Melbourne mum spends $500,000 on alternative treatments to fight breast cancer diagnosis
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Heartbreak for the new mom, being told she has aggressive cancer and only a few months to live after giving birth, and the symptom that doctors missed months before.
- Mother diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer
- The diagnosis came just two weeks after giving birth.
- She has spent $500,000 on alternative treatments
A mother diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer after giving birth to her son has turned to expensive alternative therapies to try to beat it.
Melbourne mother Rachel Dur has only months to live after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021.
Dur has exhausted conventional treatment and resorted to spending $500,000 on alternative treatments such as turmeric infusions and high-dose vitamins.
Hyperbaric chambers, hyperthermia treatment and immunotherapy are among the treatments she has tried with signs that the growth of her cancer is slowing.
The desperate act comes after Ms. Dur was initially diagnosed by doctors at a US hospital.
Ms. Dur moved to Silicon Valley in California in the US to work as an investment manager in 2019. herald sun informed.
Melbourne mother Rachel Dur has only months to live after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021
She had become pregnant by her partner Onur Dur and noticed a lump in her breast early in the pregnancy.
Ms. Dur visited a doctor at the medical center, who told her that the lump was a symptom of pregnancy hormones.
she then gave gave birth to son Ashton on January 9, 2021 when a lactation specialist discovered the lump and advised her to see another doctor.
Ms. Dur was diagnosed with breast cancer 13 days later, and the doctor revealed that it had spread to her lungs and liver.
Doctors started chemotherapy and radiation, and surgeons performed a lumpectomy to remove the tumor.
Ms. Dur was then given the terrifying prognosis that she had 12 months left to live as of August 2022.
He returned to Melbourne in December and is receiving hospice care through Cabrini hospital.
Her twin sister, Samantha Gomizel, said Ms. Dur was resilient and fought cancer until her dying breath.
Melbourne mother Rachel Dur has only months to live after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021
“She’s like the Sherlock Holmes of her own cancer, trying to solve the puzzle,” he said.
‘Rach just says ‘I’m not dying, this can be cured’… and I won’t let her die.’
Ms Gomizel said the cancer had become a “teacher” for her sister as she continued to search for alternative forms of treatment.
Ms. Dur has already come to terms with her terrible diagnosis and has started writing emails to her son so he can read them when he is older.
Ms. Gomizel has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise the money needed for her sister to continue her alternative treatment.
He has already raised over $213,000 with his goal set at $250,000.