Help support Steven’s battle with Lymphoma

Hi everyone. I have never been the type to ask for help or even share details of my private life. However, this life-altering diagnosis has put an enormous burden and pause on my life. Over a month ago, I was hospitalized for a week due to severe internal bleeding, only to find out a few weeks later from my biopsy results that I have a rare type of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. It has been hard emotionally to come to terms and accept it, but now I only see this as a minor hiccup and I feel very hopeful in my recovery. While I've been trying to stay positive as much as I can, this whole process has been emotionally stressful.

The financial burden of my medical bills, treatment costs, and life expenses that will pile up while taking some time off work during treatment will be a lot to handle. Unfortunately, I have never prepared for a situation like this, thus don’t have the cushion to help me go through it. It has never been in my protocol to ask for help from anyone or share my personal life to the world, but this matter has left me in such a position. I really want to get through this smoothly and quickly just to get back to my normal life real soon. All money raised will go towards medical expenses, treatments, and bills while missing work due to Radiation therapy/surgery and other treatments necessary. Anything is appreciated and God willing, after a few months, this will be all over with and I’m hopeful I can someday give back to everyone and pay this forward.

**UPDATE**

I’ve been undergoing radiation therapy over the past few weeks to treat the lymphoma. Unfortunately, with just four rounds left, I experienced some complications and ended up back in the hospital due to another bleeding episode, which required a procedure to cauterize it. This is a setback, but I’m planning to continue and finish treatment once I’ve recovered. I’ll need to take more time off work, and I’m hoping to reach my goal to have a cushion and cover my medical expenses. Thank you for your support.