A campaign has been launched to raise funds for the Delays‘ singer and guitarist Greg Gilbert, who has been diagnosed with cancer.
As detailed by his fiancée Stacey on gofundme, specialised treatment which could help fight the cancers is not available on the NHS, meaning a target of £100,000 has been set by the Give4Greg campaign.
“Greg has been treated for IBS for a while and his GP didn’t think it was a major issue,” the statement explains. “Gastro consultants and dieticians had confirmed the IBS diagnosis. At the end of October, Greg was experiencing some severe abdomen pains and vomiting that led him to be admitted to A&E. After an x-ray, we were told that they had a found a cancerous blockage in his bowel. After further investigation, we were told the devastating news that the bowel cancer has also spread to his lungs and because of the extent of these tumours, they would only be able to offer him a 12 week course of chemotherapy as he is currently not a candidate for surgery to remove the primary tumour in his bowel.”
“We were told this heart breaking news on our daughter Bay’s 1st birthday. I cannot put into words the terror and shock of this moment. To hear Greg ask the consultant how long he had left to live is the darkest moment of my life and something that will haunt me forever.”
“The NHS is limited in what they can do to save Greg but there are new, ground-breaking treatments available privately in Germany and Finland such as stereotactic therapy, microwave ablation and personalised immunotherapy that have had astounding results on others that share the same prognosis.”
To donate, visit the gofundme page at this link.