My New cancer fund

Hello everyone I figured an update was in order since my health has been taking a steady decline since August of last year. A little over 2 years ago I started my cancer journey starting with chemo a day before my 39th Birthday then having my entire Stomach, Spleen, Pancreas and the lower 3rd of my Esophagus removed that July. I thought is was safe to assume my quality of life would get better after having the cancer removed. Boy was I mistaken. But I tried to adapt of overcome my diet issues which caused me to become terrified of food because of all the pain it would cause trying to eat meat, proteins or anything other then liquid or soft foods like cream of wheat or oatmeal. October of 2020 I was able to purchase with the help of owner financing a really nice boat that had a bathtub to soak in when my pain levels were through the roof and a few weeks later I got a job as a small equipment technician at Tyler Rental. A quick thank you to Steve and Staci Kikendall for the wonderful opportunity they gave me. So life was pretty good besides the daily battles with my diet. All my 6 month check ups were good. All blood work came back negative. April of 2021 my father and I took an amazing road trip up the PCH starting in Phoenix to visit family then ending in Kamas, Washington where my fathers new home is. After retuning from the trip though I started to notice the burning / gnawing sensation I would get when I first started noticing a problem with my stomach 3 years ago. By the time August rolled around it was a more persistent feeling and my diet started changing ( eating less, not keeping LBS on very easy ) Test results were inconclusive though so life goes on. Well now its 2 days before my 41st birthday and after having my standard check up / Blood work results this time were not in my favor. It wasn’t a surprise to me so that was nice not being caught off guard or in a mind set where everything was good to go and now my world is falling apart. Blood results this time are matching my numbers when i was diagnosed. I think we all know what that means. Problem this time around is that because my nutrition and weight being so low that unless that changes chemo most likely will not be on the menu for treatment. This was also an issue and the reason why I couldn’t start the scheduled 2nd round o chemo following my stomach removal July of 2020. That being said and I hate to say this but this could be the end for me and my cancer journey. I’m doing my best to stay positive and have been preparing myself for this type of news since this all began but I am not ready to go and don’t know what to do. Been very “lost” since August of last summer. I was denied disability because the court sees that because the tumor was removed and I did work some that everything is fine. Hardly the case at all. So i will be reapplying ASAP. In the mean time though my housing assistance is over the end of this month and I’m having a hard time coming up with a solution for my housing cost until the whole disability process is completed. Thank you to everyone that blessed me the first time and thank you to those who might be willing to give a little help this time around. Anything will help out greatly. My boat ( MV Otter, soon to be renamed the Baylee Marie after my oldest daughter  ) has become my life and the 21k goal is basically what I owe the bank. Even my mother has grown to love the Yacht life and stays with me on the boat 95% of the time but there’s little for her to contribute besides her time which is all I would ever ask of her anyways. Thank you to anyone reading this. Thank you for any consideration. God bless. More updates as soon as more info comes my way. Hope everyone is having a good cup of coffee and looking forward to spring and summer as much as I am. 

Dirk Daugherty