Hello i am Jerry 43years old from the Netherlands.
I had a normal life, had a job was working steady worked out every day until 16 October 2010, i was taking a shower and while washing with shower gel i felt a crust under my skin on my left testikel.
I thought that doesn't veel right, so i made an appointment with my general practitioner.
He said tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the morning you'll go under surgery because we have to remove your left testikel.
So the following day i underwent surgery, and they send it off for pathology.
A few days later i got the news it was cancerous, 75% of my testikel was infected.
Following i got an appointment with the oncologist to be sure it didn't spread.
Got a scan and they saw two spots, one in my abdomen and one in my thorax.
Then the news followed that i had cancer that spreaded.
My World was turned up side down, what now!
Why me, i workout everyday and eat and drink wisely.
How could this happen?
The doctors couldn't give me an awnser to that question.
What now, i am very sick, i have cancer.
From then on it was chemotherapiy after chemotherapiy (the sickness and stabbing headaches were the worst) until september 2020.
I got the news that i became immuun to further chemotherapiy.
So they stopped giving it to me.
Other treatments were not possible or were not for the type of cancer i got.
My oncologist said, your gp will guide you through the end.
Now i am left with several tumors throughout my body, the biggest one is between my left kidney an my backspine.
The acking pains are terrible, in my backside is the worst.
Then there are the pains in my left hip, pff.
I go to sleep, waking up two hours later with those pains.
It is absolutely horrible to live with.
then there is one on my aorta, the rest is spread out throughout my backside.
Here in the Netherlands they say surgery's won't make a difference because it will return they say.?
So i am left with the pains.
But when it will return, they don't know!
Now i'm on heavy painkillers (morfine), wich i am hoping eventually can do without.
I hope it will take a long time untill it returns, if it even does.
They can't know, every body is different.
I've spend all my life savings finding a cure or treatment, sich i think i have found in Amerika!
But it costs a lot of money, an estimate €350.000!
Through this campaign i hope to raise enough money to fund the surgery's.
I will start in America, because i think they can help me there.
My insurance company doesn't cover the costs.
This is the main reason i set up a crowdfunding campaign.
I am too young to die, and i really believe they can do something for me.
I don't have the feeling that it is over yet!
This way i hope to raise enough money so i can pick up the fight again against this horrible desease.
And eventually win!
Any donation is welcome and appreciated very much.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story in my fight against this terrible desease.
With kind regards,
j. j. j. Karssemakers