My name is Marcell Marias and I’m an artist, musician, and bewildered new owner of a Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET), a rare form of cancer that decided to metastasize in my liver.

I’m starting this GoFund Me Campaign to humbly ask for your help with my current and upcoming financial challenges after this recent diagnosis.

The NET is inoperable and I am not a good candidate for a transplant, so what is left is a pretty aggressive chemotherapy regimen. After many doctor’s visits and scans, my treatment has finally begun with hormonal injections and chemotherapy. My intention is to get through this and extend my life beyond what the doctors convey as a prognosis. I’m here to fight, and as much of a peace lover as I am, it’s time to kick this cancer’s butt.

In the past few months I’ve lost a lot of weight and muscle, and experience fatigue often. Due to my diminished liver function, I have developed edema in my legs and ankles which limit my movement. Chemotherapy, which I just started, will add to the fatigue along with additional side effects according to the doctors. This necessitates in-home care and refraining from exerting myself too much. As most of my income came from doing video-projection shows, playing out live, and selling my art at markets, minimizing these activities have recently proven necessary.

I’m asking for your help in order for me to mitigate lost wages while I go through Chemo treatment. Your contributions will go toward paying expenses like housing, utilities, costs associated with treatment, healing food, and peace of mind.

Please consider donating in any amount, as no donation is too small; and as a collective of generous souls, your contributions will make a big difference in my life.

With deep gratitude, love, and respect,

Marcell Marias