Diana is a cancer patient for the THIRD (3rd) time. This time, in addition to multiple surgeries, she's had to undergo radiation treatments (every weekday until the number set by the radiation oncologist has been completed) and chemotherapy that will continue until the end of this year.

Diana has been told she's losing her home (foreclosure) because she is unable to obtain employment (no one will hire a person undergoing cancer surgeries and subsequent treatments). She has exhausted every financial resource available to her and is desperate for a miracle to save her home. She has nowhere to go and soon will be homeless; all because the people in a position to be kind, to offer her compassion, an extension, or a waiver, refuse to do so.

Diana reached out to her local, state, and federal representatives for help. She just wanted more time to finish cancer treatments, obtain employment, and make payments, and was told by county employees, state representatives, etc., this wasn't their problem, if they acknowledged her at all. The state actually wanted to charge her a late fee for not meeting a deadline for a program she didn't even know existed, right before they told her they wouldn't approve her regardless for the program! They continue to impose interest, penalties, etc., on her, which costs her more with each passing day. Those in a position to be kind instead made it clear they didn't care, that she wasn't important; she didn't matter. They'd only get involved if it was a situation which garnered good PR for them, and she didn't, so they ghosted her. They just wanted the money or her home, and they don't care if it means she and her partner become homeless. Diana even tried to get a loan, using the only thing of value she had, her home, and the bank refused.

To compound her stress, Diana was sued by the utility companies because she couldn't pay those bills, and had to take the last of her 401k to pay the utilities, their court costs, and their attorney fees! They did this knowing she had cancer, and they even went so far as to call her a liar when she told them the reason she hadn't paid them was because she was unable to work because she had cancer! Guess her having a bloody nose and being completely bald due to chemotherapy in their offices wasn't good enough to prove she was telling the truth. She was even willing to release her medical records to prove to them she had cancer, and they still didn't care.

As if all this isn't bad enough, after all Diana has been going through and put through by the callousness and sheer greed of others, she's caring for a disabled partner. He has severe PTSD, amongst other health issues, which makes him unable to work. She does all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, yard work (even though it now takes her three (3) days to mow the yard), drawing up his medications, driving him to his medical appointments, etc., and all the other tasks of daily life that are taking a cruel toll on her. She's doing all this while dealing with cancer and trying desperately to find a job that will save their home.

Diana is trying to stay hopeful and positive and prays frequently that she will get a job and save their home, but everywhere she turns for help, she's stonewalled, lied to, or flat out refused help by those in a position to give compassion. She's only asking for a hand up, some compassion, some caring, and a little more time to save her home; as this time around, she's having a hard time 'bouncing back' from getting knocked down, and I can understand why.

I know she cries when she thinks no one can hear, and has questioned more than once 'how (she) became so irrelevant so quickly.' This broke my heart because out of the four children of her parents, she was the only one to care for them until their death. The others could care less, not even attending the funeral, saying she should 'zoom it' to them. She left her last employment to care for her parents so she could honor their wishes to die at home, thinking she'd be able to obtain new employment shortly after they died. Little did she know, shortly after they died she'd be told she had an extremely aggressive form of cancer, and here we are...

Any money gifted to her would be used to save her home and pay medical expenses (anyone who's had cancer knows how expensive it is). She's fully prepared to donate any remaining gifts to benefit another in need.

She's said to me on more than one occasion that she hoped her having this terrible disease for a third time was sparing someone else from suffering it.

Any amount is greatly appreciated, and would mean so much to her. Let's show her that while local, county, state, and federal officials might not care, there are people everywhere that do.

Thank you for taking the time to read Diana's story.