Help Candice and Her Son Thrive After Cancer

Hi, my name is Candice. I am 39 years old and about a year ago I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Breast Cancer. I tested positive for the BRCA2 gene and decided to have a double mastectomy. Over the past year, I have undergone chemo, radiation, and a double mastectomy. I am currently flat and on hormone blockers and chemo. I will be on the blockers for at least 5 years. The chemo I finish in July, at which point I will be able to then have reconstruction.

Prior to being diagnosed with cancer, I was working in a very toxic environment. After my treatment was complete, I knew I had to get back to work but could not go back into the same field I was working in. During treatment, I obtained my Community Health Worker certification so that I could go back to work in a field where I felt I could give back in some sort of way. I was able to find employment in the healthcare field. While rewarding, I am not making the wages I used to make.

I am also a single mom to the most amazing 7-year-old in the world. Throughout this entire process, he has been so positive, strong, and such a big help. Literally my third arm. I would not have made it without him. I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for him. He gives me motivation to keep pushing every day. Im exhausted, I am constantly in fight or flight mode, barely hanging on.  I am also working a 2nd job doing laundry to make extra money, but but I am killing myself with the amount of work I am doing 24 seven, alone. I have no support from Family. I am drowning here trying to save myself and keep my son living a happy healthy lofe.

During this time period, my son's father has also had some life-changing events. Which have affected my son and I greatly. We are no longer receiving any kind of financial support from anyone including his father. 

I recently, on 9/24/2025, received a one-year PET scan that I am still waiting for the results of.

I am asking for any help. I am struggling financially to make ends meet and also provide a happy life for my son.  He is just a child and doesn't even understand really what cancer is. He just knows that his mom has suffered and he doesn't understand why.