Love for love: a fundraising for love buenaventura

09.13.2019

10 days since Love has passed away. I will now be stopping the campaign. Thank you so much everyone who has supported us.

- Gino Buenaventura

09.07.2019

It is with deep sorrow to inform you that my beloved wife, Love, joined our Creator last Sept 4 at 9pm.she passed away with her family beside her and in peace.

Viewing will start in the afternoon of Sept 5 in Loyola Columbarium Chapel 2. Inside St. John the Baptist Columbary and Park, Highway 2000, Taytay, Rizal. Details of interment will be on Sept 8 at 12pm.

Thank you and God bless to everyone who followed, supported and backed her battle. We wouldn't have lasted this long without you help and encouragement.

09.3.2019 - Gino

ICU - she is now sedated and intubated. Her breathing cannot sustain the oxygen her body needs. She is still being treated with pneumonia so the infection and fluid would stop.

We are very thankful to all backers, supporters, followers. For paypal donations, As far as transaction history tells, any donations through paypal before july 3 were refunded. Thank you, if the transaction did not went through, we know the thought was there. I really do not know why this is happening and i dont have the time to check with paypal. Maybe account was not yet verified back then. Aside from the account is my wife's, she dont have enough strenght to do it. If you may be so kind to try again, we are very greatful. But, you can also directly donate to these accounts:

Bdo: 002490279501

Bpi: 9869-0598-27

Singapore Posb:119-86416-0

For Love Buenaventura

07.02.2019:

Hi everyone, I'm Gino, Love's husband.

Last June 30, 2019 i sat with the doctors attending to my wife. I asked them why would they give us options, we do not belong to the upper class and surely we only have 1 choice. I would be neglecting my wife for a proper medical care if i do not take the option with mAb.

Doctor's remark on option 1: do not think it will not work and do not think you are neglecting your wife for better treatment. It is still the meds for the type of ca and is still effective. The addition of mAb is to add more percentage in treatment effect. If you will take the other 2 option, you need to commit to that until the very last session.

Since options 2 and 3 with mAb are too expensive. We decided to commit on the 1st option. The addition of mAb can be done late but once we do that we cannot turn back.

Here is our chemo protocol for option 1.

Cost: 65,719.92 per session

Total of 12 session: 788,639.04

I thank everyone for the support. Be it in kind, moral, prayer or financial, each is helpful no matter what size it is. Thank you very much. We will stay strong and do our best to find assistance from govt institutions and private programmes.

06.29.2019

2 weeks ago.. I told you i was diagnosed with STAGE 4 CANCER WITH UNKNOWN PRIMARY with various metastisis especially on the lumbar area that made me Paralyzed waist down.. I STARTED my first chemo with that diagnosis.

Today. 2 weeks after. After some more immunohistochemistry done with the biopsy sample, cancer had FINALLY made itself KNOWN. It is STAGE 4 COLON CANCER.

Yes, finally thank God proper treatment of the targeted cause will finally begin! ❤️

Protocols will change. From 6 chemo sessions with 21 days interval, it will now be 12 chemo session with 2 weeks interval with me being admitted to the hospital because the chemo will run for 2.5 days each plus the basic testing and blood works to be done before the chemo.

Currently? Im on iv line with antibiotics. I have infections based on urinalysis where they really cannot determine why. Maybe because of the catheter? But they said 1st chemo for colon cancer will finally be done on Monday.

What am i feeling? Afraid. But still grateful! Questions are finally answered. And treatment can finally begin!

Finances will be filing i know especially when I'm not in a public hospital (believe me i would if i really could). But i believe God will provide for us. We just have to be faithful and be still.

My name is Love Raviegaye Buenaventura. I am a mother of 2. A 12 year old beautiful teenager and a 2 year old son who's so full of energy that I really need to get better so i could make them feel how much i really love them and that im here still as their mother.

Please help me in fighting this cancer for my family. Prayers can do wonder. Well wishers too. Everyday my inbox is filled with loving messages of encouragement and it made me feel loved and have given me additional strength because they made extra effort to message me even if they themselves are carrying heavy burdens no one might know of.

If it's not too much to ask, we are setting up a gogetfunding account for any amount that you can spare for our battle.

Based on latest protocol given by the doctors: these will be our chemo meds per session. (still depends on further testing to be done)

Option 1. folfiri - 35k

Option 2. Folfiri + cetuximab if kras/nras braf is positive - 35k + 150k

Option 3. Folfiri + bevacizumab (avastin) if kras/nras braf is negative 35k + 130k

They said Avastin or cetuximab is like a homing device that will tell the meds where the cancer cells are.

For direct deposits, here are my husband's local accounts:

BPI: 9869-0598-27 / Gino A Buenaventura

BDO: 002490279501 / Gino A Buenaventura