My name is Bree, and I am writing this with the heaviest of hearts and with the deepest of urgencies. Life has been pretty unpredictable recently but I never imagined I would be here, asking the world for help to save the man I love, Matt – my husband, my soulmate and the best thing to ever happen to me, But time is running out, and without support, I am terrified that I am about to lose him and I can’t let that happen.

Our story has been a long and treacherous one with more heartbreak and close calls than anyone should endure over a lifetime so I’ll give you the condensed version to allow you a window to our world.

Matt was originally diagnosed in 2021 with Stage lV colorectal cancer back in New Zealand - he was only 40. He underwent surgery to successfully remove the tumour, but with news that cancer cells had entered the Peritoneal which basically meant “bye for now, but we’ll meet again” so he left the oncologists office with an “all clear” but a guarantee that this would return.

Fast forward to May 2023 after a successful 18months of “all clears” and everything changed. After a scan following a “suspected hernia” we found out that in fact, the worst had finally caught up to him. The cancer was back and had spread to his Liver. We wasted no time taking action and within a few weeks he was undergoing major surgery to remove 45% of his Liver and then sent straight back to Chemotherapy..

At this stage, even with all he’d been through, we still had our sights set on the imminent light at the end of the tunnel, the end of Cancer. However in November 2023 this light that we’d kept all steam ahead for went out. Unfortunately it was discovered that he had a nasty mutation - the BRAFv600e mutation- for those who aren’t familiar, this mutation is very aggressive, fast moving and yes, completely incurable in the eyes of Western Medicine. Treatment was to “buy him time” but he was terminal and given a 12months survival rate.

Since then, he has fought with everything he has – surgery after surgery, treatment after treatment, setback after setback. But he fought hard, endured more pain than anyone should have to, and kept pushing forward for us, neither of us ever wanting to believe we had such little time.

Life knocked us down again. In March 2025, we travelled to Fiji for what was meant to be our dream wedding. Instead, he ended up with a bowel obstruction and nearly died in a third-world hospital. I spent every day and night doing everything I could to keep him alive while we scrambled to pay for a Medevac flight back to Australia. We spent our entire life savings just getting him home – and when he made it back, he still spent months fighting for his life in hospital.

Now we have been told that his liver is shutting down. Doctors have told us that he may only have weeks left. Weeks. I can barely write that without breaking down. We have exhausted all of our options here in Australia, there is truly nothing left here for him.

But there is still hope.

There is a treatment overseas in India that could save his life. It is our last and only chance – a chance for more time. But it is very expensive, and after everything we have been through, we simply have nothing left. We need to raise over $250,000, and we need to do it urgently. Every day we wait is a day he may not get back.

Matty is only 44. He has so much more life to live. He also has two young children who adore their dad – children who still need him for school drop-offs, hugs, advice, laughter and all the life moments that only a father can give. He desperately wants to watch them grow up, and they deserve the chance to have their dad beside them as long as possible.

I would sacrifice everything to save him, but I cannot do this alone. He is my whole world. My best friend. I cannot lose the man I vowed forever to, the man who has fought harder than anyone I have ever known. I love him with every part of me, and I am begging for help to give him the chance he deserves.

If you can donate, even a small amount, you are helping give a father more time with his children. You are helping a husband stay alive for the wife who loves him more than words can express. You are helping a family who simply refuses to give up.

Please share our story. Please help us reach those who can help. Time is slipping away, and we are fighting the hardest battle of our lives.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart