Shock diagnosis during typing: Benni (27) is dead - he fought to the last breath

Benni Grieser wanted to help with a bone marrow donation - and found out that he has an incurable tumor.

Now he has lost his battle with cancer.

• Benni Grieser fought incurable cancer for three and a half years

• In September the doctors told him that there was nothing more they could do for him

• Benni died a few days ago - but was able to fulfill a few modest wishes

Weichs -

Benni Grieser knew that he couldn't win.

His opponent was an

.

Incurable.

But that didn't stop him from

with all his might

.

To have a little more time to fulfill a few of his dreams.

They were

.

A vacation with his fiancée Ramona.

The expansion of their shared apartment in Weichs (Dachau district).

He has fulfilled it.

Also with the help of many

that he had received when he decided at the beginning of the year to tell his story publicly in the Münchner Merkur.

And it wasn't really about the donations.

“When I was still healthy, that was a matter of course for me,” he said at the time.

He was far

for it.

He wanted to say to everyone who is not dealing with an invincible opponent:

, do not get upset about little things.

Benni dies of cancer: "Enjoy your life!"

In his life it was a

that changed everything.

He wanted to get

tested

as a

to help someone else.

But during the

in the hospital, the doctors discovered

a shadow on his kidney

in the

.

A few days later, he was sitting

across

from a

who told him that

a 17 centimeter tumor had been discovered

on his

.

The

a

.

But

no

idea what was in store for him

.

He tried to stay positive.

It became more difficult with each operation.

During the first procedure, the doctors removed not only the adrenal gland, but also parts of the kidney, diaphragm, liver, lungs, intestines and lymph nodes.

There were

everywhere

.

His

is not only very aggressive but also unexplored because it is rare.

The doctors gave him

.

He would have another year, they told him in 2017. If things go well, two.

You

underestimated

Benni's fighting

.

Incurable cancer discovered during typing: Benni fought to the last breath

Sometimes he called cancer

.

On many days it took his strength from him.

The doctors kept finding new

in his body

.

Benni had to be operated on again and again and was in the

for days

.

He had to learn to live with severe pain and many limitations.

He used to be a bricklayer and built houses.

Suddenly a few steps were too much for him.

And yet he stood up to his invisible opponent.

Until the very end.

"Giving up is not my thing," he said.

He might not even have guessed how much power there was in him.

He dismantled quickly.

Much too fast for us.

Lydia Grieser

The last few months have been particularly difficult for him, for Ramona and his family.

In addition to the ever new bad

, there was the fear of

.

And yet Benni managed to fulfill some of his dreams.

A few days in Italy in September with his Ramona.

“He was already very weak and slept a lot,” says his mother Lydia Grieser.

"It was not how he had imagined it, but he enjoyed it anyway." Above all, the

has made him happy.

The great

that he received gave him strength.

Despite a devastating cancer diagnosis: Benni fulfilled two last wishes

At the end of September he received his last

from the doctors

The

, infected new organs, and

.

There was nothing the doctors could do for Benni.

He was given stronger

for the

.

The 27-year-old decided

he had left.

It was only a month and a half.

After Benni's death: family collects donations for German Cancer Aid

“He dismantled quickly,” says his mother.

"Much too fast for us." His Ramona was

by his side

until his

.

After

your aunt started

a

for the

on his behalf on

.

Within a few days, more than 1,600 euros were raised.

Benni Grieser's fight impressed many people.

Had he not

gone

to the

in

2017

, the tumor would probably not have been discovered. Maybe one day he would have collapsed dead on the construction site.

was grateful for the chance to fight. And for every day that he was given after the

.