Our dear Emma is an amazing daughter, sister, wife, and friend, and anyone she meets is influenced by her light and goodness!
Emma recently received the not-so-awesome news that she has early stage 2, grade 3 breast cancer. Although her cancer is aggressive, her doctors are very optimistic that this cancer is 100% treatable, and we are so relieved! We hope and pray that as she begins treatments, we will continually receive positive news.
For updates, please follow her blog here:
https://triple-positive.com/
In addition to the many exhausting and expensive treatments and surgeries she needs to dissolve the cancer, Emma is faced with the difficulty of possible infertility caused by chemo.
This is what she says on her blog:
"Chemo can make having babies pretty hard once all this nightmare is over with. And I so would like to provide the world with some little (hopefully) musical geniuses! So today really has been the hardest day so far, as Bret and I went calmly and hopefully along to a fertility clinic this morning only to be told that in order for them to have any chance of freezing my eggs before the lab CLOSES FOR CHRISTMAS we need to get going TODAY. This is a very important timeline because the longer this all takes, the longer I have to wait for chemo, and ya know, I do have an aggressive breast cancer. So there were rushed blood tests, ultrasounds, forms to be filled out, multiple co-payments and a five-minute demonstration on how to inject your own belly, which all culminated in discovering that our insurance will cover absolutely zilcho. There was a moment when Bret and I just cried in a corridor, whilst nurses walked past and other patients looked at us with pity. Not my favourite moment that’s for sure! We made the decision to go for it and work out the money later, so two hours ago I successfully stabbed myself in the stomach with two injections whilst Bret freaked out from a safe distance. This will continue for around 7-10 days until I’m ready to harvest and freeze eggs. Luckily you don’t have to do that part yourself!"
As her insurance doesn't cover IVF, and as portions of her medical treatments, surgeries, and doctor visits will be out of pocket, the financial burden is going to skyrocket over the next several months for her and Bret. Please consider donating to help alleviate this financial strain during an already stressful time.
Her attitude is amazing and she is taking this whole thing on with grace and resilience. We love you, Emma!
Emma recently received the not-so-awesome news that she has early stage 2, grade 3 breast cancer. Although her cancer is aggressive, her doctors are very optimistic that this cancer is 100% treatable, and we are so relieved! We hope and pray that as she begins treatments, we will continually receive positive news.
For updates, please follow her blog here:
https://triple-positive.com/
In addition to the many exhausting and expensive treatments and surgeries she needs to dissolve the cancer, Emma is faced with the difficulty of possible infertility caused by chemo.
This is what she says on her blog:
"Chemo can make having babies pretty hard once all this nightmare is over with. And I so would like to provide the world with some little (hopefully) musical geniuses! So today really has been the hardest day so far, as Bret and I went calmly and hopefully along to a fertility clinic this morning only to be told that in order for them to have any chance of freezing my eggs before the lab CLOSES FOR CHRISTMAS we need to get going TODAY. This is a very important timeline because the longer this all takes, the longer I have to wait for chemo, and ya know, I do have an aggressive breast cancer. So there were rushed blood tests, ultrasounds, forms to be filled out, multiple co-payments and a five-minute demonstration on how to inject your own belly, which all culminated in discovering that our insurance will cover absolutely zilcho. There was a moment when Bret and I just cried in a corridor, whilst nurses walked past and other patients looked at us with pity. Not my favourite moment that’s for sure! We made the decision to go for it and work out the money later, so two hours ago I successfully stabbed myself in the stomach with two injections whilst Bret freaked out from a safe distance. This will continue for around 7-10 days until I’m ready to harvest and freeze eggs. Luckily you don’t have to do that part yourself!"
As her insurance doesn't cover IVF, and as portions of her medical treatments, surgeries, and doctor visits will be out of pocket, the financial burden is going to skyrocket over the next several months for her and Bret. Please consider donating to help alleviate this financial strain during an already stressful time.
Her attitude is amazing and she is taking this whole thing on with grace and resilience. We love you, Emma!
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Breton Vivian
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