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This fundraiser has been created for the Hiten Family to help them stay a float while Danette receives cancer surgery and treatment! They are drowning in medical debt and the bills just keep coming in with every hospital stay, doctor bill, testing procedure costs and a lot more to come. This year has been a year full of many medical tests and procedures to try and figure out why Danette kept getting blood clots. We are trying to raise money for surgery 1st and foremost and hopefully the only cancer surgery she will need and any other treatments she may need. They have a high family deductible plan & Co- insurance and need to raise money by her surgery date in January. They are trying to get as much funds raised as possible by December 31 as they don’t want to put surgery off any further they don’t even know if the cancer has spread until they actually get in there and remove the kidney. So please read her story and share an any donation will help her reach her goal!
Danette’s story:
I have been recently diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in my right kidney. I have an adrenal adenoma that I’ve had for 10 years on that same kidney but now I have a tumor in the kidney as well. My doctor failed to tell me that on the abdominal catscan of my abdomen that I had back in March; the radiologist had mentioned a “new” 2.6 cm cortical cyst. Both urologist that I have met with have advised I should have been sent to Urology then for follow up. I was told by the radiologist recently on 11/24/23, that the catscan contrast has to hit just right for them to see that it’s cancer so thats why the new scan that I had 11/16/23 showed that it was malignant and “renal cell carcinoma”, measuring 3.2 cm. So it is growing too as it was 2.6 and now is 3.2. I am super worried about it spreading. I have been on meds for many many years due to a major car accident with lots of other issues… I have also been complaining about low back pain since 2021 after my hysterectomy 11/2021. I didn’t even know I was “sick” until March of this year when I was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, which had led to many many catscans later showing something on my kidney that needed follow up. I have been reaching out to my primary care doctor with Optum since May of this year to please re-scan me due to incidental finding and my doctor still never advised of New finding from scan in March. My doctors exact words from that scan was, your abdominal scan is 100% normal; the only thing they see is the same adrenal adenoma I have had for 10years measuring same 1.7 cm it has always been since originally found. Fast forward to finally getting my new abdominal catscan on 11/16/23…. I have stopped reading my own results on UCHealth’s Patient portal as if 3 years ago because I have a tendency to get crazy and google everything: so I have left it up to my doctors to give me results. This time… this time I should not have trusted my doctor of 10plus years because they missed my diagnoses. The other thing that is heart breaking to me is that I “loved” this doctor, he was the one doctor I have ever had since our car accident that didn’t make me feel like my concerns were foolish over the years: but this last 1.5 years I have noticed he stopped being thorough and started making me feel like I was nuts. Both him and his Nurse Practitioner kept saying things like, “you’re fine, maybe you should get in with a therapist to address your anxieties, there is nothing wrong with you!” I feel completely failed in my care! I’ve been in and out of the hospital all year, and have felt like a crazy person: I felt OFF, I felt like something was wrong, I would wake up every night at 3am with something telling me there was something wrong… I stopped telling my extended family about all of my hospital visits of pain, extreme exhaustion, overall feeling unwell because even my family was feeling like I needed to let go and move on with my new normal… you don’t just get PE (pulmonary emboli) for no reason… Even my pulmonologist and hematologist were saying, “time to reset your brain and chalk it up as unprovoked” one of the 1.5% of people that get PE for no reason… and then finally as of November 24th, 2023, 8 days after my new abdominal scan, I was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma…sitting in an ER room with the ER doc, on a phone call together with the radiologist… I was so scared and my heart dropped… The answer to my whole year of medical crap, “You have CANCER” 8 days after the radiologist had called my doctors office to advise of what I had. Notes from radiologist advise, “called Optum, Dr Hemsworths office to advise of renal cell carcinoma, patient needs immediate follow up with urololigical oncologist. My doctor never called me. No messages from my doctor or his medical assistant in follow my health app for the patient portal. I even was messaging them back and forth advising on how I was feeling and called to make an appt to discuss how I was feeling and still no mention or phone call. I never read the scan cause I don’t do that anymore. Before the diagnoses I felt calm and at ease about the new scan cause I had just had an abdominal scan in March that my doctors nurse practitioner advised, “Scan is normal!” The ONLY thing they saw was my old adrenal adenoma so in my brain I had it telling myself that all these chest CTA’s since showing a mass in my kidney (incidentally) was just that, the adrenal adenoma cause that’s what my doctor advised Both Urologists I have met with keep using the terminology “Complex” I’ve been on blood thinners ever since my PE diagnoses on March 6th, which I am so blessed and so very thankful that that didn’t take me out I’m very nervous about my surgery, because I am a bleeding risk and a clotting risk. The urologists are saying I am “complex” because I’m on blood thinners, so clotting in a bleeding risk and because of the location of my mass. It’s in the middle of my kidney and near a major artery, so they’re sending me to a specialist in Denver, Colorado that specializes with complex cases my anxiety is very high. I am not ready to leave and I’m super emotional. If you guys can please share our story; pray for us and are able to donate even $20... that would be so helpful to us. Our surgery is in January… Our out of pocket costs start all over in January and we don’t meet the requirements for any financial assistance. My husband also only had 1.5 weeks left of PTO where he will be loosing income after that and we have a little one still at home that I need help with, so we don’t know how much time he will have to take off; so please if you can help; we would really really appreciate that! God Bless you all!
So please, any little bit will help them to stay afloat! They need prayers! Prayers for healing and a fast recovery! Prayers to beat this cancer and to live! Danette has a loving husband, 5 beautiful and very loving children, 2 sweet little grand children, an amazing son and daughter in law and family that need her to beat this! Danette has not been “living” this year due to all of the medical illness and everything that comes with it and mentally it is really taking its toll; so please, please if you are a person or family of faith, please say those prayers that she makes it through! Surgery is this week. Help us help the Hitens stay a float! Stop for just a moment in your day and say a prayer that Danette will BEAT this and start “living” and enjoying life once again! Help Danette beat cancer with your prayers! Thank you and God Bless you and your family.
Danette’s story:
I have been recently diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in my right kidney. I have an adrenal adenoma that I’ve had for 10 years on that same kidney but now I have a tumor in the kidney as well. My doctor failed to tell me that on the abdominal catscan of my abdomen that I had back in March; the radiologist had mentioned a “new” 2.6 cm cortical cyst. Both urologist that I have met with have advised I should have been sent to Urology then for follow up. I was told by the radiologist recently on 11/24/23, that the catscan contrast has to hit just right for them to see that it’s cancer so thats why the new scan that I had 11/16/23 showed that it was malignant and “renal cell carcinoma”, measuring 3.2 cm. So it is growing too as it was 2.6 and now is 3.2. I am super worried about it spreading. I have been on meds for many many years due to a major car accident with lots of other issues… I have also been complaining about low back pain since 2021 after my hysterectomy 11/2021. I didn’t even know I was “sick” until March of this year when I was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, which had led to many many catscans later showing something on my kidney that needed follow up. I have been reaching out to my primary care doctor with Optum since May of this year to please re-scan me due to incidental finding and my doctor still never advised of New finding from scan in March. My doctors exact words from that scan was, your abdominal scan is 100% normal; the only thing they see is the same adrenal adenoma I have had for 10years measuring same 1.7 cm it has always been since originally found. Fast forward to finally getting my new abdominal catscan on 11/16/23…. I have stopped reading my own results on UCHealth’s Patient portal as if 3 years ago because I have a tendency to get crazy and google everything: so I have left it up to my doctors to give me results. This time… this time I should not have trusted my doctor of 10plus years because they missed my diagnoses. The other thing that is heart breaking to me is that I “loved” this doctor, he was the one doctor I have ever had since our car accident that didn’t make me feel like my concerns were foolish over the years: but this last 1.5 years I have noticed he stopped being thorough and started making me feel like I was nuts. Both him and his Nurse Practitioner kept saying things like, “you’re fine, maybe you should get in with a therapist to address your anxieties, there is nothing wrong with you!” I feel completely failed in my care! I’ve been in and out of the hospital all year, and have felt like a crazy person: I felt OFF, I felt like something was wrong, I would wake up every night at 3am with something telling me there was something wrong… I stopped telling my extended family about all of my hospital visits of pain, extreme exhaustion, overall feeling unwell because even my family was feeling like I needed to let go and move on with my new normal… you don’t just get PE (pulmonary emboli) for no reason… Even my pulmonologist and hematologist were saying, “time to reset your brain and chalk it up as unprovoked” one of the 1.5% of people that get PE for no reason… and then finally as of November 24th, 2023, 8 days after my new abdominal scan, I was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma…sitting in an ER room with the ER doc, on a phone call together with the radiologist… I was so scared and my heart dropped… The answer to my whole year of medical crap, “You have CANCER” 8 days after the radiologist had called my doctors office to advise of what I had. Notes from radiologist advise, “called Optum, Dr Hemsworths office to advise of renal cell carcinoma, patient needs immediate follow up with urololigical oncologist. My doctor never called me. No messages from my doctor or his medical assistant in follow my health app for the patient portal. I even was messaging them back and forth advising on how I was feeling and called to make an appt to discuss how I was feeling and still no mention or phone call. I never read the scan cause I don’t do that anymore. Before the diagnoses I felt calm and at ease about the new scan cause I had just had an abdominal scan in March that my doctors nurse practitioner advised, “Scan is normal!” The ONLY thing they saw was my old adrenal adenoma so in my brain I had it telling myself that all these chest CTA’s since showing a mass in my kidney (incidentally) was just that, the adrenal adenoma cause that’s what my doctor advised Both Urologists I have met with keep using the terminology “Complex” I’ve been on blood thinners ever since my PE diagnoses on March 6th, which I am so blessed and so very thankful that that didn’t take me out I’m very nervous about my surgery, because I am a bleeding risk and a clotting risk. The urologists are saying I am “complex” because I’m on blood thinners, so clotting in a bleeding risk and because of the location of my mass. It’s in the middle of my kidney and near a major artery, so they’re sending me to a specialist in Denver, Colorado that specializes with complex cases my anxiety is very high. I am not ready to leave and I’m super emotional. If you guys can please share our story; pray for us and are able to donate even $20... that would be so helpful to us. Our surgery is in January… Our out of pocket costs start all over in January and we don’t meet the requirements for any financial assistance. My husband also only had 1.5 weeks left of PTO where he will be loosing income after that and we have a little one still at home that I need help with, so we don’t know how much time he will have to take off; so please if you can help; we would really really appreciate that! God Bless you all!
So please, any little bit will help them to stay afloat! They need prayers! Prayers for healing and a fast recovery! Prayers to beat this cancer and to live! Danette has a loving husband, 5 beautiful and very loving children, 2 sweet little grand children, an amazing son and daughter in law and family that need her to beat this! Danette has not been “living” this year due to all of the medical illness and everything that comes with it and mentally it is really taking its toll; so please, please if you are a person or family of faith, please say those prayers that she makes it through! Surgery is this week. Help us help the Hitens stay a float! Stop for just a moment in your day and say a prayer that Danette will BEAT this and start “living” and enjoying life once again! Help Danette beat cancer with your prayers! Thank you and God Bless you and your family.