Help a Loving Mom Fight Breast Cancer

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Help a Loving Mom Fight Breast Cancer

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Hi everyone, this isn’t an easy post for me to share but my back is unfortunately against the wall and I’m at the point where I have to put my pride aside and humbly ask for help.

July 7th 2025, on my fiancé’s birthday, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. My whole world shattered. Our whole world shattered. But I’m choosing to raise above it and stay strong for my 2 boys, for my fiance, for me and for my family and friends. I made the decision to get up and fight, hope, pray, be grateful, meditate and change everything I could inside me to try to make the best out of this unfortunate situation.

I undergone surgery a couple weeks ago and everything went amazingly well, I thank god for this. It was caught early and didn’t have time to spread through my body. I thank god for this.

However the final genetic testing revealed that the type of cancer I had is very aggressive and has a high risk of reoccurrence. It is a shock to warp my head around the fact that I now have to undergo several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation which will extend over several months.

Unfortunately, my job situation is precarious and do not have any job protection, beside 12 weeks of unpaid sick leave. Which I’ll exhaust before I can finish treatments. (For my friends from Canada, welcome to America lol) After that, I don’t know if I’ll have a job to return to. I also wasn’t able to get health insurance or disability insurance through my work but thankfully had last resort health coverage that took a small part of the healthcare cost off my shoulders.

My fiancé and I are or I should say were a 2 incomes family but we were barely making it work and were working on opposite schedules, around the clock in order to save on childcare costs and provide a save and loving family life for our kids. But now that I can’t bring an income home anymore, and with medical bills that keep piling up, I don’t have any other choice but to humbly ask for help.

2025 was supposed to be our year, having two kids back to back and finally seeing things turning around and being able to breath a little bit. But life had other plans for us..

By the grace of God, we will get through this.

I want to thank every one for being part of my support system, for taking the time to read this post and allowing me to be vulnerable and honest with everyone and with myself. Thank you so much for considering helping us, for all the love, all the supports and all the prayers. I don’t know what the future holds for me and my family but one thing is for sure, I’ll keep fighting and I know I’ll emerge from this journey even stronger.

Thank you and we love you all ❤️

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Gihane Duchaine
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Riverview, FL
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