Terry Schwartz is one of the most kind and endearing people that I have ever known.

He has worked hard all of his adult life and regrets nothing. He loves to see me and everyone that he loves happy and enjoying ourselves.

Terry and I do everything together. From the moment we met, I have considered myself to be the luckiest girl on Earth, and I am truly grateful to have him in my life.

We have always had the best of times together.

Now we must go through the worst of times together.

Terry has been diagnosed with cancer that has metastasized throughout his body. It is terminal at this point, and all he can do now is immunotherapy and hope that he has more time than what has been predicted.

I am still trying to work as we still have bills to pay with more to come. The bills for his initial doctor's visits and tests at the hospital are well over $200,000.00.

We have been working hard to put ourselves in a position to retire within the next 10 years or so, but now that’s all going towards keeping us going financially as I have already used a considerable amount of leave from my job and cannot afford to just stop working.

I made a sincere vow to this man that I intend to keep: “in health or sickness, till death do we part,” and I would give everything I have to be able to spend as much time with him as possible. But now I get up every day with determination like I have never known, to be there for him, even if it means that I have to work instead of being at home with him.

I have learned to accept help and be grateful for everything. However, asking for help is the hardest thing of all.

We still need pay off the house and one of our vehicles along with the monthly bills and utilities which totals to about 3200 a month and soon his benefits will run out so obviously we need to make a big change and sell our house.

Downsizing is easy though giving up our dream home is not. We have both worked hard to get where we are and now it’s all about to go because of cancer.

God help us both.