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Standing with Tatsuya: kidney cancer treatment costs
Tatsuya is facing kidney cancer and the cost of treatment, travel and care at home is far beyond what the family can cover.
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Tatsuya was diagnosed with kidney cancer in August. The oncology team at Tokyo Cancer Centre has planned 10 rounds of treatment, starting in October. He will be away from work for about 3 weeks.
Tatsuya is 58, worked as a bakery worker until August, and has always been the one who looks after everyone else. Now it's our turn to look after him.
Treatment is covered only in part. Medication that isn't on the approved list, trips to Tokyo Cancer Centre 3 times a week, and the income the family has lost add up quickly.
We've already sold what we could and have begun borrowing for groceries. Every kindness from you takes weight off his shoulders.
I'll post every invoice and receipt as an update so donors can follow where each gift goes.
Where the $7,050 goes:
• Scans and lab work: $770
• Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $6,000
• Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $280
Every share and every dollar helps.
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Sending strength. Shared it with a few friends. I hope November is when things finally get easier. God bless
Hope it all works out, Kenta. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Tokyo.
Hope things get better soon. Hope the doctors have good news. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.