Schiblers vs Cancer

My name is Cory Schibler aka Pastor Coco aka the Subpar Summoner. The beautiful people in the picture with me are my wife Crystal, and our two children Rylie and Judah. That picture was taken at our happy place, the beach at Port Aransas, TX.

In 2012, 2 weeks after my wife and I got engaged, I was diagnosed with Follicular Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. It's a slow growing cancer that we found only by divine intervention. The day we got engaged, we had a car accident, and in the course of receiving treatment in the emergency room, the doctors found what they thought was cancer. My treatment plan was officially "watchful waiting" which is medical speak for "we won't do anything until it starts trying to kill you." I remained in that care plan until December of 2020. Over the prior few months, I had begun having difficulty swallowing. Tests run in December of 2020 found that my cancer which had been localized to my abdomen had spread to my throat. My doctor did not expect this, and after a series of other tests, it was found that my cancer had gone through a rictor transformation. My cancer was no Diffuse Large B Cell lymphoma, a much more aggressive but much more treatable cancer. So for 6 months in 2021, I underwent chemotherapy. In June of that year I was declared cancer free. The last 2 years have been very difficult as I have struggled with the after effects of chemotherapy. It is only recently that I had finally begun to feel semi-normal.

Unfortunately, the biggest fight is yet to come. My wife and I have both been experiencing a lot of health issues recently. For the last year, my wife has been working with her doctors to discover what is causing a few different issues. Over the last few weeks, I've noticed a large mass in my neck that had me concerned that my cancer had returned. This morning, Saturday November 11, 2023, my wife and I received the news from our scans that we had yesterday, with the news that we dreaded we would hear. I have multiple lymph nodes in my throat and upper abdomen that are consistent with recurrence of my cancer. Obviously, not great news, but it is at least confined to a small area. However, my wife's scan showed that she also has cancer, which has metastasized to multiple areas in her body: lungs, abdomen,etc.

To say that we are gutted would be an understatement. This was about the worst possible news that we could receive this morning. We have faith that God is good, but we would be lying if we said that we understood what He was up to with what we are now going through. We are starting this fund because we are still trying to pay off bills from my first round of chemo, plus all of the diagnostic tests that have led up to us finding the results which we received this morning. We appreciate any help that you are able to provide, and we greatly covet your prayers. We will use these funds to pay for medical expenses, and should the news from the doctors next week be what we hope they are not, we will also use them to make the most of the time we have with our two children.

Thank you all, we love you. God bless.