Help Hong’s Battle with Cancer
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This is an urgent fundraiser for my mother to help her battle with her cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Last week, my mother noticed that her feet was swollen and was directed by her family doctor to go for an x-ray. Although we thought it was either a broken or fractured bone, we got a call from the doctor saying that there were major signs that she has cancer from looking at the results on February 10th, 2020.
On February 12th, we visited the doctor and found out that there were a total of 4 lesions replacing her fibula which means that there are 4 cancerous plasma cells building up just in my mother's lower right foot (the biggest one is 6.3 cm and there is 3 smaller ones growing). Though the doctor says there is a risk of bone cancer (which is rare), he thinks there is a higher chance that it is a cancer that has started in other parts of my mother's body that is spreading to the bone, and that the building up of these cancerous cells are very aggressive. This means that she has to get diagnosed on what type of cancer she has and start her treatment right away before the cancer spreads even further to many other parts of her body, making her treatment even harder and more expensive than it is already now. The doctor thinks it is spreading very fast judging from the aggressive lesions in her foot and it is a matter of the time until these cells grow and spread even further within my mother's body.
Since my father is 87 years old and lives with a heart condition since 2008, a significant amount of money has been spent for his treatment, medicine and surgery since then. My mother does not have any health insurance coverage meaning we would have to pay for all of her tests to diagnose and find out the grade of her cancer and treatment out of our pocket, and with our family's basic income being my father's pension, it is impossible for our family to be able to afford all the medications, treatments and tests that are required for my mother to live.
I am asking for your support and donation so that it is possible for my mother to get the right diagnosis and treatment for her cancer which is required ASAP to stop the cancer from spreading and moving within her body.
All donations will go towards all the tests my mother has to take as soon as possible to diagnose the cancer which includes:
1) Entire bone scan to see which bone parts the lesions have spread to
2)CT/MRI scan of various body parts (700~1000$/body part) to find out how far the cancer has spread (the stage) and the grade of the cancer.
3)Biopsies
After all the tests are done, the donations will go towards her medication and treatment, which would cost our family a minimum of $97,000.
Anyone who knows her well would describe her as hard-working, loving and kind. She has worked hard all her life and has been taking care of my father since his heart condition in 2008. S
Please know that any amount of donation is greatly appreciated and it is saving my mother's life and helping our family with this battle with her cancer. If you are unable to donate, please help us by sharing this with others, it would mean the world to us.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart,
Ichiro and Maki Kubozono
Last week, my mother noticed that her feet was swollen and was directed by her family doctor to go for an x-ray. Although we thought it was either a broken or fractured bone, we got a call from the doctor saying that there were major signs that she has cancer from looking at the results on February 10th, 2020.
On February 12th, we visited the doctor and found out that there were a total of 4 lesions replacing her fibula which means that there are 4 cancerous plasma cells building up just in my mother's lower right foot (the biggest one is 6.3 cm and there is 3 smaller ones growing). Though the doctor says there is a risk of bone cancer (which is rare), he thinks there is a higher chance that it is a cancer that has started in other parts of my mother's body that is spreading to the bone, and that the building up of these cancerous cells are very aggressive. This means that she has to get diagnosed on what type of cancer she has and start her treatment right away before the cancer spreads even further to many other parts of her body, making her treatment even harder and more expensive than it is already now. The doctor thinks it is spreading very fast judging from the aggressive lesions in her foot and it is a matter of the time until these cells grow and spread even further within my mother's body.
Since my father is 87 years old and lives with a heart condition since 2008, a significant amount of money has been spent for his treatment, medicine and surgery since then. My mother does not have any health insurance coverage meaning we would have to pay for all of her tests to diagnose and find out the grade of her cancer and treatment out of our pocket, and with our family's basic income being my father's pension, it is impossible for our family to be able to afford all the medications, treatments and tests that are required for my mother to live.
I am asking for your support and donation so that it is possible for my mother to get the right diagnosis and treatment for her cancer which is required ASAP to stop the cancer from spreading and moving within her body.
All donations will go towards all the tests my mother has to take as soon as possible to diagnose the cancer which includes:
1) Entire bone scan to see which bone parts the lesions have spread to
2)CT/MRI scan of various body parts (700~1000$/body part) to find out how far the cancer has spread (the stage) and the grade of the cancer.
3)Biopsies
After all the tests are done, the donations will go towards her medication and treatment, which would cost our family a minimum of $97,000.
Anyone who knows her well would describe her as hard-working, loving and kind. She has worked hard all her life and has been taking care of my father since his heart condition in 2008. S
Please know that any amount of donation is greatly appreciated and it is saving my mother's life and helping our family with this battle with her cancer. If you are unable to donate, please help us by sharing this with others, it would mean the world to us.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart,
Ichiro and Maki Kubozono
Organizer
Maki Kubozono
Organizer
Vancouver, BC
