Support Kelly Through Chemo

Kelly is a 26-year-old from Canada who has recently been diagnosed with Primary Mediastinal B-cell Lymphoma (a rare form of aggressive non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma) on July 26th 2021.

About her: Kelly is a care-free spirit with an unconditional love for all living things and a way of seeing the world through the eyes of a child. Her empathetic nature inspires everyone she meets, as she drifts through life dancing and shedding positive light everywhere she goes.

Kelly lives in Whistler, BC with her golden doodle, Fox and her cat, Taco. She takes pride in providing the best care for both of her animal children who go everywhere with her. She has lived and worked in the resort for nearly 3 years enjoying everything the mountains have to offer. She loves skiing, spending time in nature, riding at local horse stables, music, dancing, painting, crocheting and so much more.

Kelly started her first Chemo treatment on the 12th of August, 2021.

Being unable to work while undergoing treatments, her bills, rent, medical expenses, gas to and from Vancouver, and hotel stays for loved ones staying close while she’s in the hospital have started to pile up..

Here is her story in her own words:

"Hello my sweet friends and family and connections all over. This is a tough post to make, and I’ve debated whether or not it’s something I publicize or not. I’m a lover though, and I have met so many incredible people far and wide with wisdom and healing and simply just wonderful comfort to know and I figured I’m the kind of person who loves to feel the love, so here we go. I’ve been in and out of the emergency clinic here in Whistler since April with random different bizarre symptoms. Every time I’m just sent home with a new bandaid and random diagnosis “arthritic flare up,” “you now get insane migraines,” “we don’t know why your arm feels like it’s falling off, here take some heavy duty pain meds or muscle relaxers”. Well three weeks ago my chest started hurting immensely and an incredible family dr agreed to take me under his wing. We immediately had X-rays and ct scans. I had an emergency biopsy of a large 14 cm mass found in my chest and have been diagnosed with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma. I’m 26 years old, healthy, active, and care about how I treat my body, and here I am with cancer. My brain is still in complete shock, everything is moving fast and I should be starting chemo hopefully this week. I will be on a drug protocol called EPOCH-R and will spend 5 days every 3 weeks hooked up to drugs in a hospital. I’m not reaching out for sympathy or anything like that, just to inform and let all loved ones everywhere no matter how big or small know of what’s going on. Perhaps even bring some light to people struggling medically and to get you to keep pushing. 4 months now I’ve been feeling insane because I’ve had to miss work as my body physically was unwell. I had some people thinking I was lying or making it all up and that threw even more buckets of stress on me because when you can’t put a name to something actually going on in your own body, it must just not be, right? This cancer has been growing fast in the last 4 months, I’m grateful to know now and hopeful for treatment. I’m also terrified, and for all who know me, you know the most important part of me is Fox. I’ve known that he likely has cancer for over 2 years now, and has still been kicking on like a playful little pup. Already my first stint in the hospital was not good on either of us, and every 5 day stay away from him will be torture. (We hadn’t spent a night apart since thanksgiving two years ago). I’m terrified to be sick for the rest of his life, and my big goals right now will be keeping both him and myself as incredibly healthy physically and mentally as I possibly can. Anyways, that’s my shitty news. Thanks for being here and I love you all. In a few weeks I’ll look like an alien and even will get the pleasure of going through menopause as I'm getting monthly injections to 'hopefully' save my uterus. Oh what fun"

As Kelly's friends, we would be more than grateful to make this inevitable journey as stress-free as possible for her, which is why we've chosen to start this Go Fund Me.

We are reaching out to anyone who would like to help her get through this challenging time in her life. We appreciate any support, kind words, and positive healing energy sent her way.

with love,

Team Kelly.