Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2020
Bowel cancer patient heartbroken she needs unfunded drug Keytruda to survive
11 March 2020 - A 26-year-old with stage four bowel cancer is heartbroken that funding is the only thing standing between her and potentially life-saving treatment.
West Aucklander Tegan Hollier urged people to be more accepting of the need to visit a doctor after she received a shock diagnosis of stage four bowel cancer, "teetering on curable", on January 15, despite having almost no symptoms.
At the same time, doctors discovered Hollier may have Lynch Syndrome, a genetic condition putting those with it at a higher risk of developing cancer at a young age, generally before the age of 50.
