article_snippet: Mr Skarbek hit financial trouble after being diagnosed with mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma.
article_snippet: Mr Skarbek six-month treatment cost $50,000, putting further strain on the couple who said they were trapped in the renting cycle. '
article_snippet: My wife and I have been living hand to mouth and even had to call on our parents to help cover the blow-out on medical bills with my six-month cancer treatment.
highlights_snippet: The cancer survivor, 47, from Melbourne, will use some of the money to pay Andrew Skarbek medical bills .
  
highlights_snippet: Andrew Skarbek will also donate to charity after being given a 'second chance at life'
  