Cancer Knows NO Boundaries.
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This is my beautiful friend Talia. And this is her story about her fight against breast cancer.
In April of 2014 Talia Gillan and Chris McDermott were thrilled at the arrival of their baby girl Dylana. She was quite the miracle on her own since Talia was suffering from a very large fibroid on her uterus. This made pregnancy very difficult for her and the baby had to be delivered by C-section 6 weeks early. Thankfully she was born healthy and without complication.
Very soon after Talia had to return to work since she is a small business owner in Thorold called Gypsy Alley. Loving what she did for a career but not wanting to be away from her new baby girl Talia would bring Dylana to work with her most days. Life continued to be fantastic and exciting having their new baby in their lives.
November 2014 rolled around and one day Talia found a lump in her breast. She went to the doctor a couple times who proceeded to tell her it was a blocked milk duct and sent her home with a prescription for infection. This lump did not go away instead it kept growing... In the meantime Talia and Chris received the surprising yet amazing news that Talia was pregnant again. Talia needed to go see her specialist who deals with her fibroid and pregnancy since she is high risk. The same day she went to her specialist that doctor sent her for a biopsy once she pointed out this growing lump. Very soon after the results came back. Talia had triple negative breast cancer which is an extremely aggressive cancer, and she was now 12 weeks pregnant.
Talia took this news with incredible bravery. She and the doctor decided what the best road to take would be. Her treatment would consist of four rounds of chemo while she was pregnant: doctors insisting that the baby would be safe. And the baby would be delivered at 34 weeks. Talia completed this unimaginable task being pregnant and going through chemo at the same time. But it didn't stop there. Six days after delivering premature but healthy baby Desmond by C-section Talia underwent a double mastectomy. And then countless rounds of chemo and radiation. As a new mom this should have been the happiest time in her life but Talia was barely able to hold her two babies. Yet Talia took on this illness with fierce determination and was fighting cancer with everything she had.
In November 2015 Talia found out that her breast cancer had metastasized to lung cancer. She has continued to complete more chemo but has recently found out that she is not responding to treatment. Her two beautiful babies are now 9 months and 22 months old.
Talia is a fighter and if there is a way to beat this awful disease she will find it. In that I have faith and I believe in miracles. She has been my hero in the past year and a half facing every day with a smile and a laugh and bringing light to those around her.
Please donate towards Talia and Chris's children's future and education. We would like their minds to be eased about finances at this time.
If you would like to send any private messages I have set up an email account for Talia to read: [email redacted]
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this story and any donation that you are able to make. Please pray for Talia and her family.
In April of 2014 Talia Gillan and Chris McDermott were thrilled at the arrival of their baby girl Dylana. She was quite the miracle on her own since Talia was suffering from a very large fibroid on her uterus. This made pregnancy very difficult for her and the baby had to be delivered by C-section 6 weeks early. Thankfully she was born healthy and without complication.
Very soon after Talia had to return to work since she is a small business owner in Thorold called Gypsy Alley. Loving what she did for a career but not wanting to be away from her new baby girl Talia would bring Dylana to work with her most days. Life continued to be fantastic and exciting having their new baby in their lives.
November 2014 rolled around and one day Talia found a lump in her breast. She went to the doctor a couple times who proceeded to tell her it was a blocked milk duct and sent her home with a prescription for infection. This lump did not go away instead it kept growing... In the meantime Talia and Chris received the surprising yet amazing news that Talia was pregnant again. Talia needed to go see her specialist who deals with her fibroid and pregnancy since she is high risk. The same day she went to her specialist that doctor sent her for a biopsy once she pointed out this growing lump. Very soon after the results came back. Talia had triple negative breast cancer which is an extremely aggressive cancer, and she was now 12 weeks pregnant.
Talia took this news with incredible bravery. She and the doctor decided what the best road to take would be. Her treatment would consist of four rounds of chemo while she was pregnant: doctors insisting that the baby would be safe. And the baby would be delivered at 34 weeks. Talia completed this unimaginable task being pregnant and going through chemo at the same time. But it didn't stop there. Six days after delivering premature but healthy baby Desmond by C-section Talia underwent a double mastectomy. And then countless rounds of chemo and radiation. As a new mom this should have been the happiest time in her life but Talia was barely able to hold her two babies. Yet Talia took on this illness with fierce determination and was fighting cancer with everything she had.
In November 2015 Talia found out that her breast cancer had metastasized to lung cancer. She has continued to complete more chemo but has recently found out that she is not responding to treatment. Her two beautiful babies are now 9 months and 22 months old.
Talia is a fighter and if there is a way to beat this awful disease she will find it. In that I have faith and I believe in miracles. She has been my hero in the past year and a half facing every day with a smile and a laugh and bringing light to those around her.
Please donate towards Talia and Chris's children's future and education. We would like their minds to be eased about finances at this time.
If you would like to send any private messages I have set up an email account for Talia to read: [email redacted]
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this story and any donation that you are able to make. Please pray for Talia and her family.
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Shaunian Valeriote
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Welland, ON
