Support Jackson's Battle with Colorectal Cancer

Hi, my name is Jackson, and I am a 28-year-old, mixed Indigenous trans man. This GoFundMe is for me, im currently using my partners bank account to withdraw and transfer to the account I use for my medical and food stuff(I saw that it shows im fundraising on behalf of my partner- im not, again, it’s for me)Recently, I got diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I have spent the last 1.5 or so years physically struggling with my health and lost my ability to work quite a while ago because of it.

At the end of March, a fungating and ulcerated cancerous mass was found in my hepatic flexure, causing a complete obstruction. They were unable to get the scope past it (so what’s on the other side of the tumor is still uncertain), and were unable to accurately stage it based off of the biopsy. I’m awaiting imaging at the end of the month to see if it has spread (stage 4), and this is rather crucial as recently my liver has been found to have lesions on it (was found during a previous ER visit).

I’ll be honest, I think the most frustrating part of this, aside from the horrific amounts of pain I’m constantly in, is having to keep up with all of the different appointments I now have to go to, being immobile. I’m too sick to walk to the bus lines near my house. For the most part, I’m mainly bedridden at this point and don’t leave my bed or room unless it’s to go to an appointment, so I’ve been having to try to coordinate rides and Uber when I can’t.

I also have had to switch almost solely to a liquid diet, with nutrition-packed drinks, so that I can keep my weight up around 96-100 pounds. I’ve been struggling greatly to afford those and oftentimes go several days to a week or so without them because my SNAP just doesn’t cover how expensive they are for a month’s supply. I’m also realizing now the amount of help I need and the amount of mobility aid I need at this point.

Asking for help from strangers, especially financially, has always been something that is very hard for me, but I’m at a point where I can’t do this without help anymore. I can’t afford the food I need, I can’t afford to get to my appointments, and I can’t afford everything else I need while being on this journey with cancer. My quality of life is so far gone, my mental state is so far gone, and for once in my life, I’m genuinely scared about what’s going to happen.