Who is Gabriela?

Gabriela Gherman is a 38-year old mother of two wonderful little girls, and a committed wife, sister, friend and High School teacher diagnosed in 2013 with glassy cell carcinoma (GCC) of the uterine cervix (initially stage II B, which has now metastasized and reached the lungs), a very aggressive and rare form of cancer, which comprises only < 1% of all cervical cancers.

After being treated with a cycle of systemic chemotherapy combined with aggressive radiotherapy and brachytherapy (internal radioterapy) in two specialised hospitals from Romania (Fundeni and Elias Hospitals) in the fall of 2013, a radical hysterectomy was performed in January 2014.

Due to an unexpected adherence of the tumor to the bladder, and the presence of 46 abdominal lymph nodes excised during the surgery, the post-surgery evolution has been unfavorable for Gabriela.

Currently, she is fighting against a secondary malignant tumor in the lung resulting from metastasis, and post-surgery complications. These include venous and lymphatic insufficiency with a high risk of thrombosis (one of the legs has swollen generating 41 degrees C fever), bilateral hydronephrosis (the swelling of both kidneys due to a back-up of urine, with a high risk of kidney failure), and bladder dysfunction.

Gabriela needs urgently a second specialised opinion on treating the secondary metastatic lung tumor.
She needs our moral, informational and financial support in her fight against cancer.

If you would like to make a donation on Gabriela's behalf, please use any of the three Donate buttons, in EUR, USD and CAD, or any of the two bank accounts opened in EUR and RON (Romanian currency) on her husband's name, Laurean Mihai Gherman.

Thank you for your support!