My mother has always been the strongest person I know. She has experieced a lot of hard moments in her life, from raising one of my brothers at the age of sixteen to going through breast cancer not long after I was born. She saw none of these things as negtivies. These were moments that made her strong and have the attitude to always look on the brighter side of things. This attitude is helping her through moments like now.


My mom was diagnosed with stage b2 clear cell ovarian cancer in early September of this year. It is a very rare cancer that only happens in about 4% of people. She knew something was wrong in June when she went to go see the doctor. Around that time they found a large cyst on her left ovary the size of a baseball. The doctors could not figure out if it was cancerous or not. She had gotten cysts on her ovaries before so the whole family tried to stay postive and believe that was all it was. However, mom just knew. She went in for what was supposed to be a short surgery in early September to remove the cyst. The surgery turned into an eight hour long ordeal when the surgeon saw the cyst was cancerous and had attached to her uterus and part of her intestions. Mom then had a full hysterectomy and about a week of recovery in the hospital afterwards. Since then she has been nothing but a power house. 

Mom retired from her job at a hotel after twenty years so she could take care of herself. She shaved off her hair a few weeks after the news so she wouldn't have to deal with it falling out because of the chemo. My dad did it right along with her so she wouldn't be alone.


Needless to say she looks adorable with or without her new wig.


However, with her cancer being so rare that means her chemo treatment needs to be a lot stronger. Her regement is usually an eight hour chemo day 3 weeks of the month, with a week break. The first week of a cycle she gets the strongest chemo in a port in her stomach, then standard chemo in the port on her chest. The next week is the strongest chemo again, but only in her chest then she goes into a week break. This will be going on for around six months. As you can imainge mom can not work when going through chemo, so money is a bit tight now with only one income.

The money donated would go straight into the payments for the chemo along with anything mom needs during her treatment. Things like a new wig or new cancer hats. Any little bit would help so much. My mom is such a special and amazing person. She is the type of person the loves with all her heart and would do anything for someone she cares about, no questions asked. This money would help pay for a treatment that will keep her here for a long time so she can still be that person for as long as she wants. Our family is not one to ask for chairty and mom and dad weren't too fond of the idea, but when you need help you need help. You can't let pride get in the way of that.  

Thank you so much for reading my mom's story. She is such an amazing woman and I'm hoping I can show others how wonderful she is through this.