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Help Larissa Beat Terminal Cancer
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Some of you know Larissa, some of you don't. For those of you who don't, what you need to know is that this world needs her. This is her story and why she needs your help.
Larissa is a young, charismatic, adoring, extraordinary, and very younique single mother of Violet. She is no stranger to hardship, pain and disease. In fact, Larissa has had and beat cancer twice. She is and has always been a fighter.
Just as Larissa cusped adulthood, she would begin her career as a fighter. Not the kind who wins belts, sees her name in the paper or faces an adversary of equal weight and size; but a fighter who learned quickly, the value of life and each inherent breath. At age 19, Larissa began her 2 year battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. With unfettered tenacity and courage, she brawled and beat it. But this wouldn’t be her final or easiest fight
15 years later, as a new mother, Larissa would find a lump in her breast. With the support of her family (former husband, stepkids, and Violet) she would endure several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, but the battle would wage on and on. After many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, Larissa bravely opted for a double masectomy, more radiation, underwent almost a dozen reconstructive surgeries, and watched as the foundation of her family began to crumble around her.
In the next years, she recovered as her marriage fell apart, she healed from her radiation burns, multiple surgeries and chemo treatments. Attempting to embrace life alone with her sweet Violet, she actively worked toward strengthening her ravaged body by taking up Krav Maga, finding financial footing, and establishing mental peace in her new life.
Five or six months ago, Larissa started becoming concerned that she was feeling overly tired again. She began experiencing unexplained pain in her body. She seemed to not be able to keep up at her Krav Maga classes like she used to. Blood tests revealed little, however, a trip to the ER this past Thursday 11-19-15, revealed that Larissa isn't just fighting breast cancer again. Her oncologist is 95% sure that this is Terminal Mestatic Breast Cancer.
When the medical community says that cancer is TERMINAL, it means they do not have effective, approved medical answers to fight or cure a disease, but it does not mean that there are no other means by which to fight. Larissa is not ready to give up. She is not willing to die and leave Violet alone. Neither insurance, nor her meager income will allow for her to afford a nonconventional medical fight for her life. We, her friends and family, are asking for your help to give her a chance to beat this, to fight for life, for time with Violet.
We are asking for support so that Larissa can receive nonconventional medical treatment and not have to stress about making ends meet while she battles to survive. Most of all, we are asking for peace of mind and a quality of life for her during this time. Thank you for your help, love, support and many prayers.
Update: Larissa is currently in the hospital with fluid on her lungs. The need for help is emergent
Larissa is a young, charismatic, adoring, extraordinary, and very younique single mother of Violet. She is no stranger to hardship, pain and disease. In fact, Larissa has had and beat cancer twice. She is and has always been a fighter.
Just as Larissa cusped adulthood, she would begin her career as a fighter. Not the kind who wins belts, sees her name in the paper or faces an adversary of equal weight and size; but a fighter who learned quickly, the value of life and each inherent breath. At age 19, Larissa began her 2 year battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. With unfettered tenacity and courage, she brawled and beat it. But this wouldn’t be her final or easiest fight
15 years later, as a new mother, Larissa would find a lump in her breast. With the support of her family (former husband, stepkids, and Violet) she would endure several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, but the battle would wage on and on. After many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, Larissa bravely opted for a double masectomy, more radiation, underwent almost a dozen reconstructive surgeries, and watched as the foundation of her family began to crumble around her.
In the next years, she recovered as her marriage fell apart, she healed from her radiation burns, multiple surgeries and chemo treatments. Attempting to embrace life alone with her sweet Violet, she actively worked toward strengthening her ravaged body by taking up Krav Maga, finding financial footing, and establishing mental peace in her new life.
Five or six months ago, Larissa started becoming concerned that she was feeling overly tired again. She began experiencing unexplained pain in her body. She seemed to not be able to keep up at her Krav Maga classes like she used to. Blood tests revealed little, however, a trip to the ER this past Thursday 11-19-15, revealed that Larissa isn't just fighting breast cancer again. Her oncologist is 95% sure that this is Terminal Mestatic Breast Cancer.
When the medical community says that cancer is TERMINAL, it means they do not have effective, approved medical answers to fight or cure a disease, but it does not mean that there are no other means by which to fight. Larissa is not ready to give up. She is not willing to die and leave Violet alone. Neither insurance, nor her meager income will allow for her to afford a nonconventional medical fight for her life. We, her friends and family, are asking for your help to give her a chance to beat this, to fight for life, for time with Violet.
We are asking for support so that Larissa can receive nonconventional medical treatment and not have to stress about making ends meet while she battles to survive. Most of all, we are asking for peace of mind and a quality of life for her during this time. Thank you for your help, love, support and many prayers.
Update: Larissa is currently in the hospital with fluid on her lungs. The need for help is emergent
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Asher M Diehl
Organizer
Vancouver, WA
Larissa Van Ry
Beneficiary