Hello, My name is Mariana Ivanova and I am from Ruse. People who know me describe me as a smiling, struggling and warm-hearted woman - a person who always finds the strength to smile, even when it is difficult. But now I am fighting the biggest battle of my life - the battle with cancer. And I am determined to win it. It all started with routine checkups that showed nothing alarming. But one night I had a severe crisis and ended up in the emergency room. Blood tests, a scan, an admission to surgery - and then the words that changed everything: pancreatic cancer with lesions in the liver. My world came crashing down. I stayed 8 days in the surgery of the Kanev Hospital. I arranged an emergency PET-scan at St. Marina - Pleven, and a consultation at Ivan Rilski Hospital - Sofia. The diagnosis was severe, the prognosis - discouraging. Panic overwhelmed me, but I did not give up. Thanks to my nephew, who contacted Avicenna International Hospital in Istanbul, I got a chance. The team there "true angels" received me with care, professionalism and humanity. They got me back on my feet in just a week, with hope and good results. I bow to them!

But the fight is not over. The tumor is aggressive and treatment must continue. Unfortunately, the costs are enormous and beyond my means. That is why I turn to you - good people, with a pure heart and faith in the good. I ask for your financial support, everygesture, every help is a spark of the fire I want to light - the fire of life.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Mariana