Brianna Womick and her fight with Stage 4 Cancer
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I understand that times are hard for everyone right now and I wish that these horrific times for me were over, but they just keep coming. These past years have gotten me to the point of where I feel like I have no other options but to reach out to my friends and coworkers.
The breast cancer I had prior in 2014, returned two years later. My cancer wasn’t discovered for many months until my spine was broken in half. I was paralyzed from the waist down unable to walk. I have stage 4 cancer now. Those of you who have seen me recently, know that being able to walk again & perform stunts after a full spine fusion is nothing short of a miracle. In the last 6 years, I have had 12 surgeries. In the past year, I have survived 2 strokes, an emergency heart surgery, and other complications.
I decided to devote myself to the man of my dreams in front of God and family. My Dad was so happy to learn that John wanted to marry me. But sadly, my Dad passed before he could walk me down the aisle. I got to marry my best friend and lover.
Recently, my husband John, had his attorney call to tell me he wanted a divorce and moved back to his home state abandoning me all in one week in my condition because he can’t handle that I’m sick. Him, his friends & family are being so cold to me now and have shut off all communication, they were my support team. His attorney is telling me she’s taking everything from me because they know I don’t have the money for a legitimate attorney for myself. I’m heartbroken, devastated, & in tears not wanting this divorce & cannot understand him abandoning me after 21 yrs together (married for only 3.5 yrs) when I met him as a teenager. I depended on my health insurance to help pay for treatments and other medical expenses. With us no longer together, I will be without health insurance. So far, I have attempted to reach out to numerous pro-bono & low income attorneys to help me with this pending divorce along with Medi-cal/Medicare options and have been unsuccessful in getting the support needed due to lack of finances & income. I have faced a multitude of health challenges that have made my life and the lives around me difficult. I know because of me being sick with cancer for over 6 years & recovering from spine surgeries & a severe thyroid disorder I have had the worst time coping with what is happening to me right now.
During this pandemic I’m unable to do anything physically or be able to support myself. I’m going to have to leave California with no way to afford a place to live, no health insurance that pays for my highly specialized cancer meds & treatments, & no quality cancer care anywhere for hours with the remote town I will be forced to endure living in until I pass away from this awful disease. I’m going to lose my health insurance when I move states due to other reasons with medicare, my entire life has been destroyed and now I’m facing a terminal illness alone.
I have been in survival mode recently planning for the worst. My spine fusion broke in half just a couple months ago, I have been waiting because of COVID-19 for another intense surgery to fix it. I’m in too much pain most days to hardly walk let alone get food or get to my treatments, especially having to drive myself after in so much pain.
I still have more surgeries to do in LA while trying to figure out how to find a way to recover here with no home once I move and being broke. I have no idea how to pack my apartment and move in the health condition I am in and no idea how to stay alive without insurance to cover my cancer treatments. I have no idea how I am going to pay my health insurance. I need help, please friends if there is anything else that I can do or any way you can help, if nothing more can you please pray for me? Thank you for listening to my story, I need all the help that I can get. Many blessings always.
*please refrain from suggesting “cancer cures”, looking up pro bono attorneys, or medi-cal/medicare insurance (they don’t cover my cancer treatments/meds) unless you have a definite referral that can & will help as I’m already doing a lot of this on my own. It’s more stress than I can handle to go through unverified/unknown recommendations when I have so much on my plate physically & emotionally already. I will really appreciate it. Thank you.
The breast cancer I had prior in 2014, returned two years later. My cancer wasn’t discovered for many months until my spine was broken in half. I was paralyzed from the waist down unable to walk. I have stage 4 cancer now. Those of you who have seen me recently, know that being able to walk again & perform stunts after a full spine fusion is nothing short of a miracle. In the last 6 years, I have had 12 surgeries. In the past year, I have survived 2 strokes, an emergency heart surgery, and other complications.
I decided to devote myself to the man of my dreams in front of God and family. My Dad was so happy to learn that John wanted to marry me. But sadly, my Dad passed before he could walk me down the aisle. I got to marry my best friend and lover.
Recently, my husband John, had his attorney call to tell me he wanted a divorce and moved back to his home state abandoning me all in one week in my condition because he can’t handle that I’m sick. Him, his friends & family are being so cold to me now and have shut off all communication, they were my support team. His attorney is telling me she’s taking everything from me because they know I don’t have the money for a legitimate attorney for myself. I’m heartbroken, devastated, & in tears not wanting this divorce & cannot understand him abandoning me after 21 yrs together (married for only 3.5 yrs) when I met him as a teenager. I depended on my health insurance to help pay for treatments and other medical expenses. With us no longer together, I will be without health insurance. So far, I have attempted to reach out to numerous pro-bono & low income attorneys to help me with this pending divorce along with Medi-cal/Medicare options and have been unsuccessful in getting the support needed due to lack of finances & income. I have faced a multitude of health challenges that have made my life and the lives around me difficult. I know because of me being sick with cancer for over 6 years & recovering from spine surgeries & a severe thyroid disorder I have had the worst time coping with what is happening to me right now.
During this pandemic I’m unable to do anything physically or be able to support myself. I’m going to have to leave California with no way to afford a place to live, no health insurance that pays for my highly specialized cancer meds & treatments, & no quality cancer care anywhere for hours with the remote town I will be forced to endure living in until I pass away from this awful disease. I’m going to lose my health insurance when I move states due to other reasons with medicare, my entire life has been destroyed and now I’m facing a terminal illness alone.
I have been in survival mode recently planning for the worst. My spine fusion broke in half just a couple months ago, I have been waiting because of COVID-19 for another intense surgery to fix it. I’m in too much pain most days to hardly walk let alone get food or get to my treatments, especially having to drive myself after in so much pain.
I still have more surgeries to do in LA while trying to figure out how to find a way to recover here with no home once I move and being broke. I have no idea how to pack my apartment and move in the health condition I am in and no idea how to stay alive without insurance to cover my cancer treatments. I have no idea how I am going to pay my health insurance. I need help, please friends if there is anything else that I can do or any way you can help, if nothing more can you please pray for me? Thank you for listening to my story, I need all the help that I can get. Many blessings always.
*please refrain from suggesting “cancer cures”, looking up pro bono attorneys, or medi-cal/medicare insurance (they don’t cover my cancer treatments/meds) unless you have a definite referral that can & will help as I’m already doing a lot of this on my own. It’s more stress than I can handle to go through unverified/unknown recommendations when I have so much on my plate physically & emotionally already. I will really appreciate it. Thank you.
Organizer and beneficiary
Milly Nalin Matlovsky
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Brianna Womick
Beneficiary