Family raising £200k so dad can see sons grow up

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Mar 2017, 19:41 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2017, 11:07 BST
Michele Ammolla (left) is being assisted in his funding by his sons William, 6, and Henry, 10, and his wife Georgina. Pictures: Derek MartinMichele Ammolla (left) is being assisted in his funding by his sons William, 6, and Henry, 10, and his wife Georgina. Pictures: Derek Martin
Michele Ammolla (left) is being assisted in his funding by his sons William, 6, and Henry, 10, and his wife Georgina. Pictures: Derek Martin
When doctors told a father-of-two about a drug that might beat his terminal cancer his family began raising money to help fund it.

Michele Ammolla has already beaten the odds once.

Now the garden centre manager, his wife Georgina and their sons are raising money to help do it again.

Michele, 44, who lives in Parham Road, Findon Valley, was diagnosed with stage three rectal cancer last year and told it was inoperable.

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Doctors also found nodules on his lungs but described them as ‘small and insignicant’, Michele said.

However after undergoing chemotherapy doctors told him the rectal cancer had shrunk enough to operate and the surgery went ahead.

But a scan just a couple of weeks ago revealed the nodules found last year had spread. Michele was told his cancer was terminal.

“If I do nothing then I’ve got one to two years, tops,” Michele said.

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