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 ❤️ Please Help Us Fight for Joseph Spina— We Need You Now
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 We are reaching out today with heavy hearts to ask for your help for someone who means so much to us — our dear friend, Joseph Spina.
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 On August 19th, Joe received the worst news of his life, a incidental and devastating diagnosis of Stage IV pancreatic cancer with liver metastases. After surviving heart attacks and open heart surgery not just 2 years ago, then receiving a prostate cancer diagnosis last year, Joe has yet the greatest challenge of his life ahead.
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 There are no easy words for what this diagnosis means, and none of us were prepared to face the possibility that we could lose someone we love.
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 But we are not ready to give up.
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 Joe's oncology team is fighting alongside him and working urgently to get him access to a newly approved medication called Rasonque, which they believe may help extend his life.
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 There is just one heartbreaking obstacle: insurance is delaying access to the medication.
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 And with metastatic pancreatic cancer, time matters. Every day matters.
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 While Joe's doctors continue fighting with the insurance company, we are trying to do everything we possibly can to make sure that a financial barrier does not stand between Joe and a treatment that could give him more time.
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 The cost is overwhelming — over $40,000 for just one month of the medication.
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 We know that asking for $40,000 is a lot. But we also know that when someone you love is fighting for their life, you don't stop looking for ways to help.
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 So we are asking for your help.
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 If you can donate, please give whatever you can. $5,$10,$15, $20, $50— every dollar brings us closer. If you are fortunate enough to be able to give more, we are incredibly grateful.
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 And if you cannot donate, we completely understand.
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 Please pray for Joe, Cathy and Joey. Please share this message. Please help us get the word out. You never know who might see this and be able to make a difference.
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 We want Joe to know that he is not fighting this battle alone.
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 We want him to have every possible opportunity to keep fighting.
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 We want more time — more mornings, more conversations, more laughter, more memories with the people who love him.
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 Through every health challenge thus far, Joe has faced each with dignity and positivity for his son, Joey and his wife, Cathy. Please help us give Joe that fighting chance.
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 Our goal is $40,000, and we need to reach it as quickly as possible.
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 From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for every donation, every prayer, every share, and every kind word. Your support means more to Joe and all of us than we can put into words.
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 Please stand with Joe. Please help us fight for him. And please help us buy him the most precious thing we can give — time. ❤️
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Stand With Joseph Spina in His Fight for More Time

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Still $8,090 to go. Help us build momentum.