Hello! I’m Matt, 41 from Buffalo New York! I had just celebrated 16 years clean April 13, 2025, as an addict, 16 years is nothing to sneeze about! So we had a real feel good day, but experienced pain, like a really bad sore throat for weeks prior. Prior to my sobriety date, I had sought medical attention for this sore throat, that wouldn’t go away. They took a biopsy and said “No news is good news if we don’t call by end of day Friday April 11, 2025”. We had no calls and said ok, now what’s up with my throat and mouth?? Im certain they’ll call Monday with ann antibiotic.

April 14, 2025 I received a call that was my wake up call. I was diagnosed with moderate to severe squamous cell carcinoma. As pictured myself, my twin boys, what’s not pictured is the amazing, loving support I receive from close and far friends, family members and work colleagues. This cancer began orally and progressed to lymph nodes, in the matter of just over a month, while we waited for insurance approval. The cancer had spread significantly in that waiting period, and I became a later stage 3 patient (and now stage 4 December 2025). We have successfully completed 3 aggressive chemotherapy sessions, to date. Unfortunately, as when we first found out, surgery is also needed. This will be taking place at the end of July 2025. I have tried to keep all close in my life, in the loop with doing videos about the process, how we’re responding to treatment, the mishaps, the emotions, above all else who’s impacted, is far greater than just I, on my Facebook page. As my cancer journey continues, unfortunately, bills have become fairly great, even with insurance. I am asking for some help in this, please share with family and friends. My Facebook account does really tell, from diagnosis, to first chemotherapy treatment, our body’s responses and all the way to current day. It’s as unfortunate, how normal cancer has become. I hope we can get one surgery and put this behind us, but knowing during that time, we helped someone be proactive, we helped someone, primarily males, that it is totally “OK TO NOT

BE OK.” As many males will say, not

me never me, nah I got this, or the infamous “don’t worry bout it.” Well this is one of those things that it’s ok to loose yourself it’s ok to say, I’m really not ok with this. So we are hoping to pay forward as much as we can during and after, this is a life long diagnosis. But in the meantime as I tell everyone we will “Embrace the suck” we will “#KFG to live our #BDP (best day possible) I don’t want to ramble too

much, with Facebook really being my main source of content, name is “Matthew Dee” on favebook, I have alternate avenues (TikTok etc) however every video I have made is on my Facebook page for all to see! All else thank you all so much for your continued support, I never thought I’d be here making a gofundme, for a cancer diagnosis that I have. It doesn’t seem real some days, but we are here and we WILL plow though this! Thank you all

Be Batty Like Matty