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<div>We are a group of coworkers who are trying to help our friend Melissa's husband, Ken Gendreau. Ken has recently been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He is a former police office who works for IBM, but is currently on leave because of his condition. In addition to this terrible news, Melissa has recently lost her job, so the couple has minimal income while Ken fights his cancer. He is currently in a Boston Hospital receiving chemotherapy, and a bone marrow transplant is being looked at. Given these tough circumstances, Genevieve, Andrea and myself want to ease some of the monetary burden and be a support to our dear friend and her husband. It will be a long road, and one that we are taking with them. Please feel free to donate to help Ken and Melissa cover their living expenses for the next few months until Ken, God willing, is strong enough to return to work. We are grateful for any support you may give.
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<div>Hey everyone, My name is Sam and most of you know my parents Paul and Barbara Gregg from Blythe for decades now. Yesterday evening while they were driving their motorhome from Blythe to Utah on US95, they were involved in an accident with a Semi totaling their RV. They both are ok as well as their 2 dogs, but my mom suffered a severely broken right ankle and a fractured left ankle. As most of you know US95 is not easy to get EMS and they were unfortunately stranded there for nearly 2 hours waiting for an ambulance. Once they arrived, my mom had to be life-flighted to Las Vegas, NV for emergency surgery. I was able to get ahold of an amazing friend from Blythe that drove to the accident site and picked up my parents dogs (Cody Dewitt) to whom I am incredibly thankful for. My dad was able to get a ride back to his truck and drive to Vegas to be with my mom, but he will eventually need a hotel near the hospital while my mom recovers from surgery. 

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<div>All of this while being on a retired fixed income is the last thing I want my parents to have to worry about. I will also at some point once my mom is released need to fly to Phoenix and help my parents get settled back into their home and pick up their dogs from California to bring back to them. My mom will most likely need either rehab or some kind of in home help to gain her strength back and able to walk again. 

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<div>At this current time I have no further information other than everyone is alive and safe, and recovering. If you are able to help in any way possible, it would much appreciated by us all. Thank you in advance for your donation and well wishes. 

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<div>Hello, my name is Kelly and I’m starting this GoFundMe to save my husband’s life. My husband’s name is Hector and since December of 2019, he has been in the battle against cancer. On April 4th, 2023, we were told that the disease had returned and metastasized for the 3rd time. Hector has undergone 2 surgeries, one of them major, and three, three week long rounds of chemo in an effort to cure this ailment. With all the treatments, we were reassured it would cure him, but here we are. I’ve explained in more detail at the end of this bio.
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<div>We’ve been down this road many times now in these three and a half years, and we’ve learned a great deal. This time, similar to the last couple of times, our doctors offered chemo or death. This time, however, the chemo was described to us as an atomic bomb that would be far more difficult that the previous one and would almost certainly have life altering negative side effects. We took a breath, and decided we had a choice.
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<div>During this entire process, Hector has made massive change in his life. He has adjust everything from what he eats to exercise and sleep to supplements and countless other things. He researches tirelessly on a cure. Among this research, we came across an alternative healing facility in Arizona. This facility not only treats with chemo, but they perform every type of alternative medicine on the patient that has real proof in curing cancer. Their curability rates are higher than the “atomic bomb”, and do not leave the patient with life long negative side effects. We’ve chosen this route of treatment.
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<div>Because it is alternative, it is not covered by insurance, so we are asking for help. It is expensive, but so is the conventional route. Even with all of the other treatment and procedures being “covered”, Hector and I have paid a great deal out of pocket the past 3 years. Unfortunately, chemo and surgeries are still very expensive, even for the insured. To add to it, CT with contrast is the only scan that accurately detects this type in this case. Hector is allergic to the contrast has, so he must take “pre-meds” before every scan and must receive them in a hospital in case he has a reaction, so the scans cost exponentially more as well.
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<div>We have reached a point of being at our limit and are turning to others for help. We will do whatever we must in order to get this treatment for Hector as we believe it to be the real cure. The cost for six weeks of this treatment plus required medications and housing adds up to over $95,000. The goal amount listed includes the treatment, lodging and food while living in AZ.
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<div>This is not a sad story. I share in order to be transparent, and the words in this bio are merely a drop in the bucket of what we have experienced, but this is just another step in this journey. Hector and I have been together for nearly 20 years. We started dating in high school. We both served in the Marine Corps for 5 years and have two beautiful daughters, Elawen, 7 and Eden, 5. Hector has accomplished so much, even with all of these diagnoses. Since first diagnosed in 2019, he has graduated CalArts with a Bachelors in Fine Art, started an art practice, and worked for Golden Voice as a painting artist meanwhile fighting for his life the entire time, and he is not done yet. He’s experienced so much in his life, good and bad, and thrived despite it all. If I have learned anything about this man, it’s that he is a survivor. I know he will survive this and he will take what he has learned from this incredible journey to help any and every person he can. And I will be with him every step of the way. If you are able to give, we appreciate it more than we could possibly say. And if you are not able, we appreciate prayers for healing and positive thoughts as well.
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<div>Hector had his first surgery in February of 2020. The doctors told us, “you’re lucky, this is the type (Seminoma) that doesn’t tend to move. This surgery has very likely cured you.” At his first scan following the surgery in May 2020, the doctors said there was some shading in his lower back. At the time, he was getting CTs without contrast because we found out after his first one that he is very allergic to CT contrast, so we attempted scans without it but it made them unclear. He had a follow up MRI in June that was still not clear, a PET in July that was inconclusive and finally a biopsy in July that revealed the cancer was now in 3 lymph nodes in his lower back. The doctors wanted to start chemo. We hesitated. We got 3 more opinions and decided in early 2021 that chemotherapy was the best option, as the doctors assured us, “100%, this chemo will get rid of the cancer for good.” Hector started Chemo in April of 2021. It was incredibly difficult and caused us to go into complete isolation for 2 months as it completely diminished his immune system. We were advised that our two young daughters and myself should double mask around him, even in the house. We implemented every precaution and Hector successfully completed the chemo May 31st 2021. His first follow up scan in June showed clear. We felt the first real relief we had felt in nearly 2 years. The next scan was clear as well. Then, the scan in January 2022 showed something growing. Hector was still not able to do CT with contrast, so they performed a PET. The doctors told us on March 8th, 2022 that the cancer had returned and had spread and surgery wasn’t an option. Within our first minute of the doctor walking into the office, our world was once again turned upside down. He could not say why the chemo, the 100% cure, did not work. He then recommended what he called the “atomic bomb of chemo”. In short, this is a process in which the patient receives a lethal amount of chemo and then receives “stem cell rescue” from their own, previously frozen stem cells in order to save their life. The treatment is in San Diego, so we quickly made an appointment there. We learned the treatment would take about 4 months and Hector would be hospitalized for a few weeks at a time throughout the process. He would have no immune system, and we wouldn’t be allowed to see our daughters for the duration. This treatment has a 60% chance of curing the patient. We were terrified, but willing and began planning for it. The doctors at UCSD would only move forward after seeing the scans themselves. After they received the scans, we received a phone call that seemingly made the air easier to breathe. The doctors disagreed with the previous oncologist. They said it had not “spread” to the adrenal gland like they thought, but was instead in a lymph node near the adrenal gland; surgery was an option. Hector had life saving and life altering surgery on April 27th, 2022. It took over 4 hours. However, the prognosis was excellent. They removed 15 lymph nodes and the left adrenal gland (as the lymph node was stuck to it) and only 3 of the lymph nodes had cancer. Life felt like it was moving again. The recovery from the surgery was very difficult as Hector was cut down his abdomen and left with a foot long incision, but it was worth it. The following scan in August 2022 was clear. Then in November of 2022, Hector found a lump in the base of his neck near the clavicle, bringing back that sinking feeling again. He had a scan on December 6th, 2022, which revealed 2 lymph nodes near the base of his esophagus by the left lung had increased in size and looked suspicious. They didn’t mention the lump in his neck. They wanted to biopsy, but we declined. Hector had been cut on, poked and picked on enough. We wanted to decrease the trauma. We asked if we could just wait for one more scan to see if they grew, and the doctors understood and agreed. This brings us to the results we got on April 3rd, 2023. The masses had grown and the one in his neck was included.
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<div>Thank you so much for reading and for your time.
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<div>My Brother Dustin was recently diagnosed with stage 4 Kidney Cancer, and support is needed as he fights for his life. 
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<div>Dustin and his wife, Catrina, currently live in Indio, California. They have two children; Daniel (19), who is currently serving in the US Army and Sirenity (16), who is in her junior year of High School. Dustin has always been full of life and enjoys spending as much time as possible surrounded by family and friends. Dustin is loving, caring, goofy, creative and passionate. These last couple of months have been challenging to watch as many of these things that have always personified Dustin has been suppressed by his debilitating pain.
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<div>Dustin had been experiencing back pain off and on for about two years. Each time he went in to get it checked out, he was told to rest and focus on losing some weight. The pain continued to worsen, and in December 2021, the pain became debilitating, and Dustin became unable to work or do much of anything on his own. After months of being bounced from Doctor to Doctor and fighting with insurance providers, a CT scan revealed a significant growth around Dustin’s kidney. A biopsy has confirmed that Dustin is battling stage 4 Kidney Cancer. Recent imaging shows that the tumor is now the size of a soccer ball, encasing and suffocating the vein leading to his heart. Because of this, the tumor is inoperable as it is. 
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<div>Dustin now begins the tough road ahead of aggressive Systemic Therapy and pain management to shrink the tumor so that it can be removed. While the outlook is not great, Dustin is a fighter, and he has a great support system of loved ones as he fights like hell to beat this. 
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<div>The battle ahead comes appointments, scans, blood work, hospital visits, travel, more appointments, and extreme financial burden. Dustin has been unable to work since December. Catrina is often limited in her ability to work her full hours because of the numerous appointments, time spent dealing with the insurance companies and specialists, and the care required by Dustin. The medical bills and expenses have continued to accumulate through all of this.
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<div>I hope we can raise enough money for Dustin and his family to relieve as much of the financial burden as possible. All proceeds will go directly to Dustin and his family to help alleviate the financial burden of medical expenses. All of Dustin’s loved ones stand with him in support as he fights this. We are incredibly grateful for your generosity, support, encouragement, and prayers as every bit helps.
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<p dir="ltr">Early this morning God called our sweet baby home. Dustin John Woodruff was 1 Month and 4 days old. He passed away from S.I.D. 's. I don't know what I could of done to prevent this, and it's so hard to write this. I can't get the words to come out. We never expected to lose our sweet baby so soon. He's with God now and I know they are taking good care of him in heaven he's with his grandpa's singing tunes! I miss him. This is all so soon, It's hard to make arrangements and money is so tight right now, we have decided to do a cremation, we live in Yuma and don't know if this is our forever home, I don't want to put my son in a grave and someday move miles away. We are still doing a memorial service I want it to be absolutely beautiful just like my sweet baby! God had better plans for my sweet baby, I find myself walking into his nursery and hitting my knees and begging God to give him back.&nbsp; Please everyone just keep my family in your prayers, this is the hardest thing to go through 
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Ricky Riis here! <br><br>Exciting news! On January 23rd, 2015, I will undergo top surgery with Dr. raphael in Plano, Texas. Heck yes! <br><br>Update!! I have 500 left to pay off surgery. Help me reach my goal! I'm donating my 4 binders to guys in need. And I'll personally donate 500 dollars towards someone's surgery fund. You just have to either A. Donate ($amount doesn't matter) or share this link. It's that simple. I want to give back to the community. This is how I'll do it. Thank you to all who've helped me already. Life happens and I misjudged a paycheck that I'll be receiving after surgery. I know everything will be okay. Thank you thank you thank you for your support.<br><br>

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