The Gift of Life Cancer Treatment Foundation has come under
\ngreat pressure at the beginning of 2018.In the last three weeks alone the
\nfoundation received a couple of dozen applications \u2013 more than we have ever
\nreceived at once. Although the foundation was able to support 18 people, we
\nstill ask everyone to support cancer patients with a regular donation, no
\nmatter how small it is, to make sure no cancer patient is left without crucial
\nhelp and hope this year as well.<\/b> <\/b><\/p>\n
Among
\nthe 18 people whose application was approved by the foundation’s council are
\npeople all over Estonia suffering from various forms of cancer. Each
\nbeneficiary’s medication costs 2000-6000 euros a month.<\/p>\n
A
\n50-year old Tallinn woman, Marju Maasik-K\u00fctt, continues to rely on the
\nfoundation in her fight with cervical cancer. The Gift of Life also funds the
\nkidney cancer treatment of a 60-year old man from Viljandi. <\/p>\n
A 35-year
\nold mother, Maily Luberg, will receive leukaemia treatment thanks to the
\nfoundation’s support, which will cost more than 57,000 euros in the coming four
\nmonths.<\/p>\n
Six
\npeople \u2013 men aged 67 and 87 and four women aged 58, 59, 60 and 79 \u2013 receive
\nvarious bowel cancer treatment medications thanks to the foundation. The
\npatients live in Tallinn, L\u00e4\u00e4ne-Viru County and Kohtla-J\u00e4rve. Four of them
\nstarted their treatment just recently, while two have been supported by the
\nfoundation for quite a while.<\/p>\n
Five
\npeople \u2013 three middle-aged men and two women \u2013 can rely on the foundation’s
\nhelp in their fight with lung cancer. The patients come from Tallinn, Tartu and
\nNarva. Among them is Erik Saar, a family man from Tartu, whose monthly
\ntreatment has been supported by the Gift of Life since spring 2016. Two men
\naged 49 and 67 and a 63-year old woman are still undergoing successful lung
\ncancer treatment. They are all gifts of life, as they have received precious
\ndays to their lives.<\/p>\n
The
\nyoungest patient supported by the foundation in the last weeks is a 32-year old
\nwoman from Rae municipality who has sarcoma in her breast.<\/p>\n
We
\nalso continue funding the gastric cancer treatment of Anu Nahkur, a 69-year old
\nexperienced piano teacher, and liver cancer treatment of a 58-year old man from
\nTallinn. The foundation also supports a 47-year old family man’s fight with
\nHodgkin’s lymphoma for the first time.<\/p>\n
A
\n59-year old teacher from Kohtla-J\u00e4rve fighting bowel cancer, whose three-month treatment is
\nfunded with 7800 euros by the foundation, writes: “I sadly learned about
\nmy terrible disease \u2013 colon
\ncancer \u2013 too late. I simply didn’t recognise the symptoms and since I
\nhadn’t been ill much, I didn’t pay them enough attention at the right time.<\/p>\n
Summer
\n2015 was a bad one for me \u2013 I was really moody, tired, sleepy and had lost
\nnearly all of my will. At the end of August I went to my GP, who conducted some
\nanalyses. I had to go to the hospital the very next day as my haemoglobin
\nlevels were very low. I received a blood transfusion and they allowed me to go
\nto school on 1 September \u2013 I am a class teacher. Only to return to the hospital
\nafterwards. More thorough studies revealed that I had cancer.
So I
\nstarted to travel to and from Tartu. First the treatment procedures, then the
\nsurgery and treatment all over again. I felt terribly sorry about my hair. But
\nthe most important was that the metastases were gone.
2017
\nwas pretty calm, I felt quite normal. Until August when I was told that things
\nhad become worse. The metastases were back and had spread to several organs. I
\nreceived treatment once again, but everything seemed to go downhill.
That’s
\nwhen Dr Andrus M\u00e4gi suggested that I apply to the cancer treatment foundation. Meanwhile,
\nI received no treatment, and it was really depressing. Now I have been taking
\npills for three weeks and I’m feeling okay. Naturally, I still have pains and
\nother ailments at times. But at least there’s hope! I want to fight and I will,
\nbecause there’s still so much to do in my life.
I’m a
\nwidow with two children and two grandchildren. No words needed. But I also have
\nsome young people whom I want to take their Estonian language and literature
\nexams. I have established a good relationship with them and they truly hope
\nthey can graduate with me. I will try not to let them down \u2013 all thanks to you.
\nI have been working most of the time, besides the treatment days. I can’t
\nimagine just sitting at home in pain, school is my therapy. I really appreciate
\nthe foundation and all the benefactors.”<\/p>\n
The
\nCancer Treatment Foundation kindly asks all people and companies in Estonia to
\nsupport the foundation with a regular donation to make sure everyone receives
\naid.<\/p>\n