Please help ensure that Emese receives the treatment that will save her life!
Please help ensure that Emese receives the treatment that will save her life!
Original Hungarian text translated into English
Original Hungarian text translated into English
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Dear friends, acquaintances and supporters,
Thank you very much for your donations and help so far! Together with you, we have managed to raise the necessary amount for the first part of the therapy, which has filled us with great hope. At the end of last year, we sent the tissue and blood samples to the institute, and the results came back within the planned time frame, so vaccine production could have begun.
Unfortunately, however, Mesi's condition deteriorated rapidly after Christmas and his body is weakening day by day. He is currently being treated in hospital, so unfortunately the second half of the therapy seems unlikely. With a heavy heart, we have decided to stop collecting donations.
Once again, we would like to thank everyone who contributed to Mesi's treatment with donations or kind words and encouragement! It meant a lot to him!
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Description
My name is Emese Békési; I am a 47-year-old mother of two sons.
In the autumn of 2024, my life changed in an instant. At the beginning of October, I started getting headaches; I couldn’t find the right words, and what I did write made no sense to others. My condition deteriorated by the minute, to the point where I was rushed to hospital.
The diagnosis: a brain tumour.
I had surgery within a month and, sadly, the pathology report confirmed what nobody wanted to hear: I had glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain tumour.
Even with successful surgery, the average survival time for patients is 12–15 months.
Two months later, I needed another, this time life-saving, operation in Szeged. The operation was successful and, in addition to the tumour, the abscess surrounding it was also removed. Thanks to the doctors, I was able to spend Christmas with my family.
The holidays were followed by six weeks of chemo and radiotherapy, then maintenance chemotherapy.
We were very hopeful. I felt fine; none of the treatments knocked me off my feet, and I was even able to go back to work. Unfortunately, the hope and optimism did not last long. The MRI scan in June showed a recurrence, so they changed my medication, but the next MRI revealed that the situation had worsened. There was another change of medication.
Meanwhile, we received information about an immunotherapy treatment in Germany. This therapy has shown very good results in patients with glioblastoma.
During the therapy, a vaccine tailored specifically to me is produced based on samples taken from the tumour and my blood. This vaccine stimulates my immune system to recognise and destroy the cancer cells.
Unfortunately, this treatment is not covered by the national health insurance scheme, so I would like to ask for your help in the form of donations so that I can cover the costs of my treatment and get another chance at life.
For me, this therapy could mean years of seeing my children grow up, meeting my friends and being able to continue with my life.
You can read detailed information about the therapy here:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51315-8
Thank you for reading this and for supporting my treatment!
Gyógyulj meg! Segítünk!♡
Hajrá!!!!!