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Fighting stage 2 breast cancer: help Lucy afford treatment in Cairns
12 rounds of treatment are planned at Cairns Regional Medical Center; we're asking for help with the costs insurance doesn't cover.
🇦🇺 Cairns, Queensland, Australia4,076 views
Lucy was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in June. The oncology team at Cairns Regional Medical Center has planned 12 rounds of treatment, starting in August. She will be away from work for about 6 weeks.
Lucy is 50, worked as a farmer until June, and has always been the one who looks after everyone else. Now it's our turn to look after her.
Treatment is covered only in part. Medication that isn't on the approved list, trips to Cairns Regional Medical Center 5 times a week, and the income the family has lost add up quickly.
We've already sold what we could and have begun borrowing for groceries. Every kindness from you takes weight off her shoulders.
I'll post every invoice and receipt as an update so donors can follow where each gift goes.
Where the $8,700 goes:
• Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $6,500
• Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $720
• Scans and lab work: $1,480
Every share and every dollar helps.
Updates from Terry
We're at 26% thanks to 50 of you. I met with the treatment center and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
- Nalin Zoysa 🇱🇰 · $250
- Lan Ho 🇻🇳 · $200
“Blessings. Gave what I could this week. - Hải Phòng”
- Nadia H. Naicker 🇿🇦 · $200
- Madeline L. Green 🇨🇦 · $200
- Vivian Blessing Shittu 🇳🇬 · $100
- Stéphane Cousin 🇫🇷 · $100
- Camille Juliette Laine 🇫🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $100
- Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $100
- Khalid Marwan Darwish 🇪🇬 · $100
“Take care of yourselves. Please keep us posted. - Luxor”
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $100
“Best of luck. Thought of Lucy all day after reading this. - Ciudad de México”
- Camilla Rizzo 🇮🇹 · $100
- Isabel M. Luna 🇪🇸 · $100
- Simone Marini 🇮🇹 · $100
“Good luck. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Brescia”
- Romeo P. Aguilar 🇵🇭 · $100
- Delilah Bridges 🇺🇸 · $79
“Keep your head up. Hope the August deadline works out. - San Francisco”
- Edson Eduardo Ferreira 🇧🇷 · $76
- Maja Iwona Krupa 🇵🇱 · $75
- Lester J. Tomas 🇵🇭 · $75
- Byung-hun Young-ho Ryu 🇰🇷 · $75
“Hope it all works out. Hope the August deadline works out. - Suwon”
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Thanks for sharing this, Terry. Wishing Lucy a smooth procedure and a full recovery. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Amiens.