Cancer Sucks!!!
Donation protected
Cancer sucks....that 1st phone call SUCKS. The 2 hour ride to Charleston by yourself SUCKS. The not being able to find a parking space in the stupid garage SUCKS. The elevator ride up to the 6th floor SUCKS. The look on your husband's poor little defeated face when you walk in SUCKS.
Our lives have been completely been turned upside down again. We came to MUSC to get his pancreatitis under control and instead got hit with cancer! And guess what? CANCER SUCKS. Everything JJ has been through over the past 3 years has been hell. We thought and we're told that he was free and clear...just a really bad case of a cranky panky. Nope. All the money and time spent at hospitals and doctor offices for them to not catch this sucky cancer until now.... now my poor husband will have to fight for the rest of his life to live.
We are waiting for the rest of his biopsies to come back about what exactly we are facing. But right now we know that it is in his abdominal walls and it's in several places. This cancer is not curable. They can't just cut it out and everything will be ok. The oncologist believes that the best treatment will be 2 separate chemo i.v. infusions 2 times a week for 2 weeks and then a week to rest. They say if we get this going soon enough, there is hope for remission.
We are facing a lot of changes and challenging situations right now. JJ and I both feel like the he is getting the best care in Charleston. And the doctors are suggesting that he does his Chemo at MUSC. But, financially it would be almost impossible. Between the Gas, the actual chemo, the scans, the overnight hotel stays, missing work and the co-pay for him being out of network, we simply can't afford to get him the best care. Even if we are able to do all his treatments in Columbia, it will still be a financial struggle. So here I am...asking for help. Something that everyone knows is hard for me to do. But this isn't about me and my pride...this is about JJ and doing what is best for him. JJ is a fighter and he will beat this again!
If you can help, that's awesome. If not, then I ask you to please pray for my husband, for my family, and for anyone else that ever has to face this situation. Because you know what? CANCER SUCKS.
Our lives have been completely been turned upside down again. We came to MUSC to get his pancreatitis under control and instead got hit with cancer! And guess what? CANCER SUCKS. Everything JJ has been through over the past 3 years has been hell. We thought and we're told that he was free and clear...just a really bad case of a cranky panky. Nope. All the money and time spent at hospitals and doctor offices for them to not catch this sucky cancer until now.... now my poor husband will have to fight for the rest of his life to live.
We are waiting for the rest of his biopsies to come back about what exactly we are facing. But right now we know that it is in his abdominal walls and it's in several places. This cancer is not curable. They can't just cut it out and everything will be ok. The oncologist believes that the best treatment will be 2 separate chemo i.v. infusions 2 times a week for 2 weeks and then a week to rest. They say if we get this going soon enough, there is hope for remission.
We are facing a lot of changes and challenging situations right now. JJ and I both feel like the he is getting the best care in Charleston. And the doctors are suggesting that he does his Chemo at MUSC. But, financially it would be almost impossible. Between the Gas, the actual chemo, the scans, the overnight hotel stays, missing work and the co-pay for him being out of network, we simply can't afford to get him the best care. Even if we are able to do all his treatments in Columbia, it will still be a financial struggle. So here I am...asking for help. Something that everyone knows is hard for me to do. But this isn't about me and my pride...this is about JJ and doing what is best for him. JJ is a fighter and he will beat this again!
If you can help, that's awesome. If not, then I ask you to please pray for my husband, for my family, and for anyone else that ever has to face this situation. Because you know what? CANCER SUCKS.
Organizer
Jennifer Birtchman Brazell
Organizer
Blythewood, SC
