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£24,502
raised of £150,000 target by 769 supporters

    Weʼve raised £24,502 to help me save my Mums life - my family and I need her. 54 years old is too young to die. I am new mum who needs my mum. Thank you <3

    Funded on Wednesday, 7th June 2017

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    Story

    In September 2016 my family were dealt the cruelest hand imaginable. Aged only 54, my mum was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal stomach cancer; the exact cancer that her mum (my lovely nan) died of. History was repeating itself. I cannot begin to describe the fear that we (mum, dad, me and my 20-year-old brother) felt hearing the consultants’ say she has only 12 months to live. The cancer has also spread to the lymph nodes and peritoneum.

    Pregnant with my first baby, what should have been the best time of my life, quickly turned into the worst. My mum is not only a wonderful mum, but also my best friend.

    In an attempt to prolong her life, chemotherapy began, but it’s failing. The December scan showed the cancer has grown and spread.

    Not only is the cancer resisting chemotherapy, she experiences agonising bone pain, permanent ringing in her ears, and when she eats is doubled up with stomach pain. I fear she won’t get the nutrition she needs to stay strong. Without help she will die.

    With a background in clinical science, I began to research immunotherapy, an alternative to chemotherapy that is gradually gaining ground in cancer treatment. In simple terms immunotherapy stimulates your own immune system to work harder or smarter to attack cancer cells. There are cases where patients have gone into remission or been cured.

    Sadly it’s not available on the NHS for stomach cancer. However it's available at The Hallwang clinic in Germany but it isn’t cheap and whilst we’re working hard to fund as much ourselves, I need your help.

    My MUM is a loving, down to earth, and very humble lady who puts her family first. Always. An avid animal lover she is at her happiest when walking her dogs on the beach! Over the years she has made many sacrifices to give my brother and I the opportunities she didn’t have, expecting very little in return.

    She has so much to live for, especially her granddaughter.
    Please, make a donation to save her life, even if it’s a £1!
    Thank you

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    • Kate Kjc7 years ago
      Kate Kjc

      Kate Kjc

      7 years ago
      Update from the Page owner

      Thank you all so much for this amazing amount, the fight is not over and mum has been tossed aside by the NHS. Tomorrow we drive her to Germany where she will start chemo and recovering from her ordeal with the NHS. If we don't self discharge she will die here. We can't afford an ambulance so I am driving her myself. This page closed so I had to reopen another if you want to donate : https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/savejanetcolgan Please keep sorting us, we are using credit cards and what we can to get her treatment. Thanks x

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    • Kate Kjc7 years ago
      Kate Kjc

      Kate Kjc

      7 years ago

      Mum having her first infusion!!!! This place is amazing, it already feels like my family. I can't thank everyone enough for getting my mum here. The Drs feel that because we have acted early in coming here before she is too ill, that she has a bright future with the help of the Hallwang. She will need to keep having treatment to manage this, think of this a little like diabetes with insulin. If she doesn't have her treatments she will die. Please please please keep her alive and keep donating. I can't thank you all enough.

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    • Kate Kjc7 years ago
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      Kate Kjc

      7 years ago

      Our next fundraising event, I hope you can make it. If not please check out the social media accounts where you will find pictures and videos of the event...keep donating everyone lets get mum the treatment she needs. Thank you for your continued support x

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    • Kate Kjc7 years ago
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      Kate Kjc

      7 years ago

      Please open the picture below to read the update. I really need to get it out to you, I can't express how I truly feel in a short paragraph. Last night we raised an amazing £637.80, thank you everyone for your love and support. Looking like we are going to Germany sooner rather than later so I need your support more than ever. In the words of a famous advert EVERY LITTLE HELPS! Dig deep, I will NOT let my mum die, she gave me life, and I will give it her back. Follow SaveJanet on Twitter and Facebook for regular updates. Love you x

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    • Mitchell Myers

      Mitchell Myers

      Jun 2, 2017

      Had a little to spare again, so no better use for it x

      £10.00

    • MIchael Hackett

      MIchael Hackett

      Jun 2, 2017

      £10.00

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      May 31, 2017

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    • Will Jepson

      Will Jepson

      May 31, 2017

      £10.00

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      Matt Quarmby

      May 30, 2017

      £40.00

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      May 30, 2017

      £10.00

    • Faye Shearer

      Faye Shearer

      May 30, 2017

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