Help us save Sarah…This is her chance for a real cure …

Sarah is a 34 year old mother of 4 beautiful children. For the past 5 years Sarah has been vegetarian then vegan, followed an organic lifestyle, hardly drank alcohol and never once smoked.

In April 2021, she was diagnosed with stage 4 aggressive colon cancer, with significant metastatic spread to her liver. Despite 23 rounds of chemo, Sarah’s cancer markers continue to climb. The conventional Western medicine doesn’t have much hope to cure her.

Her only chance for a cure? An expensive medical treatment plan in Thailand, at Verita medical centre.

Why? With different IV medications, vitamins and a controlled food intake, Verita aims to treat the cause of the cancer, not just the condition. This method combined with immunotherapy and a different style of radiotherapy will be implemented at a leading hospital in Bangkok, using an unconventional treatment plan, not available in Western countries, and that has shown excellent success rates in patients with similar cancer. In short, this is the only option at a cure for Sarah…

Why does this matter to me? Sarah is only a few years younger than me. She is also the daughter of one of my closest friends (Tina Busellato, who will be managing all the funds for the respective payments to get her treatment done). Her cancer has changed all our lives forever and her beautiful children deserve to grow up with their mother by their side.

 

This is her story…

 

On April 11th, 2021, Sarah’s world changed forever. With no symptoms other than night sweats, a standard hospital visit lead to a diagnosis that no one could have ever imagined, stage 4 aggressive colon cancer, with significant metastatic disease to her liver. A little over a week after her diagnosis, she underwent major colon resection surgery to remove the main tumour. It was so large that doctors were stunned she could even eat. In May 2021, after recovering from her surgery, she commenced a strong concoction of chemotherapy drugs to tackle her liver tumours. Every second Wednesday, Sarah has attended the Cancer Ward at St. John of God Murdoch to endure one of the longest chemo daily regimes administered in the clinic. A typical chemo treatment lasts a couple of hours, but not for Sarah. With her multiple chemo drugs and allergic reactions, she sits in the “chemo chair” for up to 8 hours at a time, only to go home with an additional chemo bottle of continued treatment for another 48 hours. Over time, Sarah’s health degraded with the side effects compounding against her, yet her spirit, fight and devotion to parenting her children has always remained unfaltering.

It has been 23 rounds to date, 23 rounds when she was initially told 12. After initial success with chemotherapy, the PET scan in August showed the cancer dramatically reduced. However, after a change in her chemo drugs due to severe health and allergic reactions, by December PET scan, the cancer had grown back to its original size. Sarah’s cancer is now no longer responding well to the chemotherapy, and unfortunately this is no longer a viable option for a cure.

Sarah continues to suffer immeasurably and horrific side effects associated with the treatment. I’m sure you would all know how much chemotherapy impacts a person’s body, mind and spirit. Yet, her selflessness and devotion to motherhood has been unwavering, humbling and admirable…

Sarah’s family has been researching day and night for options that will both reduce cancer and be less toxic to her body. Their research led to a promising place in Thailand called Verita Life, a division of a German company now practicing in several locations around the world. This place is unlike anything in Australia and and this has become her only hope for a cure.

All this treatment is outside of medical insurance and comes at a steep cost. Most of her life savings have already been used to keep her alive in the last 12 months, this is why we need this Go Fund Me page to appeal to any friends, family, colleges or kind strangers’ kindness to help raise money for this expensive but life saving treatment.

At the time Sarah was diagnosed, she has just started studying nursing, after years of being a dedicated stay at home mum raising her four beautiful children. She had finally set her sights on fulfilling this dream of hers yet life had different plans for her.

We are very grateful for every donation regardless of how small as every dollar really does make a difference.