Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Pablo is my partner & we have been together for the past 3 years. Last year in September we found out that Pablo had a Terminal brain tumour that was inoperable and was given a prognosis of 6-9 months before he would die without treatments from the NHS & 14 months life expectancy with the help of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy.

We are trying to raise money to fund Pablo's ongoing need for the supplements and therapies that are saving his life 1 year on. Unfortunately we have exhausted any money we have raised since he was diagnosed and are finding it really hard to raise enough to keep fighting his life threatening disease. Pablo had to lose his job due to the inability to work due to seizures and is on disability benefits which has made us much worse off. It costs a massive amount each month on average to keep Pablo supplied. For therapies & consultations & supplements per month it costs almost £900. This is in constant flux. So it can be less or more. This is why we have set up this page in the hopes to raise enough money to get Pablo through another year.

Here is his story:

I was, after a CT scan, an MRI scan and a Biopsy, diagnosed with a Grade 4 Glioblastoma Multiforme of the right Parietal lobe. In layman terms this means the highest grade of tumour and one of the most deadly and the most aggressive. The word "terminal" is applied to it. I was given a prognosis of 6-9 months, whereas the average is 3-6 months before becoming extremely ill and beyond help. The life expectancy for a cancer such as this is 14 months before deterioration and ultimately death. Unfortunately, my tumour was not operable, because of the location. It would cripple me or worse, kill me. One of the effects of where the tumour is, is seizures that give me facial paresthesia and general weakness on my left side. 

As with all cancer patients across the world. I was offered Radiotherapy for 6 months followed by Chemotherapy for as long as it would work. 

For me, being told that the average life expectancy for someone in my position is a mere 14 months or longer if I was very lucky, was not really what I was hoping for.

After a lot of deliberation and a massive amount of thorough research into alternative therapies and treatments. I stumbled across a diet specifically designed to help control seizures and to reduce inflammation within the brain. It is called the ketogenic diet and it is a high fat, low carb diet. It starves the cancer cells of their source of growth. It also changes the metabolism of the body to burn fat instead of carbohydrates. I opted out of chemo and went for this promising alternative. 

Alongside this I found an organisation in america called nutritional solutions and they advise me about supplements to treat cancer and they use your bloodwork to see what deficiencies you have that could be a cause of cancer. They look at cancer as a metabolic disease and treat the body for it. I have been on the diet for over a year now and taking the necessary supplements and have had scans every quarter of a year. Twice I have halted the growth of the tumour & I hope to keep on doing so or find the reason for it and heal it completely. 

I need your help to raise money so that I can get the vitally important supplements that keep my body fighting this devastating cancer. I know I can beat this disease.

Pablo Kelly.

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