Treatment to save Christian

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Hi everyone,
My name is Chris Nataline. I am a father of two little girls Christina and Danielle (Ellie) who are 7 and 3 years old. Their mother is my beautiful wife Karen.
I've been fighting a cancer called non-small cell adenocarcenoma (non smokers form) for six and an half years. I was diagnosed when I was 30 years old. My first daughter was only 8 months old. Three years after the diagnosis we had our second daughter which was a miracle considering after the treatments I was told I may be sterile or had mutated genes.

I've had cancer in my right lung, lymphnodes, liver, bones, vertebrae, spinal cord and brain. Not all at the same time but in waves during these last 6 years. Most areas have been cleared like my liver, lymphnodes and bones but my lung and brain are the most worrisome to my doctors and family.

Heres the list of hospitals I have been treated at for this disease.
Boston general hospital MGH
Orlando Regional Medical Center ORMC
Medical University of South Carolina MUSC
Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar in Nashville

I've was driving 6 hours every month from Florida to South carolina for six months and now I fly in little 4 seater planes with 2 stops (sometimes 3) every 3 weeks to and from Florida to Nashville TN courtesy of Angel Flights. Without them I wouldn't be here today.
I've come close to death many times but I don't believe I am going to die of cancer. I believe in myself and in the power of faith and I don't think I have been through all this just to die.

I've accuired some ptsd along the way and cured myself two years ago. I ended up in the jungle of Panama with my father and a friend in the search for a cure which changed my life forever. I came back free of the ptsd but the physical disease remained. I am more hopeful now than ever to find my cure and I know I'm getting close.

We sold our house and moved our family from Massachusettes to Florida where it was more affordable. The winters were really difficult finacially and we couldn't afford another winter. I was worried every night if the heater would break and how I would fix it. I remember the anxiety of feeling like I was dying and leaving my family in ruins. We had no choice but to go to a warmer climate even though it was against my doctors wishes to leave Boston. I kept pushing and eventually she gave in and said if you're going to do it do it now, so we did.

I've had the cancer come back 3 times since we moved to Florida and I've been fighing it off with different targeted study drugs but as it stands today, my last images show another spot in my brain. The doctors don't have other targeted therapies to give me so I'm out of options other than chemo and radiation but I've already had chemo and it failed back in 2010. The radiation puts a toll on my body and once it gets to the point where more spots show up they are going to want to do "full brain radiation". That means they will radiate my whole brain. I'll have ringing in my ears and loss of hearing. Probably permenant damage. I need my hearing and dont want the after effects of ringing and neuropathy.

I've found a clinic that treats everything holistically agressivley and I still have plenty of time to dive into these other therapy options but I need to do it now. I cant wait much longer. I have the national cancer society sending me a list of potential hospitals that may take me in even though I have brain mets. Its getting harder and harder to find hospitals to take me in my condition.

My daughters need their father and I'm financially drained. My parents have given everything they have to help me but this has been going on for over six years and theres only so much they can do. This fundraiser will allow me to travel to a clinic where every alternative
will be thrown at it. This is my last chance. Please help me heal myself so that I can be here to watch my daugthers grow up.