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My cancer is back and I need help

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Hi, my name is Melodie Bailey. I was a happy healthy professional disc golfer untill October of 2022 when cancer was found in my brain. It turns out I have a quite rare cancer called neuroendocrine, but even more rare is that my primary location of the cancer is unknown. This is called CUP (cancer of unknown primary) most often cup with brain metastasis isn't something a person can survive long with. It's been about one and a half years now for me. I had my initial surgery and radiation in late 2022, by May of 2023 I had a cancer return in my brain. This required a second surgery and radiation treatment. Despite some radiation necrosis which caused about six months of recovery to regain my functions on my left side, I was doing well. That is untill my last mri on March 3rd that showed a new tumors. This new tumor is located near my original, but it is deeper in my brain. This deeper location makes surgery not an option at this time because it's likely to cause more damage then good. The good news is that doing more radiation is an opinion and might be all I need. We think this new tumor has been found early enough to stop it before more harm is caused. There is also a second possibly other tumor but it's in a location that could be operated on if needed.
What I need help with is money. I have applied for disability but that can one year or longer, but in the mean time I have maxed out my credit cards, and have borrowed too much money from family. I don't necessarily need $10,000 but since I don't know how long untill I will get disability or even how much I will get, I will want to leave this open as a way to get money to help with bills and travel expenses for when I need to see my specialist in Seattle. The financial burden is every bit as stressful as going through these treatments. I have borrowed from my parents and my fiance is working 6 or 7 days a week while taking care of my every need. My car is broken down, and just paying basic bills is getting so hard. Any help will be greatly appreciated by me and my family
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Melodie Bailey
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Spokane, WA

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