Myles Harris - Cancer Procedures and Treatments

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Dale Harris
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Durban
South Africa
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Started 2 yrs ago
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Our brother, Myles Harris, was diagnosed with bladder cancer on the 21st of April 2024

As a lot of you may know, Myles has chronic epilepsy and is not able to work or live independently. Due to the financial situation, Myles does not have private medical aid. 

On the 16th of April Myles went to see a doctor after having severe stomach pains, urinating a lot of blood and blood clots, the doctor stated that Myles needed to see a specialist as soon as possible.

After seeing the specialist Myles was admitted due to the immediate concern to have a cystotomy. 

We would have attempted going to a public hospital for this due to no medical aid but with the severity of the situation we had no time to waste trying to get seen to.

What the surgeon found was a massive tumour of which he managed to remove 90% of it at the time.

 

So far, all hospital admissions, procedures, medications, and tests have been financially covered by our mom. Initially savings w...

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Campaign Updates

D. Harris 27 May '24
Some positive news… Myles's last procedure went well The doctor seemed confident that he removed the last of the tumour, and the biopsy results came back that the cancer had not spread into the bladd...

D. Harris 22 May '24
Myles's cystotomy went well yesterday, we need to wait for 3 days before we get the biopsy results back, will update when I receive these.

D. Harris 20 May '24
Happy 38th birthday Myles! Big day tomorrow as Myles goes for the next procedure, this is to attempt to remove the last 10% of the tumour and check that it has not gone through the muscle and sprea...

D. Harris 9 May '24
A huge thank you to everyone for their thoughts, messages, prayers and donations, it's been so overwhelming the love and contributions our family are receiving.
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