Help Cancer Patients Pay for Travel Expenses!

Yulia is a young woman from a Siberian city of Barnaul. After graduating from college she worked at politology department of a local university.  But in January 2015 she started having pelvic pains. After seeing several specialists and having numerous tests that stretched for several months, she was discovered to have a mailignant tumor in her pelvis. However, the local oncologists lacked experience and equipment to perform necessary surgery. Yulia was referred to a federal cancer center in Moscow. In July 2015 she was finally operated. The surgery was very extensive and lasted 11 hours. Some of the nerves on Yulia's right leg were affected, and she now has to walk with support. Unfortunately, a few months after the surgery the cancer returned and metastasized to Yulia's spine. At that point none of the hospitals in Russia agreed to admit Yulia.  She managed to travel to Germany where she is currently receiving chemotherapy, which needs to be followed by highly accurate proton radiation treatment. Recently, Yulia discovered that she is in the early stages of pregnancy. She was happy to hear the news, but concerned for her unborn child.  At this time, she has to rely entirely on help of her friends and the kindness of strangers to pay for her treatment, childbirth expenses, and lodging in Germany.  Our project will transfer the funds raised in March for Yulia's living expenses, and we will greatly appreciate your support.

On Wednesday, March 16th, starting at 9 am EDT and until midnight, all donations to our project will receive a bonus from GlobalGiving!  This is a great opportunity to increase your impact and provide more help for Yulia and patients in similarly difficult circumstances.  I hope you will join us on that day.  Thanks again for all your support for us!