Hello there!

My name is Sean O'Brien, I'm 34 years old and trying my best to save my life so I can live the life that all young people should be able to. Work, have a family, support my parents. The things that I previously took for granted.

I was self employed before my diagnosis and haven't been able to work since. I've been living off kind donations from family, friends and have spent all of my savings. With my treatment changing, and the costs escalating, that is no longer possible.

Since my not so positive stage 4 diagnosis (bowel cancer and liver metastases) in May'16 I've thrown absolutely everything at it. Chemotherapy. Radiotherapy. Organ removal. Massive diet change and keeping myself in as good as shape as possible.

All of this fighting has enabled me to smash the primary cancer to pieces and my bowel is now clear, however the liver metastases are proving extremely stubborn. What they haven't counted on is the fact that I am also extremely stubborn and am determined to continue to tackle this horrible disease head on.

My last scan results showed that my liver metatases have stopped responding to the current chemo that I am on. My bowel and the rest of my body is clear, which is positive and one of the reasons why I know I can beat this.

The NHS are amazing - they have kept me alive this far. But I have been told to get the maximum impact from my new chemotherapy, I need to use Avastin, which is not available on the NHS. This costs £1500 per session and I have to have a minimum of 8 sessions (£12k). However, the reality of it is that I will probably have to have more... a lot more.

On the 10th of January '19 I'll be doing my 50th chemotherapy session, I'm not super man. I now need your help if I am to continue to battle against this unforgiving, relentless disease. Cancer.

The NHS have done an incredible job keeping me going this long (most of us have long kicked by this point, 5% make it beyond 3yrs..ap) and to them I'm incredibly grateful!!

But I know I'm very close to being out of "free options" so I'm getting the ball rolling now, rather than when I'm actually at the point... as then, well.. you know.

I genuinely don't know what the cost of all this will be, but it won't be cheap. For example, during my last meeting with the liver surgeon he said that he thinks 'SIRT' (internal radiation) is my next treatment. This costs 28K and is not funded on the NHS anymore. Without this, I'll not be able to kill of the remaining of these pesky cancer cells.

Any help that I can put towards saving my life would be much appreciated and I'll be forever in your debt.

S.O.B x