Help Gigi Defeat Cancer
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One day everything is great. You're healthy, you exercise every day, you're eating right and your life is on track. Then you wake up the next day and you don't feel right. You feel ill and it's not getting better. After a few trips to the doctor and several expensive tests later and you can only sit quietly while you contemplate what the doctor just told you. You have cancer. CANCER.
That's the reality my mother recently woke up to.
My mother did not have an easy start to the life she is so close to living. Her own mother died when my mom was still at an early age. She grew up in foster homes. She became a mother herself at an early age and struggled to raise two children. Not one to sit idle, my mother worked every day of my life to make a life for us. To this day I cannot think of "hard work" or "strong work ethic" without thinking first of my mother. She raised me to be a hard worker, an honest person, and a person who gives back. She installed in me the values and ethics required to succeed in all that I have done; from my years spent in the United States Marine Corps to my life in the civilian sector.
In the past few weeks my mother has had several visits to the doctor, the emergency room, and to various specialists; already amassing thousands of dollars in medical expenses, all of which fall on her and the family as she is uninsured.
Now back to the elephant in the room. Cancer. Specifically stage 4 ovarian cancer that has spread to her spleen and liver. As anybody that has faced this type of diagnosis can tell you, the outlook is not great. But my mother has never backed down from a fight and she has never lost. To fight this fight however, she needs your help. Along with the fight of a lifetime comes medical expenses. The treatment she desperately needs can end up costing upwards of 200,000 dollars and more. Those who know me know that I do not often ask for help, and certainly not from strangers. But there is no level of pride that outweighs my mother's health and continued life. So please, search your hearts, help me help my mother.
We have researched and found the average cost of treating stage 4 ovarian cancer is upwards of 200,000 dollars or more. So our starting goal for this Go Fund Me campaign is 200,000 dollars. All of the funds raised during the campaign will go towards covering the cost of doctor appointments, treatments, prescriptions, travel costs, and any other associated costs.
Running timeline
5 Oct 19 - symptoms started (abdominal swelling, breathing issues, gastrointestinal difficulties)
9 Oct 19 - Dr visit for symptoms. Recieved treatment for symptoms but no in depth testing
17 Oct 19 - returned to doctor as symptoms had not abated. Sent to emergency room. ER performed blood tests, ultrasound, and CT scan. These revealed masses on ovaries, spleen, and liver. Liver function severely impaired. Instructed to return to primary caregiver next day.
18 Oct 19 - returned to primary caregiver but was not seen (was told a same day appointment could not be made). Next appointment was scheduled for 4 days later.
22 Oct 19 - returned to primary caregiver and recieved stage 4 ovarian cancer diagnosis.
25 Oct 19 - received treatment for paracentesis
1 Nov 19 - second treatment for paracentesis
5 Nov 19 - first scheduled appointment with Kingman Regional Cancer Center (60 mile trip each way)
Hello everyone! I'm Gigi Graves and I just wanted to say thank you and tell you how much I appreciate you taking your time to read my Go Fund Me campaign. I truly and greatly appreciate any and all help you can or have provided to me in my fight against this life altering disease. This is a fight I fully intend to win. And with your gracious help, I will defeat cancer! Thank you and god bless.
Gigi
That's the reality my mother recently woke up to.
My mother did not have an easy start to the life she is so close to living. Her own mother died when my mom was still at an early age. She grew up in foster homes. She became a mother herself at an early age and struggled to raise two children. Not one to sit idle, my mother worked every day of my life to make a life for us. To this day I cannot think of "hard work" or "strong work ethic" without thinking first of my mother. She raised me to be a hard worker, an honest person, and a person who gives back. She installed in me the values and ethics required to succeed in all that I have done; from my years spent in the United States Marine Corps to my life in the civilian sector.
In the past few weeks my mother has had several visits to the doctor, the emergency room, and to various specialists; already amassing thousands of dollars in medical expenses, all of which fall on her and the family as she is uninsured.
Now back to the elephant in the room. Cancer. Specifically stage 4 ovarian cancer that has spread to her spleen and liver. As anybody that has faced this type of diagnosis can tell you, the outlook is not great. But my mother has never backed down from a fight and she has never lost. To fight this fight however, she needs your help. Along with the fight of a lifetime comes medical expenses. The treatment she desperately needs can end up costing upwards of 200,000 dollars and more. Those who know me know that I do not often ask for help, and certainly not from strangers. But there is no level of pride that outweighs my mother's health and continued life. So please, search your hearts, help me help my mother.
We have researched and found the average cost of treating stage 4 ovarian cancer is upwards of 200,000 dollars or more. So our starting goal for this Go Fund Me campaign is 200,000 dollars. All of the funds raised during the campaign will go towards covering the cost of doctor appointments, treatments, prescriptions, travel costs, and any other associated costs.
Running timeline
5 Oct 19 - symptoms started (abdominal swelling, breathing issues, gastrointestinal difficulties)
9 Oct 19 - Dr visit for symptoms. Recieved treatment for symptoms but no in depth testing
17 Oct 19 - returned to doctor as symptoms had not abated. Sent to emergency room. ER performed blood tests, ultrasound, and CT scan. These revealed masses on ovaries, spleen, and liver. Liver function severely impaired. Instructed to return to primary caregiver next day.
18 Oct 19 - returned to primary caregiver but was not seen (was told a same day appointment could not be made). Next appointment was scheduled for 4 days later.
22 Oct 19 - returned to primary caregiver and recieved stage 4 ovarian cancer diagnosis.
25 Oct 19 - received treatment for paracentesis
1 Nov 19 - second treatment for paracentesis
5 Nov 19 - first scheduled appointment with Kingman Regional Cancer Center (60 mile trip each way)
Hello everyone! I'm Gigi Graves and I just wanted to say thank you and tell you how much I appreciate you taking your time to read my Go Fund Me campaign. I truly and greatly appreciate any and all help you can or have provided to me in my fight against this life altering disease. This is a fight I fully intend to win. And with your gracious help, I will defeat cancer! Thank you and god bless.
Gigi
Organizer
Gigi Graves
Organizer
Lake Havasu City, AZ