Aid a Nurse and Mother Through Cancer Battle

I am a 43-year-old nurse and nurse practitioner, married mother of 2. About to be gifted with the birth of my first grandchild. I recently had a mammogram that initially my medical group shrugged off as normal dense breasts and recommended a one-year follow-up. Knowing my family history of breast cancer, I advocated for a breast ultrasound, and the results came back as what we thought was a complex fibroadenoma. Fast forward one biopsy and a lumpectomy later, the pathology unfortunately turned out to be breast cancer, for which I will be undergoing a double mastectomy.

Well, when it rains, it pours. My husband lost his job 2 weeks before, and this was all diagnosed as I switched jobs and no longer have health insurance. To add fuel to the fire, I will have to take unpaid time off work for 3-6 weeks for recovery. As a new employee, I do not have any PTO or vacation/sick days to cover the time off. I am not one to ask for help. I have purchased COBRA insurance to cover the surgery, but no income for 6 weeks is going to break us.

Please consider helping, and I will be sure to pay it forward when I am both physically and financially on my feet.