Support Kristin Marie's Battle with Cancer

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Support Kristin Marie's Battle with Cancer

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This is a fundraiser for a my dear friend, Kristin Marie. She is going through stage 3 breast cancer and triple negative lymph node cancer (a very severe and aggressive form of cancer) on her own. She has very little income. She’s undergoing chemotherapy and will be having a double mastectomy. She can barely get by let alone meet her material needs. I am trying to raise funds to help her with her medical and daily expenses. Every small donation will make a difference in her quality of life. UPDATE FROM KRIS on progress:
Drain was taken out on September 17th. I was still making 70-80ml in fluids at the time but it has to be taken out to avoid infection since it had been 4 weeks.
We then had to keep compression bra, compression sleeve and wraps on tops of the bra to help with swelling and to make my body absorb the excess fluids it was still making. Still wearing the compression bra, compression sleeve, and wrapping 4-5 times a week for swelling. We are currently fighting with insurance to cover the machine for the lymphodemia.
A lot of changes have been made to the medical plans going forward.
Last pet scan showed a small area in a lymph node under the collarbone area on the left side. Biopsy is scheduled for Monday 10/27/25.
Radiation scheduled has changed from 4 weeks to 6 weeks as well.
They are changing my immunotherapy from keytruda to something new hoping for better results pending echocardiogram.
Hormone therapy started on 10/13/25. We started a once every 3 month shot I and a daily pill called an anastrozole I have to take as well that’s causes a lot of achiness.
Still seems to be a pretty long road ahead of me.

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Toni Upchurch
Organizer
Springfield, IL
Kristina Self
Co-organizer

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