I really need my children!

Maria is the mother of two wonderful children: 9 years old Lisa and 7 years old Misha. With their father Maria divorced and she brings up children alone. Just only the children that are the meaning of life and inspiration for Mary, they do not let to her hands fall and she is forced to move forward. Before the illness, Maria conducted psychological counseling and training for the older generation on the basis of the club for the elderly, helped them not to lose heart and be active, despite their age. She devoted much time to volunteer work. And now Maria needs help and support!

Masha fell ill in December last year. It all started with the usual bronchitis and pain in the area of the scapula. Everything resembled an ordinary cold, but the bronchitis began to worsen: at cough appeared veins of blood. After that the girl addressed to the doctor, who sent her to a fluorography. Since there was a blackout in the picture, Maria was send to a pulmonology consultation at the Yanovsky Institute with suspicion of lung cancer, and from there to a tomography that confirmed the presence of a tumor. By results of a biopsy the diagnosis is established: B-large-cell lymphoma...

It was not easy for Maria to accept and realize her diagnosis: "Everything happened very quickly many different analyzes. And the treatment had to start as soon as possible, as the disease quickly progressed: there was a vena cava syndrome, from which there were problems with breathing, i had to prick all the time hormones, in order to anesthetize and somehow breathe, " says Maria.  

And then there was a consultation at the Cancer Institute and hospitalization in oncohematology department. Maria was prescribed treatment in the form of 6-8 courses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The ex-husband does not take any part in the family life and all the expenses for providing children and treatment fell on the shoulders of her parents. To continue treatment Maria needs an expensive drug Mabtera 500mg one bottle of which costs 35, 312 UAH.

"The financial situation of my family cannot fully cover all the costs of treatment. My mother and father are retired. It is necessary to keep two small children. I had to leave the job, because I did not physically i cannot to work. At the moment my family has a low-income status. I will be very grateful to you for the help, " says Maria.

Please support this wonderful woman! Without your help, she can not cope with the insidious disease.

Name: Eremenko Maria, 16.10.1982

City: Kiev

Diagnosis: NHL, PMVKL, IIIA st. with defeat l / at the neck, mediastinum, mesenteric l / y. Cl. II. Cava syndrome. Two-sided pleurisy, pericarditis