Hi, my name is Theresa Anderson I am 65 years old. I have been diagnosed with stage 3 brain tumor and I can’t handle the bills for the surgery alone please I need your help and support. Every funds raised would be used to pay the bills for my surgery.
Why I’m fundraising.
Anaplastic Astrocytoma is so rare that it receives little state funding and almost no private investment.
In fact, despite the amazing care I’m getting from my UW medical team, the standard UW medical treatment hasn’t changed for 7 years. Fortunately, international centres are now offering promising approaches and new clinical trials are starting all the time, leading to many long-term survivors living relatively normal lives.
I’m old but I’m fit, I have everything to live for and the support of a loving network of family and friends – statistically all of these will help me reach long term survival. And who knows, thanks to breakthroughs in fields like AI and personalised medicine, there may yet be more options on the horizon that can contain these tumours indefinitely.
I just need time.
With your help I want to access treatments not available in the US that could give me a real fighting chance.
Promising Options We’re Exploring
I’ve already had incredible support from friends and family. People have spent many hours researching potential treatments and contacting experts who might be able to help.
The research consistently points to individualised treatment giving me the best chance of longer survival, with detailed tumour analysis and collaboration with the best clinicians, wherever in the world that may be.
Some of the most promising include:
Tumour Treating Fields (TTF): Clinically proven to extend survival, but means wearing a cap hooked up to batteries for 18 hours a day. TTF uses alternating electric fields to disrupt cancer cell division and is standard treatment in the US and Germany (but not in the NHS).
Dendritic Cell Vaccine Therapy: New but promising personalised immunotherapy that trains the immune system to recognise and attack glioblastomas, Germany is the European leader and commonly offers the treatment as part of a personal plan.
Molecular Profiling + Individualised Therapies: These enable tailored treatments based on my tumour’s unique DNA, again used in Germany to build an individualised treatment plan offering better-targeted, potentially more effective options.
Immunogenic Cell Death Induction (ICD): A promising treatment that enhances the effectiveness of other therapies by priming the immune system.
Oncothermia (Modulated electro-hyperthermia): An established complementary therapy used alongside conventional treatments to potentially enhance drug uptake and stimulate anti-tumour immune responses.
I’m still waiting for formal recommendations and quotes from US and German specialists, but here’s what I know so far. I’ll update this page regularly with any developments and will be fully transparent about how funds are used.
With the support of friends and family, we’re funding what we can. But the truth is, we can’t do this without your help.
How You Can Help
If you’re able to contribute, no matter the amount, it means everything to us. Each and every donation – even if it’s the price of a pint or a coffee – brings us closer to life-extending treatment.
Even if you can’t afford to spare anything, you can help me just by sharing this page. And to fight this disease with every tool possible. I’m so grateful for anything you can manage.
THANK YOU
Thank you for reading, for sharing, and for being part of this journey.
With love and gratitude,
Theresa Anderson
