My name is Theodora and I am organising this fundraiser for my grandfather. He has been disabled for years, has no pension, and suffers from diabetes, respiratory problems, Parkinson’s disease and high cholesterol; he is 70 years old. A week ago, my grandfather underwent surgery at Papanikolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki on Friday.On Saturday, we were allowed to visit him and spoke to the head of the department, who told us that the operation had been very difficult but that they had ultimately succeeded.His words were: ‘We hope the tumour doesn’t reappear.’ At that moment, my legs went weak and I asked him, ‘A tumour?’ We thought he had parasites in his large intestine, not a tumour, and then he said that his tests showed it.They’ll send the sample of what they removed to a lab, and then my grandad will start chemotherapy. He’d been hiding it from us for a year and a half that he had cancer, so as not to burden us. The tumour is 40 centimetres and isn’t safeWe need financial support; whatever anyone can give. Please, do not leave my grandfather in the hands of this deadly disease