Help Amy displace Cancer from her Breast

From Amy:


Friends, I have news. Bad news.

I have breast cancer.

Triple negative, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma.

The Friday before Thanksgiving, I felt a lump when I rolled onto my stomach to go to sleep. I thought it was a bound-up muscle because we had just started working on the Christmas music in hand bells and I play the big bells and the music was loud and fast. I thought I had bruised myself by pressing my bell against my chest to damp it.

But when Christmas was over and it didn’t get any better, I mentioned it to my friend Carol who then needled me into getting a mammogram. She was even kind enough to go with me to get it.

The mammogram led to a biopsy later that same day. That led to a phone call the next Tuesday telling me it was cancerous.

I’ve had an MRI and a PET scan, and both of those show that the only cancer in my entire body is that one lump, and maybe one lymph node.

I get a port placed in my vein this Wednesday, and I start chemotherapy on the 15th. I’ll do 4, 2-week cycles of AC chemo. I will be nauseous, fatigued and loose my hair. (I’m really upset about the hair. I’ve been working on this nest of hair for years!!) After those 8 weeks, they will decide if they want to do surgery, or put me on 12 more, 1-week cycles of Taxol chemotherapy.

So, that’s the scoop. I’m approaching this as if I made a really bad hobby choice for 2019. It’s going to take a lot of my time and money, just like a hobby, and I may be hurting a lot. It’s as if I decided to start skiing.

But I am not devoting my life to having cancer, because then when I’m done having cancer, I won’t have a life to go back to!! It’s just a part of my life for now.

Thank you all for caring! Here’s hoping I have a lovely skull.



From Steven:


I Love Amy very much and I will be right next to her in every procedure for the foreseeable future.  
None of this getting her down and definitely not stopping her from enjoying what she has gained in life. She is strong willed and will let this cancer know it’s not welcomed. She is constantly repeating that the cancer is unwelcomed in her body and need to be displaced elsewhere than her body.

She’s immediately going for Chemotherapy first off, after consulting with doctors this seemed like the best step going forward. Although this is the start, we are not entirely sure if this will show any benefits to help with surgery in a few months time.

As more tests and procedures might arise these funds could help with those additional expenses. We are hoping for the fastest recovery for all the steps, however, Amy will be needing prescription drugs and CBD edibles for several months. Therefore, any donations will greatly help with this. Please donate to Amy for her displacement of the cancer, or please send us whatever you feel that will benefit her in this endeavor.



From Joy:


I met Amy in college. The Spring Semester in the year of 1994. I’ve known her longer than I have not known her. 25 years of ups & downs, laughter & tears, questioning & solving, dresses & raver pants, tarty tops & business suits, meetings & parties, delivery rooms & funerals. She’s the quintessential Libra: a delightful balance of a whole lotta different and diverse things. She is skulls & roses, death metal & tea parties, taxes & White Snake cover songs. I adore her. This cancer thing sucks. A whole lot. I want to help and support her in all the ways she has helped and supported me over these last 25 years. Some of that will be donating to help cover medical costs. For me, I’m earmarking all my funds for edibles. She’s been straight edge all her life. No alcohol. No smoking. No drugs. Me: not so much. She has been my DD and babysitter many an evening. Maybe once or twice, she’s even had to pick me up off the ground in an alleyway. Now it’s my turn to shine! I hope you’ll join me in helping our girl with any needs she has during this crappy alleyway of cancer.