Lindsey Cohen Cancer Slayer

Hello Everyone, On April 24th we got the diagnosis every family fears. Our 23-year-old daughter was diagnosed with stage three triple-negative breast cancer. We were devastated, but that devastation quickly turned to war mode. Lindsey has always been a fighter and a risk-taker. As her parents, we are now too. We are in the fight for her life. On the day she was supposed to be walking across the stage to receive her BFA she was having surgery to insert the port she needs for her chemotherapy. Her first full-time professional job evaporated with the COVID Virus and her diagnosis of cancer. Her future has been suspended for this battle. The good news is despite having stage three cancer she has a very hopeful prognosis. She has excellent medical care at an institution that specializes in her type of breast cancer. She is young, but that is going to play to her benefit because it is allowing them to go all out in their treatment of this cancer. This cancer is very aggressive, but so is their treatment. She is undergoing chemotherapy now for several months. Then she will have a mastectomy and then radiation. Her spirits are good and she is full of fight, as are we. What we are not though is wealthy. She is now unemployed for the foreseeable future and we are a one-income family with me working on the side, but really, Bert is the only real breadwinner. He is a hardworking man and we have been able to have a comfortable life this way. Now, I have moved here to Cincinnati where she is getting her treatment to help take care of her. She needs a lot of care and a clean, homelike setting to heal in. We have found such a place thanks to our angels here in Cincinnati but supporting two households is almost impossible right now. My only job is Lindsey, only Lindsey. We have been applying for any and all assistance we can get to help with medical, housing, and living expenses. With the virus, everything is moving at a snail's pace, but even without the virus getting help always takes longer than the time you have to get it. We have always worked hard and tried to help others whenever we can. We know what it is like to struggle, but this is a struggle we were never prepared for. So, here we are setting up a Go Fund Me account asking for help. We never in our wildest dreams thought we would ever be here right now. Never in our wildest dreams did we think we would be watching our 23-year-old daughter fight for her life instead of soaring into her new life. We have been blessed by so many friends and family jumping to our aid but given the thousands of dollars in medical expenses she will face alone we need to cast a wider net of help. A quick bit of research showed at least $50,00.00 in medical expenses in the next months alone (Schwartz, K. L., Simon, M. S., Bylsma, L. C., Ruterbusch, J. J., Beebe-Dimmer, J. L., Schultz, N. M., Flanders, S. C., Barlev, A., Fryzek, J. P., & Quek, R. (2018). Clinical and economic burden associated with stage III to IV triple-negative breast cancer: A SEER-Medicare historical cohort study in elderly women in the United States. Cancer, 124(10), 2104–2114. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.31299). That does not include everything else. If you can help we would greatly appreciate it. If you can't please just pass this on. As I said, we would give to help others when we could, but we couldn't always do it. We understand. Lindsey has set up a fundraising page  https://lcohen1277.wixsite.com/cohensfightingcancer  as a one-stop-shop with different ways to give. One of the ways is this Go Fund Me account. Please help her win this fight!