Hey guys my name is Danna :) I am 24 years young and this GoFundMe will be to help me out with medical expenses. Thank you for taking the time to read this
So many know and many don’t, but about two years ago, on February 2020 I was told I had Thyroid Cancer. I was super calm for this because of the denial I put myself in but by September 2020 I had surgery and was cancer free
2021 I go back to Mayo Clinic to get some blood work done and I’m told I no longer have insurance (was removed from it) and that I need to pay out of pocket. With the help of my partner then, I was able to get it done, but i worried about how I would be able to get anything else done without insurance.
Fast forward 2022 I finally get offered a job in July that has great benefits and insurance, of course I take it and continue my grind and immediately apply to the insurance and get everything settled. I was able to schedule an ultrasound for Aug. 5th. HUGE win for me cause it was something pending for MONTHS now. I go to my appointment and by the end of it the nurse attending me calls a doctor in to get a biopsy done. (a biopsy is when they insert needles to the part of your body where sample tissues need to be extracted from so they can test it and
determine the presence of a disease or not)
By the time they’re doing this I’m already quietly sobbing because they found something, they can’t tell me yet but I know they found something.
I get my results 2 days later and they declared and diagnosed me with malignant cancerous tumors on my neck and need to have a consultation with me about what’s to happen in the following month.
For those of you who know me, know that I genuinely do my best to stay in uplifting spirits, I’m a very smiley person, outspoken and enthusiastic for the most part. I’ve been working a good job, going to the gym, focusing on myself and my loved ones. I was doing great, I AM doing great but how does this happen???? I was shattered tbh. It broke something in me. How could I not worry and possibly think of the WORST. My faith dropped to a point where I felt like it was so hard to talk to God. Not bc I was mad I was just not thinking clear and I allowed a bunch of lies in my head that are not true aka I’m gonna die, these are my last days/months, I better start saying goodbye. Awful feeling and awful thoughts.
I have a consultation on August 22nd, my surgeon goes over what they found and that I need to through surgery again on the left side of my neck.
I get scheduled for surgery on September 7th so now I just wait. September 6th, I’m receiving calls left and right, and one of them is from a Dr from my care team calling to tell me that their Director found another tumor on the right side of my neck as well so they will want to do a bilateral surgery. ANOTHER ONE. Pues Alright of course anything to just get it out and for me to be healthy and alive. I had to request unprotected leave from work since I haven’t even been there for 90 days which means I will not be getting paid for my time off so there’s that as well but my health is obviously more important.
My surgery was very successful!! thank you to everyone who prayed for me all over from my family in chihuahua to the valley to my friends all over the states I came out alive and well and cancer free! I was so happy the moment I woke up from anesthesia and I could not stop thanking God for still allowing me to be here. I have been recovering since last Wednesday afternoon, this past weekend was very rough. I’ve had fevers and terrible pain, I can’t really talk but I’m managing. I came back to Mayo Clinic on Monday Sept 12, to have a follow up and was admitted into the hospital. I will be here for several nights since my Drs are concerned about an infection and want to take care of it.
UPDATE: So I got hospitalized on September 12-25th and underwent a second surgery reopening the incision on September 21st. This was done to get rid of an infection my body was fighting. Fast forward I’ve been in recovery since the 25th of Sept. and it is now November 1st. I will be finally going back to work and I’m so thankful and grateful for my jobs bc they have been so patient with me through it all! I will need to do some physical therapy to help my shoulders get back to normal since there’s a lot of stiffness but I’m doing better than I was. It’s still an ongoing recovery journey but I’m doing my best to just take it in one day at a time :) thank you guys God bless!
My insurance will be taking care of some of the expenses and the rest is on me and right now the number is looking really high but it’s not impossible.
Anything and truly I mean ANYTHING helps. From $1 to X amount helps it really does!! I believe this goal is attainable and God will provide no matter what in the end as well. I am coming to this platform to share what’s been going on in my life as of recently and to sincerely ask for your help in any way possible. From donating, to sharing this or even just praying for me EVERYTHING Is appreciated.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this I know it was long but it was needed. I love you all thank you God bless you
So many know and many don’t, but about two years ago, on February 2020 I was told I had Thyroid Cancer. I was super calm for this because of the denial I put myself in but by September 2020 I had surgery and was cancer free
2021 I go back to Mayo Clinic to get some blood work done and I’m told I no longer have insurance (was removed from it) and that I need to pay out of pocket. With the help of my partner then, I was able to get it done, but i worried about how I would be able to get anything else done without insurance.
Fast forward 2022 I finally get offered a job in July that has great benefits and insurance, of course I take it and continue my grind and immediately apply to the insurance and get everything settled. I was able to schedule an ultrasound for Aug. 5th. HUGE win for me cause it was something pending for MONTHS now. I go to my appointment and by the end of it the nurse attending me calls a doctor in to get a biopsy done. (a biopsy is when they insert needles to the part of your body where sample tissues need to be extracted from so they can test it and
determine the presence of a disease or not)
By the time they’re doing this I’m already quietly sobbing because they found something, they can’t tell me yet but I know they found something.
I get my results 2 days later and they declared and diagnosed me with malignant cancerous tumors on my neck and need to have a consultation with me about what’s to happen in the following month.
For those of you who know me, know that I genuinely do my best to stay in uplifting spirits, I’m a very smiley person, outspoken and enthusiastic for the most part. I’ve been working a good job, going to the gym, focusing on myself and my loved ones. I was doing great, I AM doing great but how does this happen???? I was shattered tbh. It broke something in me. How could I not worry and possibly think of the WORST. My faith dropped to a point where I felt like it was so hard to talk to God. Not bc I was mad I was just not thinking clear and I allowed a bunch of lies in my head that are not true aka I’m gonna die, these are my last days/months, I better start saying goodbye. Awful feeling and awful thoughts.
I have a consultation on August 22nd, my surgeon goes over what they found and that I need to through surgery again on the left side of my neck.
I get scheduled for surgery on September 7th so now I just wait. September 6th, I’m receiving calls left and right, and one of them is from a Dr from my care team calling to tell me that their Director found another tumor on the right side of my neck as well so they will want to do a bilateral surgery. ANOTHER ONE. Pues Alright of course anything to just get it out and for me to be healthy and alive. I had to request unprotected leave from work since I haven’t even been there for 90 days which means I will not be getting paid for my time off so there’s that as well but my health is obviously more important.
My surgery was very successful!! thank you to everyone who prayed for me all over from my family in chihuahua to the valley to my friends all over the states I came out alive and well and cancer free! I was so happy the moment I woke up from anesthesia and I could not stop thanking God for still allowing me to be here. I have been recovering since last Wednesday afternoon, this past weekend was very rough. I’ve had fevers and terrible pain, I can’t really talk but I’m managing. I came back to Mayo Clinic on Monday Sept 12, to have a follow up and was admitted into the hospital. I will be here for several nights since my Drs are concerned about an infection and want to take care of it.
UPDATE: So I got hospitalized on September 12-25th and underwent a second surgery reopening the incision on September 21st. This was done to get rid of an infection my body was fighting. Fast forward I’ve been in recovery since the 25th of Sept. and it is now November 1st. I will be finally going back to work and I’m so thankful and grateful for my jobs bc they have been so patient with me through it all! I will need to do some physical therapy to help my shoulders get back to normal since there’s a lot of stiffness but I’m doing better than I was. It’s still an ongoing recovery journey but I’m doing my best to just take it in one day at a time :) thank you guys God bless!
My insurance will be taking care of some of the expenses and the rest is on me and right now the number is looking really high but it’s not impossible.
Anything and truly I mean ANYTHING helps. From $1 to X amount helps it really does!! I believe this goal is attainable and God will provide no matter what in the end as well. I am coming to this platform to share what’s been going on in my life as of recently and to sincerely ask for your help in any way possible. From donating, to sharing this or even just praying for me EVERYTHING Is appreciated.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this I know it was long but it was needed. I love you all thank you God bless you