Help Regina Sensinger (Porawski) Battle Breast Cancer

Hello all. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

My name is Regina. I am a Sahm who homeschools our Type 1 diabetic son, Tristan, and helps care for my mother who has health issues following a stroke and failed heart bypass surgery a few years ago. My husband Bill, our 13 y.o. son, my mother, myself, and our adorable 1 y.o. dog, Shaggy, live in Coopersburg.

I was diagnosed with Stage 2 B Tiple-Negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (Breast Cancer) on January 16th, 2024. Triple-Negative is fast growing and the most aggressive form of the breast cancer subtypes. It also has a high chance of recurrence, especially in the first five years. It is a beast but is treatable and can be curable.

I started the first Chemotherapy regimen on February 5th, including an immunotherapy drug. The drug, after only one dose, gave me Type 1 Diabetes. (This is the life-long, incurable autoimmune disease that makes me insulin dependent.) To say this has made things harder, both treatment and life in general, is a gross understatement.

I did twelve rounds of Chemo in the first regimen, with the last being on May 13th. My oncologist had to change drugs quite a few times due to my having allergic reactions and the last two rounds had to be only one drug because it was the only one I hadn't had a reaction to, but I made it through. On June 3rd I found out that despite all of the difficulties and changes made during this treatment, the tumor shrank. Praise God!

I started the second Chemotherapy regimen on June 10th. I did have an allergic reaction to one of the two drugs, unfortunately. Unlike the many of the drugs used in the first regimen, I was told this one is irreplaceable. My choices are to go straight to surgery, knowing there will be residual cancer or try to get through more treatments despite the reactions. I have chosen to keep going and try to get as many treatments in me as possible because we haven't gone through all we have for me to give up now.

My next treatment is July 1st. Please keep me in your prayers.

Through all of this, my husband, Bill, has been everything. Attempting to keep up with his responsibilities and mine. Having to miss work (which has been so hard for him to do) to care for me and our diabetic son when I haven't been able to.

Cancer alone is a financial burden. Add in that the provider for our family has often had to miss work to be the caregiver for us, which will continue to be the case at least through this treatment and surgery, it is pretty devastating financially.

Making this page and asking for help has been really hard for me to do, but it has become clear that we cannot make it through this alone. Any donation, big or small, will make a difference. We appreciate any help, whether it is a donation, sharing of the page, and/or prayers.

I will post updates as we continue to navigate through this.

Thank you!