This is my sister Crystal Wiley. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2023. Any help would be greatly appreciated to help my sister with her medical and household expenses as she battles BREAST CANCER. Times are currently hard as she is currently receiving chemo, while also trying to provide for her husband, son, and daughter. Below is her story.

Not the post I ever thought I would be making and isn’t an easy one for me to make and I certainly didn’t have the courage until today to write it. And if I don’t write it now, you know I probably won’t

In October I felt a lump, went to the doctor who said, “she couldn’t feel anything” and diagnosed me with fibrocystic changes. Thought ok nothing terrible. But then the lump came back, and that diagnosis didn’t sit right with me fast forward a couple weeks, went to a different doctor (to get tested for RSV bc Alanna had it and I started feeling symptoms). I asked the doctor to look, and she said let’s get a mammogram and an ultrasound. Get those done late Nov and a couple days later get a call to get my results. And let me tell you the delivery of those was awful. It was a “here’s your results now here’s your referral for a different doctor”. Oh, and did I mention my initial results were WRONG?! talk about scaring someone half to death.

Moving on to December, I go see a breast surgeon where THEY found the results were incorrect by just reading the report before I’m even seen in the office. Well, the day I go, I talked to the dr and the same day get a biopsy done. About a week later I heard those dreadful words “unfortunately it came back and was what I suspected, cancer”. I felt like I was hit by a truck and started thinking about my kids and my family and what am I going to do? Fast forward a couple weeks, I meet with my dr to go over my plan and have my bestie with me because I was about to get a lot of info to process, and she didn’t want me to go through that alone (nor would she let me). This is where I got the diagnosis "Invasive Ductal Carcinoma" Last week I met with my multidisciplinary team with my husband because again a lot of information and he knew I needed the support. Now there’s a plan of treatment (this year is going to suck, to say the least). This doctor's office has made me feel so comfortable, like they want to help me and confident that I am going to get through it.

So, the end of 2023 did not end the way for wanted to or planned because let’s face it, no one wants to go through this. I went through all the emotions…crying, angry, asking “why me” probably 10 times a day. But I have an amazing family and wonderful friends who I know will be there when I need help (even if I don’t ask for it).

2024 is going to be hard and tough BUT I am determined to kick cancers ass!! I may be down temporarily but I’m ready for this fight against cancer, it messed with the wrong one.

Thank you for reading my story and if you’ve made it this far into it (lol) please make sure you are doing your at home exams and if you don’t agree with something speak up!!! Passing on something that has been told to me, you are the only one who truly knows YOU and you need to be your own advocate.

Love you all so so much and here’s to 2024!