Help for Health and Stability During Recovery

I apologize in advance for how long this is.

Back in 2020 at the beginning of COVID I learned that I had precancerous cells in my uterus after nearly bleeding out to death in my apartment. I went through some trauma with the doctor assigned to me at BJC - but I ended up getting an IUD inserted because the hormones it produced would counteract the over produced amount of estrogen that was supposedly causing my cancer to occur. As far as he/BJC was concerned I was fine now.

Flash forward to December 2023/January 2024 and all of a sudden I'm bleeding after not having a period for nearly 4 years. Having some severe cramping and a few other minor issues that I normally wouldn't give any thought to, but that's what lead me to almost dying in 2020. So I saw a gynecologist and she (as well as another doctor) tried to do multiple tests to see what was going on.

They tell me they can't find my IUD, they're unable to do a biopsy (the doctor at BJC had basically torn up my insides & there was too much scar tissue for them to do a biopsy), and that my pap came back abnormal. They had me come back in and they were going to try a biopsy again with a different tool. Unfortunately same result, unable to do the biopsy because of scar tissue. So they have me come back for an ultrasound. They take pictures of everything they can and do a couple tests (they put a vinegar based solution in my uterus and if it turns white then that means cancer). They weren't able to find the IUD still & the vinegar test came back negative so that's good right? Dr. Campbell (my main doctor) tells me she wants to schedule me for a surgery (removal of IUD, reinsertion of new IUD, and a hysteroscopy - they take basically a small laser & shave off some cells from inside my uterus since they weren't able to do the biopsy) just to double check everything & get my IUD situation back to normal.

I go in and they do the surgery. I wake up almost IMMEDIATELY after, like still in the OR, and Dr. Campbell looks me in the face and tells me she doesn't like what she saw in there (and at some point before I saw my mom she told my mom she had never seen cells grow that fast). I have my follow up call with her the next day and she tells me it's not good & that she suggests a specialist for me to see and that she personally heavily suggests a hysterectomy.

I reach out the specialists office and after a call back we set an appointment for a month out. I unfortunately ended up with COVID for the second time in less than two months and had to reschedule my appointment, but they were booked out until September.

At this appointment she explains to me that there are levels to uterine cancer. There's one half that is levels of precancerous cells & then there's levels of cancer. I have both stage 2 uterine cancer & the more severe level of precancerous cells (endometrial hyperplasia with atypical something). We decide on a hysterectomy because 1. That's the easiest way to attempt to check my lymph nodes and make sure it hasn't spread 2. I'm done with this.

At this point now it's been two months since my IUD has been replaced and nothing has changed. I'm still bleeding, a fair amount now, & I'm having extremely painful cramps daily to the point I'm just in tears.

I get my surgery scheduled for October 11th.

Now to go back a little. I lost my job in June because apparently I was taking too much time off between COVID & doctors appointments & being 'sick' from dealing with the effects of whatever was going on at the time (obviously now we know it was cancer).

So in between everything I've been interviewing at places, filing for insurance (application said any response is about 5 months out), just trying to keep myself afloat as best as possible.

After seeing the specialist, she gave me a packet explaining how the surgery and healing is going to go.

The nurse practitioner I spoke with while scheduling the surgery tells me that it's about 6-8 weeks healing time and that I'm not allowed to drive or work or even walk up and down stairs.

So now even if I get offered any of these jobs I can't start until like December. And I'm not allowed to be a person basically, so I can't even do like Doordash to supplement any income.

I'm in the worst spot in life I've ever been. I could lose my home. I could lose Mayo. And if I don't get the surgery sure I'll be able to work, but i run the risk of the cancer getting worse/spreading farther.

So. Here I am. Asking my friends, family, acquaintances for help.

I hate being this vulnerable. I hate asking for help from other people.

But I need help. Any and all.

I'm not sure how much I need for whatever upcoming hospital bills there will be, but this amount will help with bills, food, and some of the hospital cost.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

And I'm more than willing to show proof of the diagnosis or proof of surgery dates or whatever is needed.