Wayne Biggs says he feels as if he is in the eye of a storm.
The 43-year-old Dunedin man has shaken off the effects of a year of chemotherapy, and with a diagnosis of only a few months to live, he is trying to make the most of the time he has.
But Mr Biggs, a former media manager for NHNZ's ZooMoo children's channel, is not facing that challenge alone.
In the middle of last year, just a few months after his diagnosis of aggressive lymphoma in late February, friends responded by establishing the Biggo Trust to help the couple.
Mr Biggs' wife, Amie Richardson, was publicist for iD Fashion Week, and New Zealand designers donated more than $16,000 of items to a fundraising fashion sale in Dunedin.
Since then the treatment options have dried up, but The Biggo Trust has not - tomorrow the trust is planning an event at the Vogel St Kitchen to provide more help for what Ms Richardson described as ''everything that's coming''.
Ms Richardson said her husband started ''very intensive chemotherapy'' last March, after his tumours doubled in size in about a week.
''They were a very aggressive form of lymphoma.''
That was followed by 10 more courses of the treatment, and periods in hospital.
''It's just been continuous.
''Initially, the course of action was a bone marrow transplant, but in the end, the treatment has all failed, so there's nothing - there's no treatment option left.
''He's terminal, and he was given a few months to live in December.''
However, the couple felt ''incredibly lucky we've been supported'' through the fundraising activities.
''We've had friends do a marathon for charity, a half-marathon, had the designer sale when Wayne was first diagnosed, friends doing Zumba classes ...''
Friends outside Dunedin set up the trust to support the couple.
''They couldn't make lasagnes, so they decided to contribute money, and it's just been an absolute godsend.''
It had been ''pretty tough'' with Mr Biggs sick, and Ms Richardson having to give up her job.
''We've got the two little boys, as well.''
The couple planned to be at the fundraiser.
''The love and support we've had has been incredible.''
Mr Biggs said he was ''normally the kind of guy that tries to fly under the radar a little bit'', so he had found the recent events challenging.
''For me, that's been part of the process of accepting that I've got a terminal illness, that there are things that I can no longer do, and I need help.
''I've really been overwhelmed by the number of people that have stepped up to do things ... This is just another example of that, being completely surprised and overwhelmed.''
The side effects of the treatment were mostly gone, he was ''feeling really good''.
''At the moment I'd describe myself as mildly uncomfortable, rather than in pain.
''It's like the eye of the storm.
''I'm in this place where physically I'm probably better than I've been since I was diagnosed, kind of waiting now to start going downhill.
''I'm trying to maximise what's happening in this period that I'm in at the moment, that I'm fortunate enough to be in.''
Event co-producers Jane Avery and Merrin Bath said the Biggo Night Out would have celebrity chef and entertainer Peta Mathias as a special guest.
The pair were keen for people to give goods and services for auction, or send donations through www.givealittle.co.nz.
