Hello Everyone,

My name is Michael Locke and this GoFundMe has been set up for Luke Carroll. To start this has been set up with Luke and Kristina's consent albeit with years of resistance, but the consent itself should tell you more than you need to know about his condition.

A little about Luke. First and foremost he is a proud family man. A Doting father to Chloe and Nicholas and husband to Kristina. A best friend to countless people and friend to many more. He is a son to amazing parents, a sibling, cousin and so much more. Luke always puts everyone else first, He will stop anything and everything he is doing to help a friend, and always puts his own needs on the back burner, and will do it without ruffling a feather.

He is not the sort of person to ask for help, he will struggle through things on his own and occasionally needs to be pulled into line to be told - We will help you. Luke and his family our now in need of our help and this is our way of showing them the love we have for them and if we can put a smile on his face we have succeeded.

Luke received the devastating and shattering news in September 2022 that he had colorectal cancer. Before he even started the journey to try and beat cancer it was already stage 4 (meaning it had left the host organ) and had spread to his liver and lungs.

He took the typical Luke approach and talked his friends and family through his diagnosis helping everyone come to terms with his heart breaking situation. Being the sort of bloke who quite literally would give you the shirt of his back, it was the only way Luke would tackle this journey - head on. He is a man of honour and is loyal to the bone and doesn't know how to roll over.

Luke has just undertaken his 50th round of Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy this week a milestone that is a bitter pill to swallow. He has also completed 3 rounds of radiation treatment and a liver resection in December 2024 to try and cut out the cancerous liver tissue to no avail. His drive to try and beat cancer is like his drive for life - full commitment and do everything in his power. There has been some extremely difficult times with the liver resection and initial immunotherapy but he did it all with a smile on his face and I'm sure everyone can attest to the fact he never complained once.

During all this treatment he has not only maintained his work (quite literally he has had more than twice as many chemo treatments than sick days in the last 3 years) he has also maintained his duties as a father, friend and been undertaking a full home re-build himself.

Unfortunately his condition is deteriorating now and Luke can't continue the work himself (which I must say are mere finishing touches) and that is where we his friends are stepping in. His house is his project and is his dream to see it come to life. We want Luke to see his dream realised with the build completed, in a timeframe he can see in the way he wants it done, without further financial burden on his young family.

These funds are for the completed house works and for the medical costs incurred for him from here on. I feel it's a drop in the ocean for the commitment he has for his family and friends and is a small ounce of gratitude we can show him to say thank you, put a smile on his face and help his family.

I think this photo sums up Luke's opinions on cancer and paints a picture of himself as well. He has never been one for the spot light and certainly doesn't like attention. To put it quite candidly F#@! Cancer