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My name is Amanda (Lee) Davidson. I am only 39 years old. I am making the very personal and difficult decision to share my story and ask for your help.
On October 29th, 2015 my father passed away suddenly. Still reeling, haunted and mourning his death and the circumstances one year later, I was told I had stage 4 breast cancer. It was October 5th, 2016. Two days later I was receiving double doses of chemotherapy as my doctor started the fight to save my life immediately.
Devastated and terrified I found out that my medical condition had been misdiagnosed by my regular dr for 2 years!! Bewildered and terrified I asked myself how this could be. I took care of myself. I ate clean, exercised and was training for a full marathon and training a young horse for eventing.
I have two small children, Rory who was 5 and Shea who was 4 when I was diagnosed. After I was diagnosed and put in double dose chemo for 5 months I started on Chinese cancer treatment as well as doing topical medical marijuana creams. I also did clean eating and juicing. I also wanted to do oxygen therapy but the financial cost was just too much.
During this very emotional time I also added a financial strain on my family as we have had to put a second mortgage on our home. Its is now 2 years and I am still on Ibrance and Zoneta and I am constantly undergoing scans.
This disease which, had I been properly diagnosed, would most likely have been gone by now. However now its specter haunts me night and day. The weight of this giant which lurks within my body and bones can cause anxiety to course through my body and brain as my heart pounds inside my chest. With every ache I think it has gone to that spot.
I want to raise my kids and see them grow up and graduate and have their own lives. My little girl suffers from anxiety and she and her brother need their mom.
AS OF JUNE 22 I WAS TOLD MY CANCER HAD SPREAD TO MY LIVER AND MY LUNGS. I start my second round of chemo tomorrow June 27, 2018.
So I need to go back to the Chinese cancer center and go back on my teas and I need to eat organic and I need to have oxygen therapy to infuse my body with oxygen as cancer loves low oxygen. I also want to participate in a trial with immunotherapy as they have actually cured a woman of stage 4 cancer with this treatment. It involves taking healthy immune cells from my body, multiplying them and infusing them back into my body. I have tried to get into Princess Margaret hospital in Toronto but they have rejected me as they say at this time I am not a candidate as they want me to do more chemo first.
I do not want to be a compassionate care cancer patient I want to be a CURED cancer patient.
Please help me. Any amount you can donate is greatly appreciated and I love you all.
Thank you
Amanda
I am waiting to hear about immumotherapy trials in Canada and the US at this time. I have found one in the US but I am waiting to hear about the costs involved. I will update as I get the real costs for that treatment. The cost of Chinese teas is $400 every two weeks and the oxygen therapy is $120 a session. There are five sessions the first month alone. It is approximately an additional $300 a week for juicing and dietary supplements.
On October 29th, 2015 my father passed away suddenly. Still reeling, haunted and mourning his death and the circumstances one year later, I was told I had stage 4 breast cancer. It was October 5th, 2016. Two days later I was receiving double doses of chemotherapy as my doctor started the fight to save my life immediately.
Devastated and terrified I found out that my medical condition had been misdiagnosed by my regular dr for 2 years!! Bewildered and terrified I asked myself how this could be. I took care of myself. I ate clean, exercised and was training for a full marathon and training a young horse for eventing.
I have two small children, Rory who was 5 and Shea who was 4 when I was diagnosed. After I was diagnosed and put in double dose chemo for 5 months I started on Chinese cancer treatment as well as doing topical medical marijuana creams. I also did clean eating and juicing. I also wanted to do oxygen therapy but the financial cost was just too much.
During this very emotional time I also added a financial strain on my family as we have had to put a second mortgage on our home. Its is now 2 years and I am still on Ibrance and Zoneta and I am constantly undergoing scans.
This disease which, had I been properly diagnosed, would most likely have been gone by now. However now its specter haunts me night and day. The weight of this giant which lurks within my body and bones can cause anxiety to course through my body and brain as my heart pounds inside my chest. With every ache I think it has gone to that spot.
I want to raise my kids and see them grow up and graduate and have their own lives. My little girl suffers from anxiety and she and her brother need their mom.
AS OF JUNE 22 I WAS TOLD MY CANCER HAD SPREAD TO MY LIVER AND MY LUNGS. I start my second round of chemo tomorrow June 27, 2018.
So I need to go back to the Chinese cancer center and go back on my teas and I need to eat organic and I need to have oxygen therapy to infuse my body with oxygen as cancer loves low oxygen. I also want to participate in a trial with immunotherapy as they have actually cured a woman of stage 4 cancer with this treatment. It involves taking healthy immune cells from my body, multiplying them and infusing them back into my body. I have tried to get into Princess Margaret hospital in Toronto but they have rejected me as they say at this time I am not a candidate as they want me to do more chemo first.
I do not want to be a compassionate care cancer patient I want to be a CURED cancer patient.
Please help me. Any amount you can donate is greatly appreciated and I love you all.
Thank you
Amanda
I am waiting to hear about immumotherapy trials in Canada and the US at this time. I have found one in the US but I am waiting to hear about the costs involved. I will update as I get the real costs for that treatment. The cost of Chinese teas is $400 every two weeks and the oxygen therapy is $120 a session. There are five sessions the first month alone. It is approximately an additional $300 a week for juicing and dietary supplements.
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