Update: I had to come back and update this information. The cancer in my body has returned. This time it’s Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC), Stage III. So it’s back to chemotherapy and than I will have to have a bilateral mastectomy surgery, which is when both of the breast are removed to treat or prevent cancer. While this news was very devastating to me, I am thankful the doctors caught the disease and the cancer is being treated. Of course the doctor appointments has increases as necessary. And I trust that God and my village will support me in this round two of the fight against cancer.

I am requesting financial assistance because I need help with co-payments, transportation fees, rental payments and medical bills (I am on a payment plan) because I am taking time away from work to recover from surgery this time around. My recovery time will be spent in the hospital and at home, I will have drains and other issues that will need my full focus and attention while recovering. During my hospitalization and recovery, I will also need to board Saint Pierre or pay for someone to come into the home to take care of him, while the people in my life take care of me.

Right now my care team is moving very quickly and I am thankful. I begin my second fight with cancer April 30, 2026. I will be having surgery summer 2026, pending how well my body tolerates the chemo cycles. If I am healthy and lucky enough, I can have ONE major surgery and only take off six months to recover as opposed to two or three minor surgeries with longer recovery periods to heal.

All donation amounts are asked for and welcomed. The worst someone can do is keep scrolling and that’s fine. But the best thing someone can do, is donate any amount. I am so thankful for it all because it all helps me to fight for my life and right now, I am very thankful for my life. And I am thankful for you.

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Hello! I trust that many of you are familiar with my current battle against Stage II, Triple Negative Breast Cancer. I was recently informed that my payment methods will be switched and effective immediately. And without support from my community, I will not be able to continue my treatment path that I’m currently on. The amount I am asking for includes, but is not limited to, medical bills, upfront co-payments, medicine, and daily transportation to and from my treatments. That includes transportation to work right after each treatment because yes, even while fighting cancer and dealing with intense side effects daily, real life is still happening and cancer patients still have to show up for work.

Donations will cover: doctor office visits, specialists visits, medication, transportation back and forth to doctor appointments (I do not have a car), emergency room visits, surgeries, out patient procedures, scans and testing that need to be done, additional treatments that may come up during this fight.

So many of you have supported me in various ways and truly, from the bottom of my heart, I am thankful. I am often told that I am so strong and positive, and that’s because my community carries me on the days I have no strength. The days when I can’t walk, when I’m in pain, when I can’t stop vomiting, when I’m just a pool of tears because I cannot stop crying, it has been your prayers, your help, your support that has kept me going.

If you can donate, please do. If you cannot, please continue to pray for me. I thank you for your support on this journey thus far. My life has been forever changed. HOWEVER, I am determined to get back to living a happy and healthy “normal” life.

Thank you for your continued support. Words can never express how much each and every donation fills my heart with love and gratitude. Thank you.

- Kenese Dowdy aka Pippi