Justin Landers’ Story . . .

This year we are helping Justin Landers’ family with our Three Little Wishes program. Our hearts are truly broken knowing that Justin knew about Three Little Wishes but did not live to see how it would help his family. His wife and children are now facing significant financial distress, and we want to do everything we can to ease that burden and honour Justin’s memory.

Here Justin’s full story, written by his sister for us to share with you . . .

Justin Landers was 35 years old and married to Grezy with 2 beautiful children Kyra (21) and Jameson (8). He was also a proud fur daddy to Koda, Dixie and Hank. Family has always been Justin’s main focus and pride! He did everything he could to make sure his family was well taken care of.

Unfortunately in the early months of 2023 Justin had a wound on the bottom of his left foot. He was being seen at the wound care clinic in Burlington, but after a few months it hadn’t healed. He developed swelling in the lymph nodes in his left groin and went to see a Doctor.

In August 2023 he went to Joesph Brant Hospital thinking that it was just a bad infection, that he was just going to get some IV antibiotics and be sent on his way. That day would forever change the landscape of our lives as Justin was diagnosed with Melanoma. Something that didn’t even cross our minds could have been the problem. From that moment life has been a blur.

He was seen at Juravinski Cancer Centre and a treatment plan was discussed. He started Immunotherapy on September 8 2023, and that went well until he had an allergic reaction followed by a septic infection. He was hospitalized at Joseph Brant Hospital for 1 week, and received IV antibiotics, high dose steroids and knee surgery. Immunotherapy treatments were put on hold due to the steroids.

Justin continued to fight his battle with cancer with the support of his family and friends. He underwent chemotherapy and so many radiation treatments to several parts of his body, and about a million scans and doctor’s appointments- or at least it felt that way.

In July 2024 after experiencing some new symptoms Justin was told that the cancer had spread to his brain. This was a hard result to take as this meant that he had stage 4 Metastatic Malignant Melanoma… We were told that he will die from this cancer and told that he had months not years to live.

He underwent more radiation and oral chemotherapy which helped shrink his brain tumour, but the cancer continued to spread. In early Spring of 2025 Justin stopped his oral chemo meds, as recent scans showed mixed results. The meds were making him so sick and affecting his quality of life and his ability to be there for his wife and kids.

June 2025 scans revealed that his brain tumour had grown rapidly since his last scan. He required 5 doses of radiation on his brain to help alleviate the symptoms he was having and to buy him more time with his family.

In July 2025 Justin was hospitalized with yet another infection as well as issues with open wounds he had due to tumours breaking through the skin. He was admitted and was in the hospital for a week and a half and was preparing to be discharged home. Unfortunately his body had other plans… the following day he was rushed to the ICU with septic shock. As always Justin hung on for his family and thankfully the antibiotics were working. Justin was downgraded from the ICU and after 2 weeks he was discharged home, where he received daily homecare nursing visits.

Sept 12 2025 Justin was sent back to Joseph Brant Hospital as he was no longer able to walk due to weakness and he was experiencing a lot of pain. After multiple scans and tests we were advised that the cancer had spread further and his oncologist said he felt we were getting close to the end of Justin’s cancer journey. Justin was put on a list awaiting placement at Carpenter Hospice in Burlington. This news broke our family’s hearts, having to hear those words and process those feelings were one thing …. Having to watch his wife – the love of his life’s heart literally break before his eyes was another… and of course the kids – their daughter and young son, was a whole different ballgame.

After 16 days in the hospital on Sept 27th Justin decided that he was ready to become our guardian angel. We were with him every step of the way exactly how he wanted it. We sang through the tears and laughed about old memories. He fought a hard fight waiting till he knew that we would be okay before deciding it was his time to go.

Life without Justin has been beyond tough for us all. Not being able to hear his laugh, smart remarks and his I love yous is heartbreaking. He will be forever missed and loved by all.

We appreciate you and we know the glamjulz community is here to support the Landers family in any way that we can. With your help, we are able to make a huge difference in the lives of families suffering from the financial burdens of cancer. Please consider our 2025 Three Little Wishes julz as part of your gift giving this holiday season. Let’s make this a record year for Grezy, Kyra and Jameson.

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