{"id":71682,"date":"2025-11-18T08:42:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/?post_type=beneficiaries&p=71682"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:31:30","slug":"janusz-gredzik","status":"publish","type":"beneficiaries","link":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/en\/podopieczni\/janusz-gredzik\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shadow of Disease \u2013 My Story with Bowel Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

O intestinal cancer<\/strong> I found out two months ago \u2013 in September 2025 \u2013 during a colonoscopy that I had to undergo from the emergency room due to bleeding.
The moment of diagnosis was extremely difficult for me.\u00a0
At that moment, all I felt was emptiness and loss.<\/p>\n

I'm currently recovering from two complicated surgeries, during which I lost a lot of strength and a significant amount of weight \u2013 10 kg. The doctor recommended that I try to regain some weight, but it's slow going. I gained only 1 kg in two months<\/strong>.
I try to focus on everyday life and not return to difficult thoughts, and I usually succeed.
Due to my poorer fitness, I do lighter activities than before, but I try to be as active as I can.<\/p>\n

I'm currently halfway through a body-building regimen that includes IV drips and vitamins, both orally and intravenously. Intravenous treatments cost approximately 11 thousand<\/strong> zlotys, and oral supplementation approximately 3 thousand<\/strong>. All of this requires regular refills because the medications run out quickly. We cover the costs from my wife's salary, as I haven't received rehabilitation benefits for three years.<\/p>\n

I recently had a CT scan to check for metastases, and I will soon be consulting the results with two independent oncologists.
I also went to a hematologist because I have been having problems with it for several years. thrombocytosis<\/strong>.
Visits to specialists take up a lot of my time, especially since I'm also applying for a disability pension and undergoing spine rehabilitation \u2013 one section has already had surgery with an L4\/L5 implant, and now I'm experiencing problems in the cervical and thoracic parts.<\/p>\n

My family and friends know, support me and sympathize with me, but I try to show them that everything is fine because I don't want them to worry unnecessarily.
My wife and my dog, \u0141atu\u015b, are with me all the time. He also has a pancreatic tumor and, according to doctors, he should not have lived for a year now, but he has been getting stronger lately.
I hope we can go through life together for a long time to come.<\/p>\n

Please, my dears, get yourselves checked.
It is a disease that can be very insidious.
Don't be ashamed and get a colonoscopy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two months ago, I was diagnosed with colon cancer in devastating circumstances. I'm currently recovering from complex surgeries and supportive therapy while trying to lead a normal life. I'm sharing my story to encourage others to get regular checkups and take care of their health.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":71683,"template":"","meta":{"page_title":"Cie\u0144 choroby \u2013 moja historia z rakiem jelita","first_name":"Janusz","last_name":"Gr\u0119dzik","name_variation":"Janusz","funds_collected":1709.1,"funds_target":30000,"currency":"z\u0142","left_on_the_subaccount":159.8,"refunded_expenses":1549.3,"collection_on":"nierefundowane leki, wizyty lekarskie, dojazdy na leczenie","content_update":"","number_pln":"52 1050 1025 1000 0090 3010 4252","number_usd":"PL54 1050 1025 1000 0090 8058 1367","number_eur":"PL32 1050 1025 1000 0090 8058 1375","number_gbp":"PL76 1050 1025 1000 0090 8058 1359","swift":"INGBPLPW","transfer_title":"Janusz Gr\u0119dzik","recipient_details":"Fundacja Onkologiczna Rakiety, ul. Stryje\u0144skich 19 lok. U21\/21A, 02-791 Warszawa","krs":"0000414091","tax_specific_target":"Janusz Gr\u0119dzik","fundraiser_iri":"\/api\/public\/fundraisers\/836"},"beneficiary_categories":[176],"class_list":["post-71682","beneficiaries","type-beneficiaries","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/beneficiaries\/71682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/beneficiaries"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/beneficiaries"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"beneficiary_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacjarakiety.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/beneficiary_categories?post=71682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}