For Jordan

Hello, my name is Jordan. I am 42 years old, a proud father of one amazing son and partner to an amazing lady for the last 17 years.

For many years I have worked as a senior support worker, working with 16 - 18-year olds in a residential setting. Helping young people is my passion and my calling in life. Due to health reasons I had to stop working while I went through treatment and this is my story...

In the summer of 2022, I experienced chest pains. After a CT scan it turned out to be a blood clot in one of my arteries. In September I was told this was caused by a rare type of cancer called a thymoma which had metastasis to my left lung, only 1 in 400 people are diagnosed with this cancer each year and I was 1 of the unlucky ones.

After being told initially it was inoperable, I had 6 rounds of aggressive chemotherapy which shrunk the tumour by half. This allowed me to undergo surgery in May 2023 to try and fully remove it.

The operation was meant to be a sternotomy taking 3/4 hours but ended up being a 9-hour operation where I had half of my left lung removed and received two blood transfusions. During the months after my operation, I made a great recovery, and the first scan showed my body to be cancer free. I started to make plans and enjoy life again.

Unfortunately, the second follow-up scan 6 months later showed the opposite. The tumour has grown back to 8cm with metastasis to my right lung. This was due to left over cells and I was told they could not operate on me again.

I refused to hear a prognosis because I am not willing to give up. I was told by my oncologist that I would now be offered second line chemotherapy to try to slow the growth and extend my life, but they could not cure me. After careful consideration, I can't put myself through the toxicity of chemotherapy again. It was tough the first-time round, and I currently have a good quality of life. With other treatments, which are not currently available on the NHS, I can maintain this and build a stronger immune system to fight it.

To do this I need to raise funds to go abroad and receive immunotherapy and other holistic treatments. The doctors believe they can help me which has given me renewed hope.

I feel I still have a lot to give and experience in life. I am not ready to give up on it!

Any help with funds would be greatly appreciated, or even a share.

thankyou for reading X