Fighting for My Life – Help Sona Battle Stage IV Cancer

My name is Sona Thapa, and I never thought I’d be writing something like this.

I came to Australia in July 2023 full of dreams. I left behind my family, my country, and everything familiar, hoping to build a better life. I wanted to study, work hard, and one day, make my family proud. But life had a different plan for me

In early 2025 , I began noticing strange bruises on my body. I visited multiple GPs, hoping to find answers. But nothing showed up. I carried on, silently struggling, believing that maybe it was stress… maybe it would pass.

Then came March 25th — a day that changed my life forever.

After being rushed to the emergency department due to worsening symptoms, I was put through a series of urgent tests. The result shattered me:

Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer, Stage IV.

Since that day, I have been admitted at Concord Hospital, fighting for every breath, every heartbeat. As if that wasn’t enough, the cancer has caused a serious condition called DIC (Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation). I now require daily medications and constant care.

Doctors have planned 12 rounds of chemotherapy over the next six months, and only after that will they know if my body can handle more.

Each round is terrifying. Each day, uncertain.

And now, I’m facing something even scarier than the illness — the financial burden of staying alive. I don’t have Medicare — only private insurance. And coming from a middle-class family, the medical bills are overwhelming. The cost of my treatment is beyond anything I can manage alone.

I’ve always believed in giving. I was once an active donor, always trying to support others in their time of need. But now, life has put me in the very same place — asking for help, vulnerable and afraid.

All I want is a chance to live. To fight this with everything I have. To see another sunrise, to laugh again, to go home.

And if you can’t donate, please, please share this with someone who might be able to.

I am not ready to give up. I want to live. I want to go home one day, cancer-free, and tell others that miracles do happen — because of people like you.

From the deepest part of my heart, thank you — for reading, for praying, for caring.

Sona Thapa

Commonwealth Bank

BSB 062 319

Account 10947023

or Pay ID 0404 539 037

With love and hope,

Sona Thapa