A MUM-OF-FOUR fighting bowel cancer is facing having to sell the family home to pay for treatment in Germany which could save her life.

Sally Major and her husband Liam have already sold the family car to get the latest therapy which is not available to her on the NHS.

A crowdfunding campaign to help the 32-year- get the immunotherapy treatment at the Hallwang Clinic, near Stuttgart, is so far only scratching the surface of the hundreds of thousands pounds needed.

A total of £6,558 has been raised and although the family has managed to pay for the first round of treatment, barred by some clinics in the UK, they could need up to £300,000 more.

Each treatment costs £25,000 but the longer the gap between them the less likely it is to work which means it is a race against time, said Mrs Major’s sister Linsey Outlaw, 35, of Wilsden.

“They’ve sold the car. The only thing they’ve got left is the house," she said.

"Sally wouldn’t want to do that. People have been so generous but £6,500 is just a drop in the ocean of what they need. They will do what it takes.”

Mrs Major’s advanced stage 4 bowel cancer was not diagnosed by doctors she saw more than ten times over a four-year span and she was repeatedly told she was suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Last year she was told she had cancer but the disease had spread to her liver, both lungs, lymph nodes and stomach wall lining.

Intensive chemotherapy helped at first but some tumours remained and earlier this month the couple travelled to the clinic in Germany for the first round of immunotherapy only to be told she had pancreatitis, which had not been diagnosed by doctors in England.

It meant she was not able to have the full course of vital first treatment straight away, said Ms Outlaw.

But despite the setback Mrs Major is now back home in Silsden with her family for Christmas fighting off the infection and preparing for the second bout of treatment in Germany in the New Year.

“She’s feeling a little better but not much. She can’t go back to Germany until the pancreatitis is under control, said her sister.

A number of British people are turning to the clinic for help, reported to be among them is former Emmerdale actress Leah Bracknell, who played Zoe Tate.

Mrs Major, whose children are aged are aged 12, 11, six and two, has been raising awareness through her own Twitter account @SOsally_canwait, urging people to be aware of bowel cancer symptoms.

Earlier this month her supporters held a fundraising abseil at the Jurys Inn hotel in Bradford.

The push continues and a walk from John O’Groats to Silsden is planned for the New Year. To help the family go to youcaring.com/sallymajor-680286.