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Laparoscopic cyst removal for Antônia: covering what insurance won't
Antônia needs laparoscopic cyst removal at Duque de Caxias Regional Medical Center and the family is $1,050 short of the hospital's estimate.
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In March I was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. My surgeon at Duque de Caxias Regional Medical Center recommended laparoscopic cyst removal, and I have been placed on the schedule for July. The hospital's financial office gave me a written estimate of $2,100, and after what our health plan will pay, I'm still $1,050 short.
Doctors at Duque de Caxias Regional Medical Center told me a benign brain tumor will get worse without laparoscopic cyst removal. I work as a seamstress, and I have saved what I can, but the estimate of $2,100 is far beyond what I've.
Until the surgery I can't work full days, and my hours as a seamstress have already been cut. Every week of waiting means more pain and a bigger risk.
Recovery is expected to take about 12 weeks. I'll not be able to work a full shift during that time, so this has become a financial emergency as well as a medical one.
The money goes straight to the treatment bills, and I'll share the invoices as they're paid so you can see exactly what your gift did.
Where the $1,050 goes:
• Travel and lodging for the family: $70
• Post-operative medication: $90
• Surgeon and anesthesia fees: $680
• Physiotherapy sessions: $210
Thank you for reading my story.
- Antônia
- due date
- 2026-06-16
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
Updates from Antônia
Thank you all. We're at 58% now ($605). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
- Fatima Rasha Soliman 🇸🇦 · $50
“Be well. Hope you get the rest soon. - Mecca”
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $20
- Ingrid Nadine Dietrich 🇩🇪 · $25
- Patricia M. Ávila 🇨🇴 · $10
“Get well soon. From Bogotá with love. - Bogotá”
- Chebet Esther Kessy 🇺🇬 · $10
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $100
“Praying for you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Ibadan”
- Henry A. Arnold 🇺🇸 · $25
- Matilda Ernestina Antwi 🇬🇭 · $20
- Sander Jesse Brouwer 🇳🇱 · $50
“Be well. My mother told me about this one. - Amsterdam”
- Sandra Medeiros 🇧🇷 · $64
“Get well soon. I'm in Pelotas, thinking of you. - Pelotas”
- Amélie Alice Girard 🇨🇦 · $20
- Usman Tayo Chukwu 🇳🇬 · $25
- Daniela J. Martínez 🇲🇽 · $25
- Nga Anh Tieu 🇺🇸 · $20
- Lokesh Hegde 🇮🇳 · $15
- Nana Kofi Quaye 🇬🇭 · $31
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $5
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Praying for you, Antônia. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
So sorry you're going through this, Antônia. Hope you get there. Blessings.
Praying for you. Hope you get there. Take care
Sending strength, Antônia. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Sending good thoughts. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless.
Hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Nottingham
thinking of you and your family. Hope this works out for you. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Duque de Caxias!
Sending love, Antônia. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Comilla this morning. God bless