Help Overcome Clear Cell Sarcoma Cancer Battle

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Friends and family,

I am reaching out for help even though this was my last resort. I didn’t want to make a GoFundMe because I am nervous about posting certain things on social media. Recently, back in July 2024, I was diagnosed with Clear Cell Sarcoma Cancer

I had a mass in my left index finger for a little over 7 years, and scans were showing that it was a benign tumor. When they did the first surgery in July at the sequoia institute of surgical services, they removed it and sent it off to a lab in San Francisco to be tested. The results came back a month later that it was a Clear Cell Sarcoma tumor, an extremely aggressive and rare cancer.

They sent me to the Clovis Community Cancer Center to get further scans and testing done. They found something in my lungs, but they can’t tell what it could be yet, so they’re going to keep an eye on that. They sent me to UCSF in San Francisco to talk with doctors about getting a second procedure done to ensure they removed the whole tumor. They also did a lymph node removal procedure while working on my hand. Yesterday, the results came back that the tumor is still there, and they’ve decided they want to do an amputation or chemo and radiation. I have to make that decision by Monday to have the procedure done in the next 3 weeks after I just had a procedure on November 12th in San Francisco and am still recovering from it.

I’ve had to drive to San Francisco every week for over a month, and I’m still going, spending every penny on gas, food, parking fees, toll fees, and bills with no more income due to the recent procedures. I have not been on disability because I’m currently going through the process. My boyfriend, Andrew Hibbard, had to move to Sacramento to join the union and has been working so hard to make sure I can get to all of my appointments. He has had to take a lot of time off work to help me recover. I am so grateful for everything he has done for me in this long process and for how much he has been there for me and stuck by my side through it all. I’m grateful for my mountain community as well for always giving to our community!❤️‍ Im going to post pictures but they’re kind of graphic. Everything helps, and thank you for reading my story

Update: I’ve decided to go with amputation and I will be getting the procedure done on December 13th, I have no income and this procedure is going to cost me a lot, even just a dollar will help! Thankyou to everyone who has reposted and donated I appreciate it more than you know ❤️‍

Update: I had the amputation done, I’m in a lot of pain now that the numbing has worn off. But I made it back home safely and now resting! Thankyou to everyone for all of the support!