Laps for lymphoma

Hey all!

June is a big month for me, I turn 28 AND will be getting a new immune system so I thought I would do a fundraiser before I’m going through it post transplant and not so able.

As many of you know I’ve been battling cancer for a while now… if not, in Dec 2022 I was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, since then it has been a lot of unsuccessful treatments and I’m not so casually living with stage 4 cancer (). In the last 2 and a half years I’ve undergone 3 different chemotherapy’s, had an auto stem cell transplant (my stem cells from me)—none of these worked. I had my final immunotherapy last Wednesday prior to my allo stem cell transplant in June (thanks big brother)! With this coming transplant I (and my mom) have to go to Ottawa for 4 months as they are the only place in Ontario doing these! We’re lucky to have covered accommodations but could use a bit of extra help at this point.

SO to keep it fun (and fit cause that’s important for my transplant) I will swim a lap for every $1 I raise through May. (If needed, I will recruit some friends to help get them done!!) I’ve been doing laps 4 (ish) times a week and do about 100 in a session (2.5km) so I thought this would be a fun motivation for me as well to stay super healthy in prep for my upcoming treatment.

I plan on donating half to hodgkins lymphoma research (still researching where exactly but will update on this, with all my treatments not working I think funding in research for this disease is super important) and using half for life expenses and such since this is all getting a bit expensive. Any help helps, even $2 :)

As a little thank you on my birthday (June 3rd) ill do a draw with everyone who donated and crochet you whatever you want (blanket, flower bouquet, shirt, etc your choice im pretty good )

To summarize: for the month of may i will be fundraising for Hodgkin’s lymphoma research (50%) and personal cancer expenses (50%) and for every $1 i will swim a pool length… THANK YOU

…and if you can’t donate money you can make me so happy by just being nice and kind on a daily basis, you never know what people are going through and kindness will always win