Sylwia Zdziebkowska
A year has passed since I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and I know that, among other things, thanks to your help, I still enjoy life. I feel ashamed to ask for more, but I can't wait and do nothing. I love my loved ones and I want to enjoy life with them as long as possible.
Collection for:
supportive treatment, consultations with specialists, travel, tests
30,305.60 PLN from PLN 80,000.00
Date of publication of the collection
10-05-2024
It remained on the subaccount
1602.16 PLN
Reimbursed expenses
28703.44 PLN
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My history
Updates:
Updated on January 28, 2026
Dear all,
I should have posted another update here a long time ago, but with each passing month it becomes more and more difficult for me to describe my situation. Because how can you write that it is good and bad at the same time?, sometimes even very bad. So what's it like?
Good, because I'm still alive, I don't have metastases, and I can enjoy spending time with my loved ones. But others don't have that.
It's bad, because my current "enduring" isn't the normality I so desperately hoped to return to. I started last year with this hope: I planned to return to work, to people, to life. However, everyday reality proved I lacked the strength. I have been on an immunotherapy program for over two years., which aims to stop metastasis and the development of further tumors. So far, it's been doing its job, but it also has a dark side: it's literally draining my life force. Month after month, it's bringing more and more complications and ailments, robbing me of the energy I need for daily functioning.
The past year hasn't been a year of great return to normalcy. It's been more of a time of half-hearted attempts to get back on my feet and a constant struggle with myself. If the results allow, I still have a year of immunotherapy ahead of me, which offers hope for a life without another tumor, but at the same time limits my days to a few, increasingly shortened, hours of activity. Of course, I could give up this treatment, but I'm not willing to take that risk.
Your support is invaluable in my daily struggles. Therefore, once again thank you for your tender and open hearts.
Updated on 21.01.2025
Dear,
It's thanks in part to you, people with open and kind hearts, that I'm returning to a normal life. Thanks to your support and the funds from last year's 1.51 TP3T tax refund, I can continue therapy. I've regained enough strength to return to work and socialize again.
With this change, IVs, immunotherapy, tests, and doctor visits have become an addition to my life, not its main purpose. But that doesn’t mean my treatment is over—not yet. It’s still a process that incurs huge costs.
I have more blood tests coming up, including checking the number of circulating cancer cells and cancer stem cells.
That's why I kindly ask you to remember my struggles not only during the PIT settlement, but also afterwards. Every złoty counts! I would be grateful if you shared the information about the collection with others.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your help!
Updated on 14.08.2024
Dear ones, thanks to your support and open hearts, I took advantage of the first series of infusions of the new therapy, which gave measurable benefits. After the series, I had control blood tests to check the number of cancer cells circulating in the bloodstream, as well as the number of cancer stem cells. The results are promising, because although the number of circulating cells has increased, the number of stem cells has decreased by half, and this is the most important thing. There is also a large number of dead cancer cells. This shows that the therapy is working. Due to the high malignancy of my cancer, the attending physician recommended another two series of infusions, then I have to do blood tests in Germany again. I will start the next series of infusions in August.
It is thanks to your help that we have managed to achieve such positive results, giving real hope for a complete cure of the disease. However, my joy is overshadowed by the fact that I am separated from achieving my goal by such high treatment costs. I know that I am asking for a lot, but I have no other choice. Please remember my fight. Every złoty counts, so please share information about the fundraiser.
Dream:
We have just celebrated 30 years of our happy marriage and 50 years of my life. Well, I'm not getting any younger 😉, so it's time for a check-up. I went for a check-up abdominal ultrasound. The test result turned our peaceful family life upside down - an 8-centimeter tumor was detected on the ovary. Within a month, I had radical surgery, but by the time it happened, the tumor was already bigger, another one was on the other ovary, and there were infiltrations in the surrounding tissues.
Unfortunately, the histopathological result confirmed our worst fears: tightly malignant ovarian cancer. I underwent six months of chemotherapy. Fortunately, it is deadly to cancer, but also destructive to me. I'm learning to live with its consequences. At the moment, what bothers me the most is neuropathy, numb, aching feet, and each step intensifies the pain.
I am covered by supportive treatment from the National Health Fund, which is intended to stop the formation of metastases. Unfortunately, it also stops blood formation. This is not the end of my struggles. The tests showed a large number of cancer stem cells - a very high probability of metastasis.
Jestem świadoma, że każdy kolejny przerzut i kolejna dawka chemioterapii, to mniejsza szansa na przeżycie. Od początku choroby korzystam z nierefundowanych terapii wspomagających. Od maja zaczynam kolejną terapię, dającą szanse na pozbycie się źródła problemu – komórek macierzystych nowotworu jajnika. I tu pojawia się problem – koszty leczenia przekraczają nasze możliwości. Prywatne wizyty, badania, dojazdy, terapia, leki, suplementy to kwoty dla nas nieosiągalne.
A year has passed since the diagnosis and I know that, among other things, thanks to your help, I still enjoy life. I feel ashamed to ask for more, but I can't wait and do nothing.
I have someone to live for. My husband and I are best friends, after 30 years together we still love spending time together, sightseeing, traveling and enjoying nature. I cannot leave Him alone. There is the rest of the immediate family and friends. It's not the prospect of death that makes me sad, it's having to part with my loved ones that breaks my heart. I love people, I like helping them and I still want to do it. If there is anything that can be done to keep me alive, I want to try.
I am asking for your help!