<div>I'm starting this GoFundMe on behalf of Marchell M. Tugadi, a previous cancer survivor and is an individual who brings nothing but selfless light and positivity to this uncertain world. I met Marchell and her family when I first moved to Hawaii (I ride their white unicorn horse Khaleesi). With no friends or family in sight in what felt like a world away, they lovingly brought me in like one of their own and now I can't think to do anything else other than try my absolute hardest to help them during <em>yet another </em>vulnerable time of need and fear.
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<div>Marchell was previously diagnosed with and courageously beat pancreatic cancer in 2021, but now the cancer is back.... and this time is a <em>new rare cancer</em> that will require the complicated removal of her entire pancreas. On top of that, Marchell will be required to receive enzymes and insulin for the <em>remainder of her life</em>. This will be an extremely costly current and life-long treatment plan which I respectfully ask for your assistance in aiding.
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<div>Marchell has asked me to include her cancer journey which I have included below:
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<div>"In April of 2021, I started to turn jaundice... Not knowing why, I decided to go to the hospital.. I was admitted and had scans done.. I found out that I had some blockage in one of my veins, so a stint was put in to help... The doctor's also took some samples and I stayed in the hospital for a week to recover... A few days after the stint was put in and the samples were taken, the doctor came to my room to talk with me about the results... What i wasn't expecting was the big "C" word no one expects to hear... It was Cancer... I couldn't, didn't want to believe it..... I cried and cried and cried... that night, the day I learned about the cancer, I decided to go on Facebook live and let my Facebook friends know what was going on and that started my journey on documenting my cancer fight/journey... In May of 2021, about a month after learning about the cancer, I had surgery... I was in surgery for about 6-8 hours... For my family, it must have felt like FOREVER, until they finally heard i was out of surgery and recovering... I stayed in the hospital for 3 weeks to heal... During that time of healing, I went on Facebook live again, tubes on my face, in my arms, everywhere... I knew that it wouldn't be a pretty sight to see for some people, but in my heart I knew that people needed to see me, that I was alive, I survived the surgery.... Every other day, I would go on Facebook live just to update people on what was going on... On July 26, 2021, I started chemo treatments until Dec 27th, 2021... During that time, I saw people from all walks of life, young, the elderly... All of us there, fighting for our lives.. After chemo treatments were done, I was able to rest my body until I started radiation treatments in February of 2022.... The radiation treatments lasted 5 1/2 weeks.... I documented some of the radiation treatments, but not all of it... I documented more of the chemo treatments I was getting... During the treatments, chemo and radiation, I lost the taste of some foods, some I couldn't even hold down long... I ended up getting neuropathy in my feet, which i still have until now (2025).... This whole journey has been hard.."
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Help MARCHELL M. TUGADI In Her SECOND Battle Against Cancer

Help MARCHELL M. TUGADI In Her SECOND Battle Against Cancer

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