A woman is desperate to get stem cell treatment now that her cancer has spread to her brain.
Stace O’Brien, from Glasgow city centre, has been left devastated after doctors found three brain tumours which make her feel constantly dizzy.
The 38-year-old suffers from Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a genetic condition increasing her chances of getting cancer.
It means in the last 10 years she has been diagnosed with the disease in her bones, breasts, lymph nodes, brain and sarcoma in her leg.
Stace hopes to travel to London for stem cell treatment which she believes could finally cure her, but it will cost more than £20,000.
Her partner, Joost ten Wolde, has now sold his car and is facing taking out a second mortgage to help pay for her treatment.
He told the Glasgow Times: “Sadly Stace has a new fight - it has spread to her brain now.
“We had so much hope last year. Now the last thing we can try to save Stace is to get treatment in the private sector.
“This will cost a lot of money, we need around £24,000.
“I am trying everything right now to help pay for the treatment.
“I have already sold my car and we will take an extra mortgage if we can’t secure funding to save her.”
Stace added: “I’ve got three brain tumours.
“I’m so dizzy and on steroids, I don’t know what to do.”
We previously reported how Sir Billy Connolly donated his own painting to Stace in a bid to help her pay for treatment.
The limited edition signed ‘windswept and interesting’ yellow piece was gifted to be auctioned, with funds going toward her recovery.
Stace previously told the Glasgow Times: “I’m really struggling with severe pain, I am in agony.
"I feel so broken. I don’t know anyone else who has survived cancer this many times but I’m hoping I will.”
Stace was first diagnosed with osteosarcoma bone cancer after suffering a burning pain in her hip which was revealed to be a tumour in January 2012.
She was in remission for five years before finding a lump in her breast in February 2019.
She also underwent a double mastectomy and reconstruction surgery to tackle the illness, but tragedy struck again in December 2019 when doctors found lymph node cancer.
Stace was then diagnosed with sarcoma in her leg in February 2021, and last October doctors found her breast cancer had spread to her chest wall, behind her heart and liver.
Now this year doctors have tragically found more cancer in her bones and brain, but Stace is determined to keep fighting.
She hopes stem cell therapy or novel treatment could target her illnesses “pain free”.
Dendritic cells help the immune system recognise and attack abnormal cells, such as cancer cells. To make the vaccine, scientists grow dendritic cells alongside cancer cells in the lab.
The vaccine then stimulates your immune system to attack the cancer.
It comes after previous attempts to cure her condition left her infertile, temporarily blind, numb in her limbs and struggling to swallow.
Stace added: “I’m actually desperate for the doctors to stop this pain no matter what it takes.
"I’m so touched by my friends doing all this and wanting me to live.”
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