Please help my girl get the treatment she needs

Hi everyone,

This really goes against the grain asking for money from people, especially in these difficult times, but I will do anything to help my daughter.

Emily is 24 and up until this point hasn't had the easiest of lives through no fault of her own.

She finally met the partner that she wants to spend the rest of her life with.

After 2 years together his mum was diagnosed with cancer, 2 months after I was diagnosed with cancer, Emily has been a rock for me and has had to support her partner also.

A few weeks after I was given the all clear we received the devastating news that Emily had an incurable brain tumour.

18 months after being diagnosed she underwent awake surgery to remove as much of the tumour as possible. She was absolutely incredible and came through the surgery as if it was a simple routine procedure.

The initial testing looked as though the tumour was going to a grade 2, which whilst we knew was not curable, it would be the best possible outcome.

When testing at the molecular level was completed we were told that it was a grade 3 astrocytoma. Emily started a gruelling 6 and a half weeks of combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy. A week into her treatment we were told that further DNA testing had been done and it was discovered that there was a gene deletion which meant that they regraded the tumour to grade 4.

The treatment remains the same as for a grade 3 and this has been the same treatment given for the last 20 years with no real advancements.

The biggest inspiration for Emily throughout her cancer diagnosis has been her Uncle Steve. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and given a scary prognosis, however he is still here because of the amazing team at The Royal Marsden and the clinical trials that he has been on. Unfortunately there are no such trials for brain tumours in the UK.

There are clinics in Germany who are more advanced with their brain tumour treatments and for an aggressive tumour such as Emily's they offer immunotherapy.

All Emily has wanted is to be able to grow old with her partner in their own home, this is not an unreasonable ask for a 24 year old girl.

We are hoping that immunotherapy will give her the best shot at having that dream.

The money raised will enable us to travel to Germany and have the monthly treatment alongside her chemotherapy at The Royal Marsden, we don't know at this stage if the total goal will be sufficient but should there be any excess money it will be donated to brain tumour research in the UK in the hope that future generations don't have to leave home in order to access this potentially life extending treatment.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.