Marnie F*CKS Cancer
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Many of you know my sister, Marnie Miller. She's the best of us four siblings, my parents youngest, and is partnered with a champion of a boyfriend, Adam. She is an all around bright, shining star. Unfortunately, this past year, she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. She tested positive for the BRCA 1 gene. (SIDE NOTE: If you have a family history of breast cancer, I would highly recommend you run and have this test done.)
As a family, we prefer to be very private about this sort of thing. After being diagnosed and undergoing many tests, Marnie underwent an intense 20 weeks of chemo therapy. Thankfully, she had a successful bi-lateral mastectomy this past holiday season. Prayers were answered, and both lymph nodes and pathology are clear. We are beyond grateful that she is currently cancer free. That said, this is the beginning of an ongoing journey for those that understand the BRCA1 mutation.
Marnie has been unable to work since May 2018. She is a behavior therapist, specializing in working with children with autism. By the time she is able to go back to work, it will be just over a full year. These donations will pay back money that helped cover expenses incurred over the past year including lost income, her upcoming breast reconstruction surgery, travel, lodging, and other everyday living costs while she finishes the next 6 months of fighting this process.
A large portion of your generous donations will be used to pay back debt that she has acquired due to loss of income. The remaining portion will be to cover specific costs associated with consultations, fertility treatments, and all out of pocket expenses which her insurance did not cover. Early on, her plan did not cover all consultations needed to get treatment started. So she had to pay out of pocket for the majority of her appointments. And as an otherwise very healthy, young woman of 32 with a committed partner; fertility was always a high priority on the list behind her cancer treatment plan. In efforts to make sure she can have a family of her own after all of this, she had to put funds into fertility testing and treatments to help give her and her partner their best chances. Looking to the past, it will help pay back a lot of this debt. But looking forward, it will help her begin her next chapter without additional financial stress.
Thanks & Appreciation!
As a family, we prefer to be very private about this sort of thing. After being diagnosed and undergoing many tests, Marnie underwent an intense 20 weeks of chemo therapy. Thankfully, she had a successful bi-lateral mastectomy this past holiday season. Prayers were answered, and both lymph nodes and pathology are clear. We are beyond grateful that she is currently cancer free. That said, this is the beginning of an ongoing journey for those that understand the BRCA1 mutation.
Marnie has been unable to work since May 2018. She is a behavior therapist, specializing in working with children with autism. By the time she is able to go back to work, it will be just over a full year. These donations will pay back money that helped cover expenses incurred over the past year including lost income, her upcoming breast reconstruction surgery, travel, lodging, and other everyday living costs while she finishes the next 6 months of fighting this process.
A large portion of your generous donations will be used to pay back debt that she has acquired due to loss of income. The remaining portion will be to cover specific costs associated with consultations, fertility treatments, and all out of pocket expenses which her insurance did not cover. Early on, her plan did not cover all consultations needed to get treatment started. So she had to pay out of pocket for the majority of her appointments. And as an otherwise very healthy, young woman of 32 with a committed partner; fertility was always a high priority on the list behind her cancer treatment plan. In efforts to make sure she can have a family of her own after all of this, she had to put funds into fertility testing and treatments to help give her and her partner their best chances. Looking to the past, it will help pay back a lot of this debt. But looking forward, it will help her begin her next chapter without additional financial stress.
Thanks & Appreciation!
Spendenteam (3)
Seth Miller
Organisator
Los Angeles, CA
Marnie Miller
Spendenbegünstigte
Adam Hart
Team member