Two years ago I was having fun at my own wedding and a year later I'm fighting to be alive. My wife is with me every step of the way, so I have to stay with her.

Zosia Samosia… Do you know this word? I know it perfectly, but the time has come when I decided to ask you for help.

I want to spend as much time as possible with my family and see my grandchildren grow up. Every day is precious to me.

I have such a distant but at the same time very vivid dream. It is my 80th birthday. I am organizing a party in the mountains on a low hill called Trzy Kopce in the Beskids. I am going there alone with my husband. My children, their children, my younger sister, my wonderful friends are waiting for me at the top. We are dancing, enjoying each other, celebrating 🙂 That is how I see it!

Wiktoria has no intention of giving up. This year, she plans to improve her high school exams to get into her dream medical school and become a pediatrician. Despite difficult days and weakness, she sits down with books and learns chemistry and biology. This goal gives her the strength to fight.

I can do it! This is how you react when you learn the diagnosis. You take action, believing that you have the situation under control. But there comes a moment when you realize that you have underestimated the “opponent.”

“Pain demands to be felt” – this quote from one of the films perfectly captures what palliative patients feel. Cancer is not only a disease of the body, but also a huge burden on the soul and psyche.

My goal is to live life - fully, consciously and beautifully, and my intention is to experience and celebrate it in health, happiness, love, sun and dance. I believe that everything that appears in my life has its time and meaning.

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy time and opportunities, which I really need right now. Fighting cancer is not only about fighting the disease, but also about huge financial burdens.

I am brave and determined in this unequal fight with the disease – I will not give up until the end. It is my family – my husband who is always with me, my granddaughter, son and my loved ones – who give me the strength to fight.