Help Nestor Conquer this Fight!

Hi, my name is Stacey Betancourt and I am fundraising for my husband Nestor who was diagnosed on November 18, 2021 that his cancer had returned as stage 4 metastatic melanoma.

It was hard to believe that Nestor had been cancer free for 10 years from melanoma on the parietal scalp. He had the first mass removed with a wide excision and sentinel node biopsy on 10/28/2011. Now, 10 years later Nestor was diagnosed with a widespread metastatic cancer throughout the neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and lower extremities. The most current Pet Scan/MRI also revealed that he has multiple bone metastases and multiple small lesions that surround the frontal lobes around the brain.

Nestor's melanoma cancer is an aggressive one that contains a BRAF mutation which actively grows at a fast rate. We have returned to Morristown Medical Center where Nestor was treated for the first initial surgery. Next week, we will be going to receive the second treatment of the immunotherapy which seems to be working but we will not know until the 4 treatments are completed over the course of the next 3 months. We are weekly check ups, infusions, and scans to ensure that the treatment is beneficial to Nestor. I am having to work throughout the week while taking husband to appointments while making it back to pick up my son at school's after school program. It has been very hectic and stressful right now with limited family around to help.

I am reaching out to in the quest for possible financial help in the aide help pay our insurance's current high deductibles, out of pocket costs, and medical bills that are starting to accumulate. My husband is a HVAC sheet

metal foreman for ten years and loves his job. He is the most hardworking, loving, and artistic person that is very supportive to his family, friends, and co-workers.Our son is very close to his daddy and really admires him as a role model. WE are positive that we are going to make it through to the other side by having strong faith each day. We would really appreciate your support and kind words as we battle this terrible disease! Anything would be greatly appreciated.

Thank-You,

Stacey Avery-Hanna