Helping Amanda Fight Cancer

My friend and colleague, Amanda Hart, is in dire need of assistance with her cancer battle. She needs a nuclear medicine thyroid scan to find where the cancer is located and to determine whether or not it is the type of cancer that absorbs iodine. This is critical for the doctors to know how to treat her cancer. But she had to cancel the diagnostic scan because they required $2,900 before they’ll do it.

Amanda has been through a lot over the last three years. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in August 2021. In March 2022, they removed her thyroid, but they couldn’t remove the cancer on her voice box, or she would’ve lost her ability to speak. Then she was treated with radioactive iodine. For two years, her doctors have had her in a waiting game because testing had not shown enough evidence yet that the cancer had returned. Recently, Amanda had bloodwork that now shows her thyroid cancer has returned. She’s also lost a lot of weight this year that she did not lose on purpose. There’s an additional concern that she may be fighting another cancer in the pancreas. (They did testing over the summer where they did confirm pre-cancerous cells.) Amanda’s mother passed away at a young age from this type of cancer in March 2022, which she didn’t even know she had until after Amanda learned about her thyroid cancer.

Amanda has a beautiful family that loves her dearly. She misses her mom every day. Her insurance won’t pay for expensive testing, and this is why she needs some help.

Amanda spreads sunshine everywhere she goes. She is gifted with the most amazing talent for working with special needs kids. Her radiating smile and calming spirit positively influence even the most challenging kids to do better. She knows just the right things to say and do, always finding solutions that work. She’s also a great asset to our team, always willing to take on challenging tasks.

Please help Amanda. She cannot prolong getting the care she needs.