Wendy Chipo Chenai

I know you guys know me with one name or the other...WENDY CHIPO CHENAI GONDORA (WCCG). It comes with sadness to inform you that I was diagnosed with incurable cancer in Feb 2024. Took me a whole year to come to terms with it. I carried on with life and pretended everything was alright. Could not tell anyone at all (not sure why..). I started calling off sick at work and losing weight but I'd shrug it off by pretending I was on some weight loss regime and loved my new figure. The times I was unwell, I just kept on coming up with different lies to my family and friends.

After I got worse around November time and had to stop work for a bit (hopefully hoping to go back at some point), that's when I decided to tell a few people. I told my partner, then added a few special people, slowly along the way.

It then became my New Year's resolution to tell more people because I didn't want something happening to me and hurting some close people, people who would have preferred I told them myself. I also slowly became accepting of my situation.

I then told my mom and my family, including my 3 children, only this January. Obviously telling my children was my worst nightmare. It wasn't easy telling them that their mom, whom they love so much has a terminal illness and could possibly die anytime. And like, I'm only 42!

My whole life, being a single mom, I tried so hard to give my children a good life. I tried to take them on holidays I could afford and just provide for them as much as I could. My children are my world hence I'm trying to leave them with something.

I have worked for the NHS for over 20 years now, trained as a nurse at Middlesex University in London then began my nursing career. Decided I had always wanted to become a midwife so trained to become a midwife in 2014 at Canterbury University and then enjoyed dual working as a Nurse and a Midwife till now.

Throughout the years, I met a lot of lovely people and made a lot of good friends . I believe I'm so loved by plenty hence this go- fund. It's all centred around trying to leave my children with something. Im going to contribute this fund towards buying a lovely house for my children.

I don't know how long I have to live. I have refused to be told. I'd rather not know. However, I just want to make sure everything is in place before anything happens. I could die tomorrow, I could die in the next 10 years, only God knows. I am on some new cancer drug treatment and so far, I haven't been that bad. I have had more good days than bad. For now I just want to try and enjoy life with my children and my family and also secure my children with something before I die.

To think, I was always the outgoing one, the party starter, the 'pleasure manager' and the bubbly one, ALWAYS LATE but first and last on the dance floor. I do really miss the old ME but I have come to terms that I'm never going to get that ME back. I'm just going to be taking each day as it comes and trying to make as much memories as possible with my children, family and friends.

Thank you so much guys. I Love You and GOD BLESS YOU!