Help Liz kick Cancer's Butt

Our dear friend, Liz, has recently been diagnosed with a form of breast cancer known as Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and, as a result of numerous biopsies, multiple scans, testings, and surgery, Liz is going to miss a lot of work, and her cancer treatment and medical bills will add up quickly.



Her friends are asking for help at this time to please help ease, at least, the financial burden of this journey.



Any donation amount helps, as we try to organize and help alleviate some of that financial stress for her, while she, her oncologists, and family create a plan to tackle the other aspects of this journey.




Liz is known to all as a great friend, daughter, sister, aunt, dedicated student, diligent worker and someone who has a generous and caring heart, and her friends are now asking for help as she will tackle one of the hardest challenges of her life—emotionally, physically, and financially.



*Below is a message that Liz shared with her friends regarding her diagnosis*

“I’ve been waiting for when i was ready to be public about this. The words are hard to say.

When I think of how my 20s would end this is probably the last thing I would have thought would happen. There was a lot of other things i wanted to experience before my new battle.

In March of this year I came across a lump in my right breast which I wrote off in some ways because I have family history of fibroids, cysts, but no close cancers. Nonetheless I went to my doctor which led to a series of imaging and ultimately a biopsy that came back as “invasive ductal carcinoma” also known as breast cancer.

I’m 27, when I heard those words my thoughts of how my future was going to look literally went black. Visions I had for my life I couldn’t see anymore because to me this was a death sentence. After being able to process it and meet with an amazing breast cancer team at the hospital I’ve been able to regain those visuals. I’m still in shock. I still don’t know how this is going to change my life. I do know that I am going to beat the shit out of cancer and I also know that I am BLESSED with the support system I’m surrounded by.

Truly, everyone of you who has known about this and is reading this, I love you all and without you guys this would be debilitating. Either way this is going to be a long road, but I’ve alway been a fighter. I can’t wait til i am able to scream that I am a BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR.

Still gives me a knot in my throat even just typing it.

1 in 8 women get breast cancer in their lifetime and only about 4% of women diagnosed in the US are under 40.

My reason for posting this personal journey is really that I hope to spread more awareness, just because you’re not getting mammograms and are young doesn’t mean you aren’t susceptible. PLEASE if you take any thing from this, check yourself, do exams, if you feel something GO TO THE DOCTOR. Doesn’t matter if it isn’t anything just be proactive.

The more I talk about this the easier it is becoming to rationalize. I can’t wait to be just me again.”