Help Daniel get a Life-Saving Liver Transplant

My name is Daniel, and in 2024, I was diagnosed with liver cancer.

Not caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, but because of a dormant hepatitis B infection that was passed from my mother to me at birth.

I've undergone multiple liver surgeries, chemotherapy, local treatments and fifteen cycles of immunotherapy.

Unfortunately, despite all of these treatments, the cancer has continued to return aggressively.

Today, a living donor liver transplant is my only chance of being cured. Unfortunately, my latest scan showed an aggressive new tumor, but the good news is that there is no evidence that the cancer has spread outside my liver. If the cancer spreads beyond the liver, a transplant will no longer be an option, and neither will a cure.

The transplant process for my situation in the Netherlands is taking longer than my doctors and I can safely afford because of how aggressively the cancer is recurring. I am fully aware that I am sitting on a ticking time bomb, and I do not have the luxury of waiting until the process eventually catches up with the urgency of my disease.

After carefully reviewing every option with my medical team, I have decided to continue the transplant process in Turkey. My hospital in the Netherlands is already working together with Turkish doctors, and this route gives us the possibility to move much faster while transplantation is still medically possible. Unfortunately, this treatment is not covered by my health insurance.

If you know me, you'll know I've always believed that if something in my life needed fixing, it was my responsibility to figure it out. I've never liked asking for help, especially when it comes to money. I've realized that taking responsibility now doesn't mean trying to do everything by myself. It means doing everything I possibly can to stay alive, even if that requires putting my ego and pride aside and asking for help.

How the funds will help

The goal of this fundraiser is $100,000. The money will be used for:

• Transplant surgery
• Donor surgery
• Pre-screening donor evaluation
• Hospitalization and medication
• Travel and accommodation
• Follow-up care, recovery and a buffer for any unexpected medical complications

Everyone who donates deserves complete transparency. I'll keep sharing updates throughout this process.

If you decide to donate, thank you. If donating isn't possible, sharing this page with others could make an enormous difference.

Thank you for giving me a second chance at a beautiful life.

Much love,
Daniel