My mother Rita is an amazing person who recently found out she had a a mass in her bladder, after undergoing surgery to remove the tumor we were notified that it unfortunately was small-cell carcinoma of the bladder a rare and aggressive cancer that we will have to battle.
Thankfully we have an amazing team to help her get through this. Unfortunately for my mother her insurance doesn't cover everything she needs to ensure her the best options through this process. We have turned to GoFundMe after hearing thousands of amazing stories and seeing so many help others in need.
TIMELINE:
2/2/2022- Visit to the Doctors for having blood in urine.
2/8/2022- Ultrasound to check for kidney stones, shows mass in bladder
2/15/22- Cystoscopy- measures mass and refers to Urology
3/10/22- Transurethral Resection bladder tumor
3/16/22- Rita receives news that the tumor is Small-cell Carcinoma (very sad day)
3/17/22- CT to check for possible metastasis on or around surrounding organs
3/23/22- Great News! CT shows zero signs of metastasized cells
3/24/22- Met with oncologist to go over chemo treatments and plan moving forward.
3/26/22- MRI to see if there are any metastasized cells in the brain
3/28/22- Bone Scan to check for metastasized cells in Bone
3/30/22- Cistplatin & Etoposide Chemotherapy
April 19- 8:30am WDH Cancer Center Labs/ Chemo
April 20- 2:00pm WDH Cancer Center Labs/ Chemo
April 21- 2:00pm WDH Cancer Center Labs/Chemo
April 22- CFS Shot (or patch) WDH
April 27- 10:45am Adult Echo TT
May 4- 6:00am Port Insert WDH Same Day Surgery
May 9- Third Cycle begins:
7:15am WDH Cancer Center Labs/ Chemo
May 10- 2:00pm WDH Cancer Center Labs/ Chemo
May 11- 2:00pm WDH Cancer Center Labs/ Chemo
May 26- Dartmouth Hitchcock to meet Urology
Oncologist Dr Seigne
May 31- 8:15am Labs and Meet with Dr Atwal
9:30am Start 4th Cycle of chemotherapy
June 1- 12pm receive 2nd dosage of Doxorubicin/
Ifosfamode and Mesna
June 2- 12pm receive 3nd dosage of Doxorubicin/
Ifosfamode and Mesna
June 3- Get discharged from WDH and get CSF Shot
June 8- Mass General- to meet Dr Wszolek @10am
Please share this gofundme her surgery was just cancelled because her insurance won't cover out of network docotors
Truth is this battle has just started, we have had the CT and the MRI our next step is going to be a hard one, starting chemo which her oncologist suggest 4-6 cycles. Followed by another surgery
Rita truly is a beautiful soul, anyone that knows her can tell you how selfless and caring she is to everyone around her. ❤️ always trying to make everyone happy, she didn't even want her story told at first because she was stressed that people would worry or feel burdened.
Prayers are appreciated, and we are grateful for any donation or shares.
If you are interested in following this journey I have also made a Facebook group: Rita's Journey to Remission. Link below
Thank You