Support Melissa’s Lymphoma Battle

My sweet sister in law has recently been diagnosed with breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).

In her 20s her doctors identified that she was a carrier of the breast cancer gene BRCA-1 and as a precautionary measure she elected to have a double mastectomy and reconstruction.

During Covid her doctors had plans for a revision surgery to correct one of her implants that had flipped however, given her immunocompromised status her doctors determined surgery would need to be postponed indefinitely.

Life happened and her revision surgery was pushed off and just recently on September 9 her doctor informed her that the type of breast implants she had placed have been pulled from the market given their direct correlation with breast implant lymphoma. Upon meeting with her doctors they began preparations for an explant procedure. During that process they have also identified two new lumps in her breast tissue that they will further assess during surgery.

Surgery is scheduled for October 23 and during this procedure they will remove the implants and remove/biopsy the lumps. Her team of doctors will then further assess what follow up treatments may be needed.

As you may imagine Melissa and her family have a long road ahead of them. There has been and will continue to be many appointments and potential treatments needed to return Melissa to good health.

Anyone who knows Melissa knows she puts all others before herself and goes great lengths to support her family and friends near and far.

Please kindly consider supporting Melissa and her family as they navigate this difficult and long journey. Your donation no matter how small or big would greatly help them tackle the extensive medical bills as well as cover daily expenses while Melissa is recovering and is unable to work.

If you prefer to donate outside of the gofundme platform please reach out. I have all other available payment methods setup and can get these funds to Melissa’s family.