<div>We’re urgently fundraising to give our beautiful Bella more time with us. Bella is just 23 years old, and after 6 weeks in hospital in December 2025 for pain in her abdomen - which was continually dismissed as fibroids - we received the shocking news she has a very rare form of cancer called spindle cell sarcoma.
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<div>In July this year she had a total hysterectomy, after which we had the news she was cancer free. But in September 2026 after routine checks she received the devastating and shocking news cancer has now started growing in her lungs. Without another effective treatment her time could be heartbreakingly short - potentially just months or weeks.
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<div>There are no words to describe what it feels like to hear that about someone you love so much. It is terrifying, devastating and desperately unfair.
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<div>Bella is only 23. She has so much love to give, so much life she wants to live, and a future she has only just begun to imagine with her fiancé, Ben.
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<div>We are not ready to lose her. And we are not ready to give up fighting for more time.
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<div><strong>The heartbreaking obstacle is that the treatment cannot currently be funded for Bella on the NHS, meaning we have to try to pay for it entirely ourselves.</strong>
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<div>We will do anything for our Bella, but the cost is beyond anything we can manage alone. Bella’s previous treatment cost approximately £14,000 for just 56 tablets. Costs on this scale are impossible for an ordinary family to meet without help.
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<div>We are facing a race against time, trying to find a way to access treatment that could give Bella another chance.
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<div>And that is why we are asking for your help.
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<div><strong>Who is Bella</strong>
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<div>Those who know Bella know her for her absolutely wicked sense of humour. She has that ability to make people laugh, even when life is incredibly hard. She is loved more than words can ever explain.
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<div>Bella is a budding photographer, a loved daughter, a little sister to her 3 siblings, a niece, a cousin, granddaughter, and fiancé to the love of her life, Ben.
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<div>Through surgery, treatment, fear and everything this awful disease has thrown at her, she is still our Bella.
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<div>She is still the person who makes us smile. Still the person we want to see happy.
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<div>At 23, she should be planning her wedding, dreaming about her future and looking forward to everything life has waiting for her. She shouldn’t be fighting for her life. But this is the heartbreaking reality for our beautiful Bella.
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<div><strong>How your funding will help</strong>
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<div>Bella’s medical team is hoping to treat her with another targeted cancer medication called entrectinib that could shrink the sarcoma, reduce her symptoms, and give her more time with us.
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<div>We know there are no guarantees.
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<div>We know it may not work.
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<div>We would never want to give anyone false hope.
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<div>But when a treatment may offer a chance, and time is so precious, how can we not try?
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<div>We desperately want Bella to have that opportunity.
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<div><strong>The NHS will not fund this medication, meaning we have to pay ourselves.</strong>
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<div><strong>Every donation, no matter how small, will help us work towards funding Bella’s treatment and giving her the opportunity to try entrectinib.</strong>
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<div>The money raised will primarily go towards:
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<li>Bella’s treatment and medication, including the cost of accessing entrectinib privately.
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<li>Associated medical costs connected with her treatment and care.
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<li>Practical support, including travel, equipment, comfort and wellbeing as needed.
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<div>The cost of cancer treatment is overwhelming, and every contribution will help us get closer to making this possible.
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<div>If circumstances change or the proposed treatment cannot go ahead, the money raised will continue to be used for Bella’s care and benefit. We will keep everyone who has supported us updated.
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<div>Every pound raised will help us support Bella through this incredibly difficult time.
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<div><strong>Please help us give Bella more time</strong>
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<div><strong>If you can donate, we will be forever grateful.</strong>
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<div>Whether it is £5, £10, £20 or whatever you can afford, please know that your kindness could make a real difference to Bella and the people who love her.
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<div>If you cannot donate, please don't feel that you cannot help.<strong> Sharing Bella’s story could be just as important.</strong> You never know who might see it, who might be able to help, or how far one share could travel.
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<div>Please share this with your friends, your family, your colleagues and anyone who might be able to help us reach our goal.
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<div>We are asking for help because we love Bella more than words can say. Because we want to explore every possible option. Because we want her to have the chance to marry Ben. Because we want them to have more time together.
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<div>We want more laughter. More hugs. More memories. More moments that we can hold on to forever.
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<div>We want Bella to have the chance to experience the future she deserves.
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<div>We know money cannot buy a cure. We know that nothing is guaranteed. But if there is a chance that this treatment could help Bella, we want to do everything we can to give her that chance.
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<div>Please help us give Bella the opportunity to try.
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<div>Please help us give her and Ben the chance to celebrate their love.
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<div>Please help us create more precious memories with the beautiful, funny, kind-hearted young woman we love so much.
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<div>Please help us give Bella more time. ❤️
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<div>From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for reading Bella’s story, for caring, for donating and for sharing. Every single act of kindness means more to us than you will ever know.
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