Our personal fight against Cancer
Gary and Diana Bender are requesting your financial
help in their personal fight against Cancer.
In November
of 2012 Diana, my wife of 25 years was diagnosed with Lung Cancer.
She has a
cancerous tumor that grew so fast that it actually cracked ribs.
Currently
the doctors say the cancer is "˜Stable' and has not spread to other organs.
Diana still
has many more sessions' of treatments to go to shrink the tumor and cure the
cancer.
In December
of 2012 I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
I had
noticed some large bumps had grown on my neck and lower abdomen which I
initially thought was common blemishes or acne.
They became so painful the doctor opted to surgically remove them. After a biopsy it was determined to be Tumors
formed by dead white blood cells.
The next day
the Oncologist performed a biopsy on my bone marrow. This confirmed I had Leukemia as the bone
marrow was almost all Leukemia cells.
Currently I
have finished the last 6 day session of Chemo.
At the end of May they will do another Bone Marrow Biopsy to see if
there are any more Leukemia cells.
Our Current Financial situation;
I know it's
not fair. It's way harder day to day
with both of us attacked by cancer. It's
more expensive too.
Because our
insurance only covers 80%, requires co-pay and cost us $1100 a month we are
going to be in a dire situation during the next 6 months.
Diana has
been disabled with Scoliosis since 1998 and is covered by Medicare. However we have had to pay out many thousands
of dollars to cover the 20% Medicare does not pay.
I have
signed up for Social Security Disability but it will not become active until
August 2013.
How this happened;
This is not
how I planned our retirement.
It kills me
to ask hard working people for money.
That's not
what I am about.
I had my
first job in 1959 and have worked hard all of my life never depending on
anyone.
However, I
am depending on you.
Please help
only if you can.
Thank you,
Gary and
Diana Bender
Anchorage, Alaska
All funds
not directly used for our Medical and Support bills will be donated to;
American Cancer Society | Information and
Resources for Cancer ...
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