Please help Bomber fund life extending treatment

Hi I’m Kate , Bombers wife

Firstly I want to thank all of my family and friends for their love and support so far and now their encouragement to set up this page for Bomber.

I’m setting up this page to help him fund life extending treatment in Germany under Professor Thomas Vogl for TACE treatment

Professor Thomas Vogl has spoken to us and is confident he can help Bomber stabilised his cancer from spreading further and give him more time.

This will take an average of 5 or 6 trips to Germany for this private medical treatment.

I will pass you over to Bomber now to tell his story

Thank you all in advance for you’re love and support xx

Hi my name is Ian everyone knows me as Bomber, I am 44 , my wife Kate have set up this page to help fund TACE treatment in Frankfurt Germany.

Many of my friends and family have reached out to offer help and support since my diagnosis in December 2022.

Lots of kind family and friends have offered to set up a go fund me page to help fund my treatment and living with cancer.

Now it’s come to the fact I have to have private treatment abroad because the NHS have hit a wall with my treatment.

Please read below my story and help me spread awareness of Stage 4 Bowel cancer .

Since mid 2020, I have experienced

Similar side effects to IBS along with crazy stomach bloating like a balloon going off in the belly , high blood pressure and, in the last year, bleeding was found in my stools and black stools on occasion. I booked an appointment with my GP #staustellhealthcare.

They told me my bloating was a diet issue and to cut things out of my diet, and keep a food diary. Fast forward to summer 2021 and I was told my stools were nothing to worry about even though my stomach was still really swelling up ! I had numerous blood tests, 2021 and 2022, but nothing picked up.

Finally, at the beginning of December 22, I had chronic abdominal pains and went to doctors again and was told it was trapped wind ! I could take no more on the 4th day, now violently throwing up. I was rushed to hospital where I was told it was my appendix.

After CT scan, I was led into a room where my whole life came crashing down in 1 second , being told I had an aggressive tumour that’s fit to burst in my bowel and they needed to do life-saving emergency surgery ASAP, but also the cancer had spread to my liver, making it stage 4.

After 8 hours of surgery, they removed the cancer from my bowel and reconstructed it, then spent 4 days in intensive care and 12 days on the ward. I was a lucky boy to get through. They saved my life.

Waking up the next morning and being told they had eradicated the cancer from my bowel, but unfortunately I now have to deal with my secondary cancer on my liver had 12 rounds of folfoxiri and after 5 rounds had stabilised my liver tumours but unfortunately after the full cycle of 12 rounds the cancer had grown. I also self funded a drug called Avastin on last four cycles along with other chemo.

I Have now been given a tablet drug called longsurf this has made me very sick and horrible side effects but I want to explore all my options as this was the last drug the NHS. An offer but was told it will have very little or no effect , but after lots of research by myself and Kate we were delighted that Germany could give us another lifeline.

If you’re ever in doubt about any of the symptoms I have described above, please insist your doctor takes it seriously. Considering a scan , I can’t believe my symptoms didn’t marry up! I was just sent away again and again . They all point to bowel cancer. One of them should ring alarms, let alone all of them. Since the operation my blood pressure has come right down to normal levels. So tumour must have been causing me problems.

I have had the most amazing

and incredible support from all my family and friends and I certainly do not let Cancer get me down.

My message to you is, please pay close attention to yourself. Don't be afraid to visit the doctor or openly talk about any issues you might have. And challenge the doctor if you have questions ! I wish I had done. It could save your life.

Thank you for taking time to read my story.

Bomber x

I will be updating this page as my journey continues as flying out to Frankfurt on Thursday 17th August for my first procedure x