Support Linda's Fight Against Cancer

Will you please consider supporting my long-time friend, Linda Andelin, with prayer or a donation of any size? The journey she has been on since September of 2020 when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer has been a parade of life-altering battles. But first, a little about Linda.

Raised in Huntington Beach, the youngest of seven and the only girl, Linda learned early from her beautiful mother how to be a strong woman and a fighter. She loves the ocean and bodysurfing, which she still enjoys if she is able. The beach has always been her place to release stress, and to gain courage and strength. If there is water nearby, or an adventure to try, Linda will be there. She is a lover of the outdoors, pretty flowers and nature in general. She is also a loyal friend to many, a fiercely loving mother and now grandmother. She is a member of the LDS Church and knows Jesus is her savior, now more than ever.

Breast cancer made an entrance in the fall of 2020. Being such a healthy woman in diet and lifestyle, this was quite the surprise to her and her family. Three of her four children were grown and beginning their adult lives and families. She lived with her oldest brother, David, whom she was so very close to along with her youngest daughter, Stephanie. Being the fighter that she is, Linda battled everything that cancer threw at her; MRIs, surgeries, testing, poking, treatment after treatment, expanders, more surgery etc. She was determined that her body would heal and in December of 2020 her PET scan came back clear! She was overjoyed that she would continue to live and enjoy all the “grand-nuggets” that were soon to come.

Fast forward to 2023, and now her brother David was in his own battle with cancer. Unfortunately, that June he passed, leaving Linda to start preparations for his services. But just three days after losing her brother, Linda learned that her own cancer had returned, now in her liver. Again, she assembled her support team, refusing to just roll over and not fight. She continued her plan at the same time navigating what was feeling like a very broken and failed medical system. Linda has stayed positive and has been trusting God to help her through this and keep her strong.

In February, just eight months after losing her brother, Linda was yet again facing tragedy that no parent ever wants to experience. Her beautiful, 20-year-old daughter Stephanie, was involved in an accident on the way to work requiring an induced coma upon arrival to the hospital. Linda had to make the heart-wrenching decision just days later to turn off life support and let her little girl go.

Linda still battles in the midst of trying to grieve and hold her finances together to afford her own treatments as well as services for her sweet daughter. Unfortunately the car involved was Linda’s so she’s had to find a replacement to get herself to and from her appointments. Last week, Linda was laid off from her job so now we are reaching out for any amount of support. Prayer requests also that the two 7.5-cm tumors on her liver will shrink and that a new sonar treatment will be approved and successful. Additionally, that she will have many years to enjoy her children and grandbabies, the newest arriving the same month she lost her daughter. Linda wants to live! Thank you for any support.