“Cancer may challenge me, but I’m determined to overcome it for my family.”-Prashant
My name is Prashant. For years, I worked tirelessly, faced struggles, and made sacrifices to give my family a better future. I never imagined that one day, I would be fighting for my own life.
Last year, I was diagnosed with lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes. I was first treated with chemotherapy and showed a good recovery. But tragically, the cancer has now returned, in my brain. Since then, life has been nothing but hospital visits, tests, and relentless treatments. I have already completed 18 radiotherapy sessions, and out of the 10 chemotherapy sessions planned, 8 are done. My last chemo was on 14th September, and the next one is scheduled for 8th October.
Even after all this, my body is weak, side effects hit me every day, and recovery feels like a long, uncertain road. I am 43 years old, once working in a private job, but now jobless, surviving only on my savings. What hurts me most is not my pain, but seeing my wife and two little daughters, aged 5 and 9, living with this fear every single day.
Doctors have now advised strong chemotherapy followed by a bone marrow transplant or CAR-T therapy. This is my best chance to survive.
“You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.”-Stuart Scott
Please Help Me!
All I dream of is to finish this treatment, recover fully, and return to a simple, normal life with my family. This battle is testing not just my body, but also my strength as a father and a husband. I am asking for a chance to fight, to survive, and to be there for my daughters again.
I need chemotherapy followed by a bone marrow transplant or CAR-T therapy to have a chance at beating cancer and hopefully get back to a normal life.
But the cost of each chemo session, along with the medications, is overwhelming in lakhs. I have done everything possible to cover the expenses, but I have exhausted all my savings.
I’m reaching out for help because every bit of support can give me a better chance at recovery. Your kindness could be what pulls me through this. Please help me fight for my life.
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माझे नाव प्रशांत आहे. वर्षानुवर्षे मी अथक परिश्रम केले, संघर्षांना तोंड दिले आणि माझ्या कुटुंबाला चांगले भविष्य देण्यासाठी त्याग केले. मी कधीच कल्पना केली नव्हती की एके दिवशी मी माझ्या स्वतःच्या आयुष्यासाठी लढेन.
गेल्या वर्षी, मला लिम्फोमा, लिम्फोमाचा कर्करोग झाल्याचे निदान झाले. माझ्यावर प्रथम केमोथेरपीचा उपचार करण्यात आला आणि मी बरा झालो. पण दुर्दैवाने, कर्करोग आता माझ्या मेंदूत परतला आहे. तेव्हापासून, आयुष्य म्हणजे हॉस्पिटलमध्ये भेटी, चाचण्या आणि अथक उपचारांशिवाय दुसरे काहीही राहिले नाही. मी आधीच १८ रेडिओथेरपी सत्रे पूर्ण केली आहेत आणि नियोजित १० केमोथेरपी सत्रांपैकी ८ पूर्ण झाले आहेत. माझी शेवटची केमो १४ सप्टेंबर रोजी होती आणि पुढची ८ ऑक्टोबर रोजी होणार आहे.
हे सर्व केल्यानंतरही, माझे शरीर कमकुवत आहे, दुष्परिणाम मला दररोज भेडसावत आहेत आणि पुनर्प्राप्ती एक लांब, अनिश्चित मार्गासारखी वाटते. मी ४३ वर्षांचा आहे, एकेकाळी खाजगी नोकरीत काम करत होतो, पण आता बेरोजगार आहे, फक्त माझ्या बचतीवर जगतोय. मला सर्वात जास्त त्रास देणारी गोष्ट म्हणजे माझे दुःख नाही, तर माझी पत्नी आणि ५ आणि ९ वर्षांच्या दोन लहान मुलींना दररोज या भीतीने जगताना पाहणे आहे.
डॉक्टरांनी आता जोरदार केमोथेरपी आणि त्यानंतर बोन मॅरो ट्रान्सप्लांट किंवा CAR-T थेरपीचा सल्ला दिला आहे. जगण्याची ही माझ्यासाठी सर्वोत्तम संधी आहे.
The goal amount of the campaign may be higher than the attached estimates to address and aid the post-hospitalization expenses/contingencies including but not limited to prolonged medication, diagnostics, rehabilitation therapies, and follow-up doctor visits/consultations which vary from disease to disease.