Updated September 1, 2025

26 days of Houston has been so good to me! God is so good for moving these mountains for this treatment to be possible! Thank you so much to all that have donated so far! This has allieveated a huge burden for our family.

Sacrum & sternum radiation has been completed in Houston as well as a right side chest surgery to remove the implant. The current treatment plan with the help from local oncology for life will include 3 drugs. Oral chemo Everolimus daily, every 28 days injection of Fulvestrant & also every 3 month injection of Zoledronic Acid.

I will return to Houston every 3 months with my next visit on November 16, 2025. At this time, I will meet with my entire care team. I will have repeat scans to see if the current treatment plan is keeping the 6 areas "controlled." The current 6 areas of concern are sternum, right 11th rib, sacrum, left femur, left hip & T7.

Again, all the support has been so moving, generous & leaves me simply speechless. Each donation is helping make all of this travel, added expenses, time off work, copays etc. possible. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

Update: July 13, 2025

My church family goes ABOVE & beyond! When I joined the church I never knew 4 days later I would need these precious powerful praying individuals & would need God in a BIG way.

My family filled 3 church pews today. A few have never been to church, but they showed up for me! I pray they felt goodness from the message. I have the very best village, I'm overwhelmed at this level of support I have been blessed with.

Such a speechless ceremony being anointed. I have never felt the Lord so present & so powerful as I did today. Thank you to everyone that was apart of it. I can't even put it into words.

I now have to leave for Houston a little early. Saying "time out" to my family in the morning. I'll keep you updated & bring you along.

Original post:

My heart feels completely broken, I feel so helpless for my family that they are on this non stop roller coaster ride. Many weak moments today where Satan is trying to do his work on me. I'm stumbling for words as I write this post.

Today I was diagnosed with Triple Negative (the worst kind). This reoccurance is a different cancer than before & a tricky one to treat in Stage 4 & even worse when it is in your bones. I am not a candidate for radiation. I will need aggressive systemic treatment most likely beginning with chemo. I await more conversations on the plan with my oncologist.

48hrs ago I had conversations with my family & best friend about seeking opinions/treatment/clinical trial elsewhere (in a big city). We doscussed the financial burden & how the logistics will look with our family. All was in support. I applied to the nation's number 1 & number 3 facilities. After my tough diagnosis today I made it 2 exits down the interstate & got a call I was next on cancellation list for July 16th to the Nation's number 1 facility MD Anderson in Houston. This does not happen!!!!! About an hour later I was accepted to the nation's number 3 facility Mayo in Minnesota! GODSPEED!!!

I believe this is the good Lord telling me here is an open door sister I got you! But I am hurting, my family is hurting, we are mad, conversations with my little guy showing him pictures from before when I had no hair, mommy is sick, other people will have to help & mommy has to seek this time out to get better. NONE OF THIS IS EASY!

Please pray for our family, we need peace to comprehend. We will never be the same. We all so appreciate your support, we can't move forward without it.

Here is my venmo account if anyone would prefer to use it. Thanks in advance for anything you can do including and especially prayers.

@Marlana-Montgomery