I am Debs Stretton.  I am 43 and I live in Bolton, England.  I am a vegan of some twenty years, a part-time English and IT Tutor, a reader, a walker, an avid film watcher, an animal lover and volunteer at an animal rescue centre, a fund-raiser of human and animal charities, a middle eastern dancer and lover of life.  
                             Debs on holiday

I have created this website because I have recently been diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer which is now advanced and has spread to my lymphatic system, both of my lungs and more recently, my liver. I’ve been told that the cancer is now incurable by orthodox medicine. (see My Story 2).  

I was originally diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2005 and received all the standard treatment offered on the NHS:  surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy (See My Story 1).  Since the cancer came back so quickly, it seems that this treatment wasn’t effective in my case.  I received 6 cycles of chemotherapy from December 2007 to April 2008 but it hasn’t managed to reduce the lung tumours.  Since finishing this chemotherapy in April 2008, a recent CT scan has shown that the cancer in my lungs is growing rapidly. Whilst a scan in October 2008 showed that I now have a tumour in my liver.

I’d like to share my story with you in the hope that it may help others also affected by cancer. As conventional cancer treatment has failed to slow down the progession of my cancer, I am now having complementary treatments at The Oasis of Hope Hospital in Tijuanna, Mexico. I need money to pay for some of this treatment.  Please help me by making a donation through this site. ( See Support me). Thank you so much for taking an interest in my story. 

                       debs in Arley hall Garden

 If you are a returning visitor and want to see how I’m doing please see My Progress which I continue to update.