A MUM-of-three with terminal cancer has issued a desperate appeal to help her raise £100,000 for potentially lifesaving treatment abroad.

Polly Haydock, of Gadbury Fold, Atherton, was diagnosed with bowel cancer a year ago but received the devastating news in July that her stage four cancer has spread to her lymph nodes, liver and lungs.

The 37-year-old was told by specialists at The Christie hospital that without further chemotherapy and radiotherapy she would only have six months to live.

Polly refused to accept the devastating news and after researching alternative treatments found two clinics in Germany that offer immunotherapy, which is not available on the NHS.

Immunotherapy is designed to boost the body's natural defences to fight off diseases, like cancer, by using substances either made by the body or in a laboratory to improve or restore immune system function.

Now her family have set up a GoFundMe page to help raise the £100,000 for 12 months' treatment.

Polly, mum to 18-year-old Darcy, nine-year-old Emma and seven-year-old Alex, said: “I have never felt such pain in my heart at the thought of my children losing their mummy and I am truly broken.

“I hate to think that I will never get to see them pass milestones like high school, getting married or even getting to meet my grandchildren.

“They do not deserve to have to go through a period of immense loss at such young ages and my eldest daughter should not have to experience that pain.

“The NHS can only offer me chemotherapy as part of palliative care, basically saying they can do nothing to save my life but this potentially lifesaving treatment will give me the chance of getting better that the NHS cannot.

“So I am literally begging people out there to help us to be a family for a lot longer than the six months I have been quoted.

“You would be literally saving my life.”

Her husband Dan added: “Polly is a huge part of our very close family and we are all desperate to give her the best fighting chance we can of having a life instead of a death sentence.

“We as a family are not accepting the terminal diagnosis and the treatment could mean our children grow up with their mum but we need help to make that a reality.”

To make a donation visit the Polly's website at fundpolly.com