A Lone Wolf Gets Cancer

When a Lone Wolf gets breast cancer, she needs to accept help from family and friends, most of whom live in another country!

Please, help me lower the travel costs of those who are going to come over from Iceland, or elsewhere, to Scotland to help look after me during my chemo and radiotherapy.

The money will be put towards their flights and other expenses brought on by their travels.

The Full Story:

I'm an Icelandic freelance journalist/events manager, dabbling in stand-up comedy and have lived in Edinburgh for over two years. I think I might be a strong contestant for the "worst Christmas present" competition 2018 as I was diagnosed with breast cancer on December 20th, spending most of Christmas Eve at the hospital having more scans and tests and being told it might have spread. I managed to pop over to Iceland for New Year's to break the news to my family and then went back to Edinburgh to have a lumpectomy on 18 January. Thankfully, the cancer hadn't spread!

Because my tumour was Grade 3 and HER2 positive (fast-growing) however, I also need to have chemo and targeted therapy over the next few months as well as radiotherapy. So, I'm going to be pretty poorly at times in the nearest future and will inevitably need some assistance.

Those who know me well know that I'm very independent and absolutely hate asking for help but I guess this is not the time to be too proud. I live on my own and have already come across some problems following my operation, where a second pair of hands has been useful. Fortunately, I have some wonderful friends here in Edinburgh who have helped me out with daily tasks but soon I will probably be needing more help after each cycle of chemo.

Some family members and friends back in Iceland are ready and able to fly over and stay with me for when I get really ill. And for that, I will be eternally grateful but also hate being a burden so the least I can do is lower their travel costs. I'm self-employed and had already been more or less off work for a few months before my diagnosis - as I had a miscarriage couple of months before - so I simply don't have the funds to pay their flights and transport myself.

Therefore, I'm asking for your help...to help me compensate the people who are willing to drop everything and spend time and money to care for me in my hour of need. I won't relax unless I can put some money towards the expenses brought on them by me.

I have no idea how I'll ever be able to reward those who will make donations, but I promise, I'll make a note of each and every one and think of something, I have months to think about that in between medical stuff!!! xx