Our story

My Dad went to the opticians after he noticed a small red spot on his eye, and things escalated very quickly. Within days he was told he had an extremely rare and aggressive cancer. He was diagnosed with Ocular Melanoma on 4th March, his birthday.

The day after being told this, he had to have his right eye removed and the tumour was taken out. He was then due to have checks every 6 months on his liver as it is a risk that cancer cells can spread there from the eye region. The average for this spread to happen is usually at least a couple of years after diagnosis. 

Unfortunately in my Dads very first MRI scan last week small tumours were identified in his liver. This was devastating. We were given the absolutely earth shattering news that without treatment he has months to live. Our family were broken by this news.

Miracle Treatment!

The treatment that is available is called Chemo Saturation and has an excellent success rate, transforming patients lives. Some people have lived past 5 years on it; some have had their cancer eradicated! These results speak for themselves. It truly is a miracle treatment for this rare cancer. Unfortunately the NHS do not fund it, and it is only available privately. As this cancer is so rare there hasnt been as much research or funding so there are very limited options for patients who have it.

As a normal working family on average salaries, we now have to raise a lot of money in a very short time for this treatment to give him some more precious time with us.

We are a close knit family and me and my brother simply cannot imagine life without our precious Dad in it. Dad is our rugby pal, we are lifelong league fans and have travelled all over watching games; he is my spider catcher, and probably the only person who can tell me to shut up and it actually works!

This nightmare began a week after he made the plans to resign and retire in July, after working none stop for the local authority for 40 years. He has plans, including spending precious time with his 6 year old granddaughter. He cares for my brother who lives with him. He has a life to lead together with his wife and us, and he deserves to receive the very best treatment available.

As a family we will be doing all we can to raise money for the average 3/4 treatments that are usually needed, at £40,000 per go. We think we are able to find the funds for an initial treatment so wish to raise money to pay for the rest of the course. We would be so grateful for any donations you can make to help, but also if you aren’t in a position to, we ask you please to share, share, share this fundraiser! Tell everyone and please, help my Dad.

01/09- we have amended our target to £40,000 to cover one treatment. We have paid for 2 already and they have been very successful! A third is required to hopefully stabilise the tumours which have halved in size due to the amazing ChemoSaturation treatments so far.