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A few weeks ago, my father, Florin, was diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer at the head of the pancreas. For those who don’t know us, I’m Laura, I have a sister and a brother who’s 11 years old, so still only a young kid who doesn’t fully understand what is happening with our father’s health. We are all desperate and worried and have started this fundraising campaign to ask for your help and kindness, to be able to cover our father’s chemo treatment costs. We can’t even imagine living in a world where our father is no longer there and even writing this down makes my hands shake.
For us all, this terrible news has come as a shock, we couldn’t believe something like this could happen to him. I saw him first on the 13th of February after my last visit home in October, and I felt a knot in my throat. He had just had a stent inserted to help with the jaundice and the tall, imposing, well build man I’ve always known him to be was then skinny and grey skinned. Since then, he’s looking much better, gained back a healthier color in his cheeks, he’s got a healthy appetite and he’s feeling hopeful and determined to get better.
At the moment, the tumor they found is a huge 45 millimeters adenocarcinoma and is not operable. Thankfully, a chemo treatment available in Vienna could improve his life chances, hopefully shrinking the tumor down, making it operable. Last week, doctors advised treatment should start immediately as there is no more time to waste and the healthcare standard available in Vienna is the best available option for my dad’s prognosis. On the 1st of March, he started his first round of chemo with Abraxane and Gemzar. Each chemo session is charged at 3700 euros and the cost is estimated at around 37.000 euros for the first few months of treatment. Right now, we’re taking it step by step, though in the near future, under the circumstances, we do not know how we will be able to afford treatment anymore.
It’ s widely known that pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive types, but if anyone can come back from this, I know it’s our dad. He has always been a strong, optimistic man and continues to be so even under the circumstances. He is willing to do and try everything possible to fight this, but we do need help to see him through. Please, as far as possible, help us get there! Any donations can help us get closer to saving dad. We will forever be thankful and grateful for your kindness!
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Cu câteva săptămâni în urmă, tatal nostru, Florin Mateescu, a fost diagnosticat cu cancer pancreatic, stadiul 3 la cap de pancreas. Pentru cei ce nu ne cunosc, sunt Laura, am o soră și un frate care are 11 ani, încă un copil, care nu înțelege pe deplin ce se întâmplă cu sănătatea tatălui nostru. Suntem cu toții disperați și îngrijorați și am început această campanie de strângere de fonduri pentru a cere ajutorul vostru și a face apel bunătatii voastre, sa putem acoperi costurile de tratament pentru tata. Nici nu ne putem închipui să trăim într-o lume în care el nu mai este și numai scriind aceste randuri, imi tremura mainile.
Pentru noi toți, această veste teribilă a venit ca un șoc, nici acum nu putem crede că așa ceva i se putea întâmpla lui. Pe 13 Februarie, prima dată când l-am văzut pe tata de la ultima mea vizită in Romania din Octombrie, am simțit un nod în gât. Tocmai ce ii pusesera un stent pentru a controla icterul, arata slab, cu pielea de o culoare cenusie. De atunci, se simte mult mai bine, are din nou o culoare sănătoasă în obraji, un apetit sănătos și se simte plin de speranță și hotărât să faca tot posibilul sa se insanatoseasca.
Tumoarea pe care au descoperit-o este un adenocarcinom de 45 de milimetri și care, deocamdata nu este operabil. Din fericire, un tratament cu chimioterapie disponibil în Viena ar putea să-i îmbunătățească șansele de viață, sperând că o sa scadă tumoarea, devenind operabila. Săptămâna trecută, medicii au recomandat ca tratamentul să înceapă imediat, nu mai este timp de pierdut, iar standardul medical disponibil în Viena este cea mai bună opțiune disponibilă pentru tratarea tatălui meu. La 1 Martie, a început prima rundă de chimioterapie cu Abraxane și Gemzar. Fiecare sesiune de chimioterapie costa 3700 de euro, iar costul este estimat la aproximativ 37.000 de euro pentru primele luni de tratament. In momentul de fata, o luăm pas cu pas, deși în viitorul apropiat, în aceste circumstanțe, nu știm cum vom putea să ne permitem continuarea tratamentului.
Dupa cum se bine stie, cancerul pancreatic este unul din tipurile cele mai agresive, dar dacă cineva poate reusi in lupta asta, știu că acea persoana e tată. El a fost întotdeauna un om puternic, optimist și continuă să fie la fel chiar si în aceste momente. Este dispus să facă și să încerce tot posibilul pentru a lupta împotriva acestui cancer, dar avem nevoie de sprijinul vostru. Vă rugăm, pe cat posibil, să ne ajutati, orice donație ne poate aduce mai aproape de a il salva pe tata. Va vom fi pentru totdeauna recunoscători pentru bunătatea voastră!
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