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Hello there...
After careful consideration and friends suggesting to reach out & start a GoFundMe page for me, I have decided to lighten the burden on them with the attitude of "I am the one needing the help, so I should be the one who should be asking".
Who knew I would EVER be in this position? It tears me up inside that I have to put myself out there & ask for help from friends, family and complete strangers...
I'm a fighter...always have been, always will be, so do I ask for help or do I hope that not going thru with doctors' recommendations and drastically reduce the already limited time I have left? I like to think I have cancer, it doesn't have me!!! So my fighting spirit has brought me here....
I am fighting TR4 NTM0 Rectal Adenoid Carcinoma.
Unfortunately being self employed, EI & disability benefits are not available to me.
The symptoms, waiting for diagnostic tests, surgery, recovery & treatments have made it so I have been unable to work since October 2019.
In that time I was diagnosed with a very aggressive T3N0 tumour in my rectal/sigmoid. I had open lateral resection surgery on Dec 2 2019 followed by 6 weeks' recovery time. Pathology came back on the tumour + 35 nodes (1 tested positive ) as well as 3 positive deposits in the tumour that began stranding, so diagnosis changed to pT4a pN1a adenocarcinoma. The chemo oncologist set the grade as TR4 NTM0 rectal Adenoid Carcinoma.
While all of this has been happening, I have used all of my savings since October 2019 and I am now in a VERY tight spot.
I am an artist, painter, and the mother of three grown children, my career is a very physical one and the biggest side effect to chemo is being tired, nausea, hand & foot syndrome and stomach issues, so I won't be able to work as expected during treatment.
Do I go against the oncologist's recommendations due to the financial burdens and hope the cancer doesn't return like wildfire, or do I listen to the oncologist and my care team and carry on with the 6 months of chemo treatments (unfortunately radiation is not an option for me)
*I am now on my 1st round of chemo because I'm scared to death not to follow my oncologists recommendations, to be honest, I want to live...and I can tell you the side effect are not fun and I have 5 more months of this. YIKES!!!
I am asking for help to alleviate the financial stress so I can focus on my treatments, healing & recovery.
Any financial support received would gratefully go towards monthly bills and any prescriptions I may need to relieve any symptoms I may encounter, sick days and recovery time needed to get through this so I can go back to being The Creative Little Beast that I am...
I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart...
Carrie
If you would rather transfer funds directly to me please e-transfer to :
[email redacted]
After careful consideration and friends suggesting to reach out & start a GoFundMe page for me, I have decided to lighten the burden on them with the attitude of "I am the one needing the help, so I should be the one who should be asking".
Who knew I would EVER be in this position? It tears me up inside that I have to put myself out there & ask for help from friends, family and complete strangers...
I'm a fighter...always have been, always will be, so do I ask for help or do I hope that not going thru with doctors' recommendations and drastically reduce the already limited time I have left? I like to think I have cancer, it doesn't have me!!! So my fighting spirit has brought me here....
I am fighting TR4 NTM0 Rectal Adenoid Carcinoma.
Unfortunately being self employed, EI & disability benefits are not available to me.
The symptoms, waiting for diagnostic tests, surgery, recovery & treatments have made it so I have been unable to work since October 2019.
In that time I was diagnosed with a very aggressive T3N0 tumour in my rectal/sigmoid. I had open lateral resection surgery on Dec 2 2019 followed by 6 weeks' recovery time. Pathology came back on the tumour + 35 nodes (1 tested positive ) as well as 3 positive deposits in the tumour that began stranding, so diagnosis changed to pT4a pN1a adenocarcinoma. The chemo oncologist set the grade as TR4 NTM0 rectal Adenoid Carcinoma.
While all of this has been happening, I have used all of my savings since October 2019 and I am now in a VERY tight spot.
I am an artist, painter, and the mother of three grown children, my career is a very physical one and the biggest side effect to chemo is being tired, nausea, hand & foot syndrome and stomach issues, so I won't be able to work as expected during treatment.
Do I go against the oncologist's recommendations due to the financial burdens and hope the cancer doesn't return like wildfire, or do I listen to the oncologist and my care team and carry on with the 6 months of chemo treatments (unfortunately radiation is not an option for me)
*I am now on my 1st round of chemo because I'm scared to death not to follow my oncologists recommendations, to be honest, I want to live...and I can tell you the side effect are not fun and I have 5 more months of this. YIKES!!!
I am asking for help to alleviate the financial stress so I can focus on my treatments, healing & recovery.
Any financial support received would gratefully go towards monthly bills and any prescriptions I may need to relieve any symptoms I may encounter, sick days and recovery time needed to get through this so I can go back to being The Creative Little Beast that I am...
I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart...
Carrie
If you would rather transfer funds directly to me please e-transfer to :
[email redacted]