Help Kim Fight Breast Cancer
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My sister has Breast Cancer. These are words that I'd never thought I'd say. If you know Kim, you know that she is tough. She works out daily. She's at the gym with heavier weights than you would ever imagine a 5'2 girl might lift. She eats healthy. She works hard each day and just finished her Master's program. With all that, she's also always there when I call her whether I just need to vent or if I want her to grab lunch with me. She's always there when I need her, when our family needs her, or when her friends need her. And now she needs us.
The Story
In the beginning of 2020, Kim found a lump high up on her chest. She noticed it growing pretty quickly. She saw her primary care doctor who brushed it off, but Kim advocated for herself and got a second opinion. Then COVID-19 hit and the appointment was pushed. The lump continued to grow. She was finally able to see another doctor in May and they told her that it was "more than likely benign, but she could remove it or just keep it." She took multiple tests – a mammogram and an ultrasound and they both came back as "probably benign." She then decided to get it removed, thinking that it would just be removed for cosmetic purposes, but as I said previously, the biopsy told us differently.
In September, Kim was diagnosed with Stage 2 HER2-positive Breast Cancer. She didn't ask for any help. She immediately made a spreadsheet and a plan. Like I said, this girl is tough. She started treatments for fertility, because at 30, she has her entire life to look forward too. This process was not fully covered by her insurance.
She then started chemotherapy treatments. She'll continue these through the winter. Although she is tough, chemo has not been easy. She doesn't complain, but understands that it is part of the process to beating this. Once she is done with chemotherapy, she will be continuing treatments and undergo multiple surgeries to fully remove any trace of the cancerous cells.
I am sharing this story to help Kim financially on this journey. Nobody plans for this, especially when you are 30 years old. It is not easy to pay for multiple surgeries, treatments, and all the other expenses that this has brought on and will bring in the future. She is, and has been, traveling back and forth to Boston for treatments. There are so many unanswered questions when someone is diagnosed with Breast Cancer. We do not want Kim to worry about any of those.
Our goal is to raise $30,000 to help her with the financial burden of cancer. If you are able to donate anything to help reach that goal, every dollar counts to that and we thank you so much!
If you are unable to donate at this time, sharing this page also helps. Thank you all for caring so much about Kim and showing her so much love. I know that she cannot wait until she can see family and friends again sometime soon.
I know that Kim would also want me to add this into any narrative written about her story: Advocate for yourselves if you feel as though something is wrong. If she had listened to the multiple doctors that told her it was benign, she would not have caught this as early as she did.
The Story
In the beginning of 2020, Kim found a lump high up on her chest. She noticed it growing pretty quickly. She saw her primary care doctor who brushed it off, but Kim advocated for herself and got a second opinion. Then COVID-19 hit and the appointment was pushed. The lump continued to grow. She was finally able to see another doctor in May and they told her that it was "more than likely benign, but she could remove it or just keep it." She took multiple tests – a mammogram and an ultrasound and they both came back as "probably benign." She then decided to get it removed, thinking that it would just be removed for cosmetic purposes, but as I said previously, the biopsy told us differently.
In September, Kim was diagnosed with Stage 2 HER2-positive Breast Cancer. She didn't ask for any help. She immediately made a spreadsheet and a plan. Like I said, this girl is tough. She started treatments for fertility, because at 30, she has her entire life to look forward too. This process was not fully covered by her insurance.
She then started chemotherapy treatments. She'll continue these through the winter. Although she is tough, chemo has not been easy. She doesn't complain, but understands that it is part of the process to beating this. Once she is done with chemotherapy, she will be continuing treatments and undergo multiple surgeries to fully remove any trace of the cancerous cells.
I am sharing this story to help Kim financially on this journey. Nobody plans for this, especially when you are 30 years old. It is not easy to pay for multiple surgeries, treatments, and all the other expenses that this has brought on and will bring in the future. She is, and has been, traveling back and forth to Boston for treatments. There are so many unanswered questions when someone is diagnosed with Breast Cancer. We do not want Kim to worry about any of those.
Our goal is to raise $30,000 to help her with the financial burden of cancer. If you are able to donate anything to help reach that goal, every dollar counts to that and we thank you so much!
If you are unable to donate at this time, sharing this page also helps. Thank you all for caring so much about Kim and showing her so much love. I know that she cannot wait until she can see family and friends again sometime soon.
I know that Kim would also want me to add this into any narrative written about her story: Advocate for yourselves if you feel as though something is wrong. If she had listened to the multiple doctors that told her it was benign, she would not have caught this as early as she did.
Organizer and beneficiary
Brittanie McGregor
Organizer
Ludlow, MA
Kimberly McGregor
Beneficiary