Help with Briea's Medical Expenses

I'm Briea. I'm a hard working, driven, independent, fun loving woman and single mom of 3 amazing little men. I'm also a Breast Cancer warrior. 

On April 26, 2020 I was diagnosed with Stage 3c Triple Negative Invasive Lobular Carcinoma with DCIS in my right breast and more than 15 of my lymph nodes under my arm, in my collarbone area and in the internal mammary area.  Basically, my entire breast consisted of 2 different types of breast cancer and it was already starting to move throughout my body via my lymphatic system. This is very rare and fast growing cancer that has limited treatment options because it does not feed off the hormones a body produces. 

From May 11- Oct 27, I underwent 16 rounds of extremely aggressive chemo (got Covid after round #4 and delayed treatment 6 weeks), and on Dec. 1, 2020, I had a bilateral mastectomy. On December 9, 2020 my doctor confirmed that I was officially cancer free! I had a complete response to chemo and am officially in remission. WOOHOO!!

But on June 28, 2021, after only 6 months of being cancer free, I received the news every cancer survivor dreads hearing; my cancer had returned, but in distant areas of my body. 

I have received a new diagnoses of Stage 4 Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer with Leptomeningeal Disease in my spinal fluid throughout my spine and lining of the brain. The cancer has also returned in the lymph nodes in my lower back, abdomen, and groin as well as a tumor on one of my ovaries and onthe surface lining of my brain. 

This diagnosis is inoperable and there is no cure. I will be on treatment of some type for the rest of my life. When a treatment stops working, I will have to change to a new one until I run out of options. I have started a new chemo drug in July 2021 and will begin radiation to my brain in September. 

I’ve come to the realization that there’s so much going on and it’s all happening so quick that I am having difficulty juggling my normal life, work and my new treatment and diagnosis so I have made the extremely difficult decision to take a leave from work. I am doing this so I can focus on me, my kids, andgetting my footing and accepting what our future holds. I do not know how long I will be on leave, if or when my body will begin to deteriorate, or what our new normal is and that leaves me with a lot of uncertainty. 

I have updated this go fund me and it will be shared again to help prepare for anything that’s coming that I cannot plan for or anticipate. 

Anything helps and is appreciated more than words can ever express. I do also want to thank everyone I know for their constant love and support, there are days that depended on that encouragement and love!