Hi, this is Zoe. Our great friend Anne Sarsfield is helping us organise a fund raiser. We have been close friends for many years, hopefully many more. All funds from this quiz night at the brilliant Hare & Hounds in Claygate, Esher, will go towards funding my husband, Simon, treatment to stay alive until a cure is available around 2030.
Simon has Left anterior temporal Glioblastoma, IDH wild type, CNS WHO Grade 4, TERT promoter mutation, MGMT promoter unmethylated. Basically the worst brain cancer with no current cure. A cure is almost confirmed in 2030. So this is to extend his life until then. NHS treatment is very limited and has no effect on this cancer. So all treatments are private, some not available in the UK, and the ones we are targeting are all DNA based (IOSK, DC_VAX or CeGaT, awaiting confirmation as to which is going to buy the most time for Simon) and between £107k and £200k each, so evenings like this are crucial. This is the 1st local one so crucial.
Please see Simon’s story here, published by The Mirror (You have to watch a few ads 1st sorry): https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/this-could-last-christmas-unless-36446532
Simon is currently on Avastin, privately and what his current fundraiser covers, which stops growth, but not for long, hence the urgency. Apart from minor short term memory loss, he is 100% and you'll see this in the video above, and will hopefully drop in to the Quiz night.
Please contribute £10 per person for a ticket, max of 8 per team, so we can arrange seating, and give yourself a team name after your surname. You can contact Anne Sarsfield about this, or me, Zoe Hollister (Down this screen there is a contact button), or Simon Himself (Facebook, WhatsApp, Mobile or email). If you are interested in an individual ticket ( We will find you a team). We will announce prizes for the quiz winners and räffle later . Thank you in advance for your support and thank you to the Hare & Hounds for brilliantly supporting my campaign to get this life extending treatment for a good man, Simon, me and our family.
Do share with everyone and if you can't make it, please just donate what you can anyway. Thank you so much in advance for your donations and support and lets have a great evening! Zoe. x