Our Friend Yvette

Hi my name is Yvette and I am a 43 year old single mother of two amazing children. Ryan is almost 13 and Abigail is 11. I am a very proud mama bear and my children have always been and will always be my life.


Two years ago our fast and exciting life started to slow down. I was finding I could no longer run, do my own hobbies or the many activities with my children as often as we used to. I starting seeing my doctor and getting tested. All showed I was healthy as an ox and I started to feel my lack of energy was in my head. I gave up testing for a bit and accepted what my doctor had implied, that I was getting old. Still, I had a cyst by my armpit and breast area.

September 2015 a hard lump suddenly appeared beside the cyst. Instantly I knew what I had. Breast cancer....uggg.

I was diagnosed January of this year and have been using what I had saved for a down payment on the house we currently live in and plan(ned) on buying. We needed to use the down payment for us to survive through the roller coaster ride of doctor appointment after doctor appointment, medication and everything else that comes with this diagnosis. Keeping my world held high above my head....for my children. There were days I failed, but I picked up the pieces the next day.

Unfortunately I am at the point our ship is going to sink financially .....heart breaking to admit. I have always been a self supplying mother and very proud of that. Now I must bow my head and ask humbly for support to keep our roof over our head, food on the table, the van running, gas in the car, all the medication that I have to pay out of pocket for, parking at the hospitals, school fees, and the list goes on. Child support stopped 3 weeks after I was diagnosed, something I am used to and have pulled through many times on my own. This time I am unable.

I am so very blessed that I am one cancer patient where the surgeons got it all. I’m blessed with all the love and support that has been and will continue to surround us. My children have been AMAZING through this journey. They are rock stars. I am blessed.

I am now accepting the fact that it will be a year to recovery for me and any amount will help with the ever mounting bills. I am still waiting to hear if I need chemo at some point.  Bless you all and I pray yours and my family stay cancer free.....

I thank you in advance from the bottom of our 3 hearts, mine, Ryan and Abigail’s to yours and your families.

Love, light and God Bless
Yvette