So now that’s going to take weeks to straighten out before I can even file, and there's no guarantee that I will even get it cause obviously I am unable to work.
So, I tried to apply for unemployment benefits, only to find out someone used my name and address to file a fraudulent claim. Short term disability ended on Nov 23rd, so no income since then. My medical bills are already over $10,000 and climbing. No one prepares you for having cancer, but they certainly don't prepare you for the devastating effect it takes on your finances. I start Chemotherapy on December 30th, a 6-month regiment, followed by radiation. I’m rated a high-risk stage 2 adenocarcinoma. The reports say no, but my surgeon says yes. The only thing there not sure about yet is my pelvic bone. The cancer, even though it had spread to other organs, had not invaded my lymph nodes, and they were able to remove all the areas affected by the cancer. It took a week to get back all the pathology reports, but we did get some good news. I then asked, "how much time are we looking at" and once again no answer.Īll I could think was, I can't leave my son yet, he's too young. I asked him "am I terminal" and he didn't answer me. They had to take a large portion of my colon, large intestine and small intestine. The next day my surgeon came in to tell me that I had Colon cancer, it had perforated the colon wall and spread to my ovary, fallopian tube and pelvis.
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They had to do a full incision 10 inches long, and I woke up with an ostomy bag which I was totally not prepared for. What was supposed to be a fairly routine laparoscopic procedure ended up being major surgery. So, they admitted me to Baystate Medical right away and got me stabilized and we proceeded with the surgery on the 29th. It was mentioned so casually, I really didn't think too much about it, till 5 days before the surgery when I started having the most excruciating pain I've ever known. When we received the results, my surgeon mentioned that there appeared to be a mass in my abdominal cavity. I had to have one more test before surgery, which was a Barium enigma scan. So, they scheduled me to be operated on October 29th to do a colon resection to cut out all the diseased tissue. We did months of tests, several CT scans, and all these confirmed the original diagnosis. I had been suffering from what the doctors thought was diverticulitis since June 2020. Since Jen can't work the money will go to living expenses, paying her bills (including the huge medical bills pilling up), taking care of her son, keeping a roof over their heads and so much more!Īll donations are appreciated now, on a regular basis, or in the future.
We decided to put everything in her name to make it easier and simpler for Jen to get the funds as she needs them. We asked her to write her story which is shared below. We are helping Jen set up a GoFundMe account to help her financially.
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