00:00Candice has stage 4 cervical cancer.
00:03She previously beat the disease after a diagnosis in 2019.
00:08And after rounds of radiotherapy and chemotherapy,
00:12Candice was told she was in remission in 2020.
00:15But after persistent symptoms last year, the cancer came back.
00:20And Candice says the hospital should have picked it up sooner.
00:24I knew that there was something wrong,
00:26but you go to hospital and you think you're getting care,
00:28but you're actually not.
00:30And it just feels like the NHS has just given up on me.
00:32Like, literally, just giving up.
00:34It's not right.
00:35People should be told if there's something wrong with you,
00:37that's the reason why you go to hospital, right?
00:40Candice's main concern is leaving her son parentless.
00:44Her son, now 18, lost his father nine years ago.
00:48And Candice is worried that if she doesn't raise the money she needs
00:51for this treatment in Germany,
00:53she may be leaving her son all alone.
00:55I just need to get there and get it done.
00:57But if I don't get there, then my son will be without my parents.
01:03So, not great for me.
01:04That is all that's going through my head, is leaving that little boy.
01:08The mum is due to begin chemotherapy in the UK next month,
01:12but says it is expected to prolong her life, not cure her.
01:16So her friends have set up a GoFundMe
01:18and are fundraising to raise the £51,000 she needs
01:22to start specialist immunotherapy treatment in Germany.
01:26We're just trying our artists to do this money,
01:30and it's the community.
01:31We've helped others' people before.
01:33And unfortunately, what's the frustrating thing
01:36is the only thing that's going to help her is money.
01:39And it's sad, it's sad to see.
01:41We did not know where to start at all.
01:43So, you know, and people are giving us these booths
01:46and we don't even know them.
01:47And that's the overwhelming thing.
01:49We don't even know these people.
01:50They're strangers, and yet they're helping her.
01:52So it's great. It's great.
01:55We're going to do it. We're going to smash it.
01:57We're going to get her to Germany.
01:59A spokesperson for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust said,
02:03we recognise how difficult it is for any patient
02:06to move from a period of remission
02:08to facing another cancer diagnosis.
02:11And we understand the impact this has on them
02:14and their family.
02:16We cannot discuss individual cases publicly.
02:19Candice has shared her concerns with us directly.
02:21We have responded to the issues she has raised
02:24and will continue to liaise with her.
02:27With Candice saying her time is running out,
02:30the pressure is on to raise the funds.
02:33Nayla Mohamed for KMTV in Swanley.
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