Even with medical insurance, trying to fight a catastrophic illness like cancer is insanely expensive. While I worked through the diagnosis stages, this has all gone quickly dramatic since my hospital admission in early March. Having contracted pneumonia after my first biopsy I spent nearly a month in the hospital, first for a second biopsy and then for a thoracotomy, which is widely considered one of the most difficult surgeries to recover from and during which they removed an entire lobe of my lung.
While I have been home for a few weeks now on disability, trying to recover from the surgery and working with a physical therapist, chemo is looming in the near future. Currently I am just waiting on insurance approvals to get the port surgically installed.
I have recently been informed that my daughter has started a
Go Fund Me campaign to try and help cover some of my medical expenses. I am profoundly grateful to all who have donated so far. You have no idea how much your support means to me.
