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Support for Sue; a Breast Cancer Journey

At the start of 2021, Sue Braiden was diagnosed with a more aggressive form of the triple-negative invasive breast cancer that she had already survived and thrived through in 2018. With it now being metastatic, there were some tougher choices to be made this time including undergoing a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, additional radiation therapy, and a host of other unpleasantries. Sue had witnessed and been a caretaker during her own mother’s battle with breast cancer and bravely accepted the challenge that lay ahead. Unfortunately, as she began her new cancer journey, her employer was forced to lay off Sue and several her coworkers due to economic struggles. They were gracious enough to extend Sue’s benefits for six months, which has thus far allowed her to receive treatments and surgery to battle her cancer.

At the halfway point of her chemo, Sue’s body began to break down. Her doctor recommended using a decreased dose of her meds and adding an additional month to her treatment. Smiling through it all, Sue trudged on with the difficult news, but she immediately faced another hurdle: she had an allergic reaction to the new drug she was receiving, Taxol, which landed her back in the hospital and put an indeterminant pause on the chemotherapy she was receiving to save her life.

With Sue’s benefits ending in October, she will be facing a significant amount of economic hardship, balancing everyday bills with the costs of expensive medications essential to her treatment, which is expected to last through next spring, and then taking the necessary time to recuperate. There have been so many people looking to show their love and support without knowing exactly how to do that in the midst of a pandemic. Hence, we are starting this GoFundMe campaign to lift some of the heavy burden off her shoulders by helping to support her during this unimaginable time.

A little bit about the lovely Sue:

Sue Braiden is one of a kind. She is a loving mother of four, a daughter, an older sister to three brothers, a pillar of strength in her family, a talented writer, a computer nerd…uh…enthusiast..., a tea lover, a digital activist and leader of the Estrogen Army, and a very active member of her online community. She has the biggest heart you could possibly imagine and selflessly spends her time caring for others (including her lovely rescue cats). Sue is a brave and bright woman that has taken her cancer journey in stride and has consistently thumbed her nose at the big C as it’s thrown her curve ball after curve ball.

We love you, Sue!!!
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Donations 

  • Anonymous
    • $50 
    • 2 yrs
  • Sanford Dickert
    • $20 
    • 2 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $50 
    • 2 yrs
  • Ljova Z
    • $36 
    • 2 yrs
  • Arlene Radbourne
    • $100 
    • 2 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Anna Skorobohacz
Organizer
Woodstock, ON
Sue Braiden
Beneficiary

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