Help River conquer Metastatic cancer

Hi i’m River,  pictured here with my rather gorgeous, extremely smart and cheeky Guide-dog Nutmeg:

I am asking you to please support me in beating Stage III Metastatic Breast Cancer Holistically...

“I LOVE life, and feel i have an awful lot to give, but i never dreamed i’d be fighting for it”.

“Cancer is often a very lonely and frightening journey, particularly so when you’re Blind and doing it ALONE, NO family or support network to lighten the load a little”.

I am looking to raise £29,000 for holistic  treatment including but not exclusive to, high dose Vitamin C infusions, Mistletoe therapy, twice weekly HBOT, other natural remedies, Hypnotherapy, Consultations/scans and Whole house water purification  system. I have factored in travel expenses as they really do mount up, in spite of using a local community car service where possible. 

I have conquered many challenges in my life, not least of all my deliberate blinding through repeated chemical assaults as a child, followed by almost nine years of indecent assaults by another which changed my life irrevocably. Back in those days these things were rarely spoken of and were more or less brushed under the carpet. There was no justice for others like myself, and it was a case of finding a way of dealing with the ramifications.

My personal justice however, is having been given the spirit to see adversity as a gift to teach and empower me no matter what comes my way.
                          
My biggest challenge right now is conquering Stage III Metastatic breast cancer which I was initially diagnosed with in 2011.
 
My gorgeous Guide-dog Dallas (now gained his wings) in 2011, first alerted me to the fact something may be wrong. He was a very loving boy, and as with all my amazing Guide-dogs over the years, we had an exceptionally close bond. Dallas kept pushing under my arm which was unusual. I ignored it for a while but then awoke one night with the terrible feeling that I was going to die.  Being a very up-beat person this feeling came as a real shock to me.

I had a feeling of “fullness” under my arm but nothing unduely concerning.

I had it checked out, just going through the  motions, not believing I had cancer, but there it was in the axillary lymphnodes and breast...and life-changing decisions to be made.

 I rang an acquaintance from the hospital café, almost speechless through the tears, grateful that I had my Dallas with me at the time

I did say that “laughter” would  be a big part of the healing process,  and thanks to the wonderful Peter  Kay and Rich Hall i did laugh and still make a point of listening to them daily!

At the time I was overwhelmed by intense shock and fear that I would die
if i didn’t have treatment.

May 2012, I was thrilled beyond words to have been given the all-clear and embarked upon a “clean” life-style.

2014, I was feeling great , but then experienced six significant bereavements in less than two-and-a-half years including both parents and my amazing guide-dog who was the love of my life and who was always there for me, my constant source of comfort.  

During this time, I felt a small lump in the scar tissue and went for a routine mammogram. I was devastated when recalled as a “shadow” had been seen. A further mammogram and ultrasound was carried out and I was advised it had been an error, phew, huge sigh of relief!

The lump more or less unchanged i paid for a precautionary thermography scan  the following year. It apparently showed lymph stagnation for which I had a treatment to shift it. I was advised to have yearly scans as I was at high risk having had cancer previously. 
 
2015 the lump was unchanged, but another slight change was obvious, so I had it checked out. The scans/biopsy showed I had numerous tumours this time around, too deep for me to feel apparently.  How they were never picked up on previous scans is

I have advanced breast cancer with involvement of the lymph-nodes and overlying skin.

I had been treating it naturally but simply did not have the funds to treat it affectively, In spite of having qualifications including a BAppSC and PgCERT, and like approx 75% of visually impaired people in the UK I have been unable to find employment but was in the process of establishing a Motivational speaking and Holistic wellbeing practice when I was re-diagnosed.
 
I’ve fund raised for organisations over the years, sky-diving and abseiling down a fifteey storey building the most adventurous, however fund  raising for myself has been a last resort, I have sold everything I can sell to raise funds but this has all but gone now. I had relied on others to create this page for me but people have their own lives so I have over-come the discomfort of asking for support for myself and know I have to really put everything into regaining full fabulous health once more, enabling me to use this and life experiences to hopefully inspire and motivate others to see adversity as an empowering gift.
 
Thank you so much for reading this your support means more than I can express!

I would be grateful please if you could share this with your friends, families and colleagues.