Skip to content
HelpBLESS
MoneyMedical & healthCritical

Fighting thyroid cancer: help Avery afford treatment in Greensboro

Supporting Avery through thyroid cancer: medication, transport to Greensboro Cancer Centre, and living costs while She can't work.

🇺🇸 United StatesPosted Sep 30, 20262,703 views
Ruth S. Bennett
Email verified
Member since Jul 6, 2026 · Greensboro
Avery was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in August. The oncology team at Greensboro Cancer Centre has planned 8 rounds of treatment, starting in November. She will be away from work for about 5 weeks. Avery is 43, worked as a tailor until August, 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 Greensboro Cancer Centre 4 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. Funds will be used only for treatment, medication, transport to appointments and essential living costs during treatment. Where the $12,250 goes: • Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $7,750 • Scans and lab work: $1,200 • Transport to Greensboro Cancer Centre: $1,000 • Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $470 • Household costs while unable to work: $1,830 Thanks for being kind about this.

Updates from Ruth

  1. Update from Greensboro: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 22% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Small update. $1,732 so far, we've started the first stage.

  • Carter R. Armstrong 🇬🇧 · $30 · 5h ago
  • Miguel A. López 🇲🇽 · $19 · 5h ago
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50 · 5h ago
  • Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $100 · 7h ago
  • Donna K. Vazquez 🇺🇸 · $100 · 7h ago
  • Nazrul Mizanur Rahman 🇧🇩 · $75 · 7h ago
  • Sophia B. Freeman 🇺🇸 · $25 · 8h ago
  • Segun Adewale Musa 🇳🇬 · $5 · 9h ago
  • Ellie A. Lane 🇺🇸 · $25 · 9h ago
  • Axel Arvid Pettersson 🇸🇪 · $25 · 9h ago

    “Rooting for you. Saw your post and had to give. - Uppsala”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50 · 10h ago

    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Avery all day after reading this.”

  • Francesco Ferri 🇮🇹 · $100 · 11h ago
  • Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $100 · 11h ago
  • Pankaj B. Dhawan 🇮🇳 · $75 · 12h ago
  • Kioko David Waweru 🇰🇪 · $25 · 13h ago

    “Blessings. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Kakamega”

  • Camila Juliana Azevedo 🇧🇷 · $5 · 13h ago
  • Elena K. Perez 🇵🇭 · $20 · 17h ago

    “Hang in there. Gave what I could this week. - Dasmariñas”

  • Kanya Chanida Suksawat 🇹🇭 · $10 · 17h ago
  • Prakash C. Kashyap 🇮🇳 · $30 · 19h ago
  • Viliami S. Tamihana 🇳🇿 · $50 · 20h ago

    “You got this - Christchurch”

Reviews

Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.

No reviews yet.

Questions & comments

Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.

Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.

  • Thinking of you and your family. Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Nîmes

    • wishing you peace, Ruth. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Bang Khen this morning. God bless

      • Rooting for you. Hope the doctors have good news. It's not much but it's yours

        • you're not alone, Ruth. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

          • Hope things get better soon, Ruth. Shared it with a few friends. After 13 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

            • Sending good thoughts, Ruth. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Love from Aurangabad.

              $4,339 raised of $12,250

              Give

              More people who need help