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Herceptin for Mel

Melanie O'Neill was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer 9yrs ago.

Fortunately the majority of us can only imagine the difficulties faced by Mel on a daily basis. How Mel deals with these challenges puts most of us to shame. She has endured years of chemotherapy and clinical trials with her trademark smile and tenacious hope..no easy feat for someone living with an incurable illness.

Mel started a new chemo treatment (Taxol) back in July. Alongside this drug she needs to have Herceptin but the NHS will no longer fund this. Treatments are £1200 each which Mel needs every 3 weeks.

A GoFundMe page set up by the lovely Maureen Reeve Webster in February 2020 raised £6325 which has funded treatments over the last few months. The IBC that was in Mel’s skin started to go down after the first treatment and has now completely vanished.




Mel would like to thank all those that contributed from the bottom of her heart.

The treatment is expensive but to Mel and her wonderful family it’s worth every penny!

Mel would like to do some fundraising to raise additional funds but that would prove quite tricky to organise in the current climate and the funds raised before are now almost depleted.

I know there is much love for this beautiful person and therefore in the short term I thought most of you lovely people would support Mel again by donating simply to help her out with funding the cost of treatment she needs to keep the cancer at bay.

We will however also look to organise some fun fundraising events over the coming months for which we’d be grateful for your support!

In the meantime, let’s continue to keep the current treatment path open to Mel - taking the option away for financial reasons is not something that anyone should have to resign themselves to...especially this beautiful brave lady who has so much to still live for.

I’ve set a target of £9600 to cover six months of treatment (24 weeks/treatment every 3 weeks = 8 treatments at £1200)

I know this is a stretching target so anything you can contribute at any point over the six months will be gratefully received! The money raised from the fundraising will also be added into the pot!

Mel will continue to share her journey by blogging for the Warrington  Guardian and vlogging on Instagram and Facebook to inspire others going through a tough time to never give up in the face of adversity and try to stay positive and live in the present.

Thank you x

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Donations 

  • Anita Tinsley
    • £25 
    • 2 yrs
  • Rebecca Fuller
    • £10 
    • 2 yrs
  • Nicola Turner
    • £170 
    • 3 yrs
  • Brenda Brinksman
    • £20 
    • 3 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Sarah Groves
Organizer
Melanie ONeill
Beneficiary

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