EVEN STAGE 3 WONT STOP ALI. BET!
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Hi guys! Im Ali and I need your help. 2020 was so difficult for so many I turned down an offer from a friend to create a fundraiser on my behalf. I naively believed I would just "handle" the diagnosis I received on my 41st Birthday late 2019. Stage 3 Triple Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer. That I would beat it and be back up and better than ever in no more than 2 years. I have completed 6 Rounds of Super Hard Core Chemo IV thru the Port now installed in my chest (never new i was such a cute baldy), a double Masectomy (boobs are overrated anyways), 29 days of Radiation , another 18 rounds of IV Chemo (i didnt need those 50 lbs), and Medically induced Menopause (hormone free and happy). Turns out signing the line that I understood that, while I had not had children yet, I would now no longer have that opportunity was was coupled with my so called partner of 6+ years leaving me to go thru all of this and the terrific symptoms and side effects of treatment, to fight this battle, alone. I returned from my 2nd round of chemo to find my remaining support and dear friend dead in my house. And I lost my Mother to Dementia/Alzheimers. All in 2020 while Covid transformed the world. How could I ask for help when others were struggling so? My intense treatemnt schedule left me unable to work and my father scrambling to find ways to provide financial resources. Thru all of this, with God my eternal guide and glory, I continued to thrive and find joy. Please check out my FB page to see how I have handled my journey thus far.
But now the time has come guys. I need your help. See my cancer metastisized to my Lymph system. This, along with the other contibuting factors and my diagnosis, puts me in a super duper high risk group for more Cancer crapola. While with most cases once treatment is complete, a patient is cured and will have regular intermittent testing for some time just to make sure nothing new comes up but will otherwise move on with their lives, that is too risky for me even. The time between tests can be long enuf for disaster. My treatment will continue, with testing for each and every anomaly. I must be 100% clear for 5 years in a row before I can even consider being "cured." I am confident I will figure out a way to make a living again independently once my condition, symptoms and treatment schedule allow, but I am currently left deciding between essential nutrition and getting my newly growing mop of hair cut. My anxiety over daily expenses is negatively effecting my ability to focus on continuing to kick cancer butt. So here I am humbly asking now for help. I can only repay you by continuing to fight the good fight and be an example to all on the power of faith, joy and love. Thank you so much for taking a moment away from your own struggles to help me with mine. Forever changed and beyond grateful.
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ALISON SAMPLE
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Palm Bay, FL