‘We are refusing to give up on Tom’ – family asks for help to save young farmer

Mr Page was diagnosed in January 2024 at the age of 29. A month later, he underwent a procedure to remove the cancerous testicle.  

Following the surgery, Mr Page then underwent chemotherapy from March to June 2024. 

Unfortunately, he developed sepsis on this fourth cycle, consequently making day-to-day life a real struggle, but the young farmer did not give up.  

Towards the end of June, the family was informed that the cancer had developed in the lymph nodes located by his abdomen, and Mr Page developed multiple liver lesions, therefore he had to have another cycle of chemotherapy to reduce the tumour enough to be surgically removed. 

Following further chemotherapy, the family was informed that it had been unsuccessful in shrinking the tumour. 

In November Mr Page went through yet another cycle of stronger chemotherapy up until Christmas, but again it did not seem to attack the cancer as the doctors hoped it would.  

After having another scan to look at the progress of the cancer, the man received a referral from St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London saying that he would undergo stem cell treatment and more chemotherapy.  

In February 2025 he undergone a harvest stem cells at St Bartholomew’s for the next treatment to commence. Within this second cycle of chemotherapy, Mr Page developed sepsis again, which meant he had to fight the sepsis before returning for more chemotherapy, which has brought his family to the recent events. 

‘Tested yet again’ 

Mr Page’s family said: “Illness isn’t something Tom is used to, neither is sitting still having been brought up on our family tenant farm. Tom truly meets the stereotype of  the over-worked under-paid farmer.” 

They explained that the contracting service Mr Page used to provide with his father has, understandably, been put under strain with the unavoidable absence of the young farmer.  

“This has taken a significant mental toll on Tom going from being an imperative part of the family business to not being able to physically help at all. This being said, he still answers the phone to customers and lorry drivers, trying to take some of the strain and keep some sort of involvement whilst going through all he is having to deal with. 

“Throughout the journey, Tom’s mindset hasn’t faulted away from the farm and keeping the wheels turning, amongst checking in with local farmers and friends always thinking of others wellbeing over his own.  

“Tom’s diagnosis has hit us all especially hard after our mum sadly lost her long battle with cancer in 2017. Never did we think we would have to go through something similar as a family again after that, but it seems we are to be tested yet again,” Mr Page’s family said.

‘We are simply refusing to give up on Tom’ 

Last month the Page family was informed that Mr Page has now been given a timeline on his life expectancy.  

“We refuse to accept that this is it for him. It simply cannot be for such a hard-working young man to be subjected to such a short life expectancy. 

“Together with close friends we are looking at alternative treatments that will work alongside the conventional route of treatment currently being undertaken to battle this disease.  

“We have reached hard and have strong reason to believe these alternative treatments will stunt and kill the cancer that’s killing Tom.” 

The family continued: “Unfortunately, the less conventional treatments/procedures are not so much backed or supported by the FDA or NHS, but these other options are seeming to have real results on real people. 

“We, as a collective, are positively looking forward. We are now in contact and having the conversations with the medical experts that could help.” 

This has led the Page family to set up a GoFundMe page. They ask for critical donations, whether you know Mr Page personally or just read his story and would like to help fund these expensive but vital procedures and also to help the family with travel expenses. 

“We are simply refusing to give up on Tom and believe there are treatments and procedures out there that will work, but we’ve now come to terms that we cannot do any of this without outside help, as we have exhausted all funds and resources; we had to fight this on our own. 

“Anything that can be donated, big or small, will be more than greatly appreciated and go towards saving a young farmer’s life,” the Page family said.  

They promised to be documenting all procedures/treatments/medicines that they decide to use and informing supporters of Mr Page’s progress throughout this horrific journey.  

“Not only just for Tom’s sake but for every person in this situation not knowing where to turn when the conventional treatment route just simply isn’t working. By this we hope the information we can gather and broadcast won’t only save my brother’s life but also your loved ones who may be battling this horrible disease,” Mr Page’s sister Katherine concluded.

Support the fundraising here. 

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