Hi, I'm fowarding this post from Damsel by request. kilikini and TFM both
subscribe to this ng and I'm sure a lot of you know something about her
situation. You may reply to me (my address is not munged) but I don't have
the home address or the paypal account information.

Actually, I'll suggest to kili the next time we talk she give me the name of
the surgeon, hospital, etc. so they can set up a fund for people to make any
donations directly for this purpose. Let their accounting departments deal
with it, ya know?

Anyway, please read the post made to RFC by Damsel, below.

Jill
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
I just got off the phone with Christy. She was in tears. This is
why.

She has a large, painful lump in her breast. Actually, two of them.
And swollen, painful lymph nodes in her armpit. Her doctor has told
her that she has advanced breast cancer. She was scheduled for a
pre-op tomorrow and a lumpectomy (which I'm appalled by - this should
be a radical double mastectomy, IMHO) next Monday.

She called today to see if she should come to the clinic fasting for
blood tests or anything. Turns out, she has to give them $6,000 *up
front* for the pre-op (and they cut that in half for her because she
has NO money), and another $14,000 *up front* for the surgery itself.
No one had told her any of this!

So the surgery is off, and the cancer continues to grow and spread.

Does anyone know of a hospital and physician who would be willing to
do the surgery pro-bono? Anywhere? Maybe we could take up a
collection for airline tickets if she can find that type of help.

I'm not sure if we could ever gather $20,000 together if that's not
possible, but there *are* a lot of us. I have Christy and TFM's home
address and TFM's PayPal address from another time. If anyone can
help, pleast contact me, and I'll pass that information along to you.

Honestly, if I had enough equity in my house, i'd sell it right now
and give her the money. But I don't, so I can't. This post is
really the only thing I can do besides pray more often. People are
praying for her, lighting pink candles for her, probably doing all
kinds of things I don't understand, all on her behalf. If there's
anything you can do ....

Thank you.

"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
Hi, I'm fowarding this post from Damsel by request. kilikini and TFM both
subscribe to this ng and I'm sure a lot of you know something about her
situation. You may reply to me (my address is not munged) but I don't
have
the home address or the paypal account information.

Actually, I'll suggest to kili the next time we talk she give me the name
of
the surgeon, hospital, etc. so they can set up a fund for people to make
any
donations directly for this purpose. Let their accounting departments
deal
with it, ya know?

Anyway, please read the post made to RFC by Damsel, below.

Jill


Jill,

Check your email please.

Shawn

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
I just got off the phone with Christy. She was in tears. This is
why.

She has a large, painful lump in her breast. Actually, two of them.
And swollen, painful lymph nodes in her armpit. Her doctor has told
her that she has advanced breast cancer. She was scheduled for a
pre-op tomorrow and a lumpectomy (which I'm appalled by - this should
be a radical double mastectomy, IMHO) next Monday.

She called today to see if she should come to the clinic fasting for
blood tests or anything. Turns out, she has to give them $6,000 *up
front* for the pre-op (and they cut that in half for her because she
has NO money), and another $14,000 *up front* for the surgery itself.
No one had told her any of this!

So the surgery is off, and the cancer continues to grow and spread.

Does anyone know of a hospital and physician who would be willing to
do the surgery pro-bono? Anywhere? Maybe we could take up a
collection for airline tickets if she can find that type of help.

I'm not sure if we could ever gather $20,000 together if that's not
possible, but there *are* a lot of us. I have Christy and TFM's home
address and TFM's PayPal address from another time. If anyone can
help, pleast contact me, and I'll pass that information along to you.

Honestly, if I had enough equity in my house, i'd sell it right now
and give her the money. But I don't, so I can't. This post is
really the only thing I can do besides pray more often. People are
praying for her, lighting pink candles for her, probably doing all
kinds of things I don't understand, all on her behalf. If there's
anything you can do ....

Thank you.

I've sent an email to the American Cancer Society to see if they know of
facilities doing help for folks without insurance.
--
Regards,

Piedmont

The Practical Bar-B-Q'r at: http://web.infoave.net/~amwil/Index.htm

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless,
whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism
or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi, "Non-Violence in Peace and War"

jmcquown wrote:
Hi, I'm fowarding this post from Damsel by request. kilikini and TFM
both subscribe to this ng and I'm sure a lot of you know something
about her situation. You may reply to me (my address is not munged)
but I don't have the home address or the paypal account information.

Actually, I'll suggest to kili the next time we talk she give me the
name of the surgeon, hospital, etc. so they can set up a fund for
people to make any donations directly for this purpose. Let their
accounting departments deal with it, ya know?

Anyway, please read the post made to RFC by Damsel, below.

Jill

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
I just got off the phone with Christy. She was in tears. This is
why.

She has a large, painful lump in her breast. Actually, two of them.
And swollen, painful lymph nodes in her armpit. Her doctor has told
her that she has advanced breast cancer. She was scheduled for a
pre-op tomorrow and a lumpectomy (which I'm appalled by - this should
be a radical double mastectomy, IMHO) next Monday.

She called today to see if she should come to the clinic fasting for
blood tests or anything. Turns out, she has to give them $6,000 *up
front* for the pre-op (and they cut that in half for her because she
has NO money), and another $14,000 *up front* for the surgery itself.
No one had told her any of this!

So the surgery is off, and the cancer continues to grow and spread.

Does anyone know of a hospital and physician who would be willing to
do the surgery pro-bono? Anywhere? Maybe we could take up a
collection for airline tickets if she can find that type of help.

I'm not sure if we could ever gather $20,000 together if that's not
possible, but there *are* a lot of us. I have Christy and TFM's home
address and TFM's PayPal address from another time. If anyone can
help, pleast contact me, and I'll pass that information along to you.

Honestly, if I had enough equity in my house, i'd sell it right now
and give her the money. But I don't, so I can't. This post is
really the only thing I can do besides pray more often. People are
praying for her, lighting pink candles for her, probably doing all
kinds of things I don't understand, all on her behalf. If there's
anything you can do ....

Thank you.


Radicals have been shown to be no better than lumpectomy...........
Please keep us informed.

Lew/+Silat

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:12:25 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Hi, I'm fowarding this post from Damsel by request. kilikini and TFM both
subscribe to this ng and I'm sure a lot of you know something about her
situation.


Here is a website that has a list of organizations that MAY be of some
help:

http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov/canc.../organizations
-Chef Juke
"EVERYbody Eats When They Come To MY House!"
www.chefjuke.com

In article , Lew/+Silat says...

Radicals have been shown to be no better than lumpectomy...........
Please keep us informed.

Lew/+Silat

I would hesitate to make blanket statements like that. I don't know of any
oncologist that would do that.

Since my wife has gone through it all (lumpectomy, lymph node radiation, chemo,
subsequent mastectomy, Tamoxifen, hysterectomy, etc.) over the last 6 years, I
am a reluctant expert on breast cancer.

I do know that each woman's breast cancer is different. Tumor size, grade, and
type of tumor often dictate what treatment(s) is best. Age of the woman can also
factor into the treatment program.

My wife was one of the least likely women to get breast cancer. No family
history of cancer and her personal health habits (no smoking, no prolonged use
of birth control pills, had a child, etc.) were to no avail--she still came down
with it.

I encourage all the women I know to examine themselves regularly--that is how my
wife found the lump. Mammograms beginning at age 40 or earlier (my wife was 39
when she was diagnosed).

So far, my wife is doing fine. But the whole thing has changed our lives. It
makes you look at life differently after realizing the potential mortality of
breast cancer.

Mark