Dove's Final Quest

Hi everyone!

My name is Dove. I was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer when I was 36. There is no known cure.

There are a lot of simple little things that I have never experienced in my lifetime. That's why I have decided to make a GoFundMe account to see if it isn't too late to start crossing them off my list.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma has a slow course with a survival rate of 89% at 5 years. The estimated 10-year survival rate is less than 70%. Tumors progress persistently and often recur, resulting in a survival rate of only 40% after 15 years. I was diagnosed in 2016.

I have tried a few different options of treatments including a successful 16 hour operation to remove it from just millimetres below my brain, which resulted in a loss of the upper right hand side of my jaw and the hearing in my right ear, loss of taste and smell to mention just a few, but it has came back with a vengeance, this time in my lungs.

People have helped me raise over £2500 for 5 different charities including The Beatson, Macmillan, Cancer Research, The Christie and Maggie's Centres and I document my final journey on my page https://www.facebook.com/DoveWingsQuest/ on Facebook.

I've tried and tried and tried until I'm left in a puddle of hopeless tears to go viral but people think I'm either out to scam them for everything that I can get for myself or I'm some sort of advanced hacker. I've had mountains of abuse that only brings me down even more when all I'm trying to do is help as many people as I possibly can. It seems like people are only interested in watching cat videos, dance crazes, the latest trend and wondering what kind of potato they are.

So here I am, bearing all. This money is for me and my family, to create some long overdue, lasting memories before this cancer defeats me entirely. I have so much to try and squeeze in to whatever time I have left that I'm calling out to you to please help me achieve my happy end with my family.

I don't understand why people wait so long to start living. It's only when you look back at everything that you've done, the chances you've missed and the decisions that could have gave you a different life completely, that you realize that life really is too short. Don't wait. I did, I'm just wishing I didn't leave it too late to begin doing the things I should have been doing all along.

Very, very much love to each and every one of you all.

Dove. ❤️️️️