the Hallwang clinic in Germany where we hope will give Nathan his young life back so he can enjoy his family and hopefully get to see his young children grow up. Please help us by donating and sharing. Many thanks for your support!