Help Sara Shaw Win the Breast Cancer Fight!
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Sara’s Battle
My amazing friend, Sara Shaw, has just started the biggest battle of her life. In December 2018, she was diagnosed with Stage 2 metastatic breast cancer. In January 2019, Sara had a mastectomy and several lymph nodes removed. Due to the discovery of additional cancer, she underwent a second surgery four weeks later to remove 20 more lymph nodes. In February, her cancer was reclassified as Stage 3. She is currently undergoing three months of chemotherapy after which she’ll begin five to six weeks of daily radiation treatments. Hormone therapy will become a part of her life for the next five to ten years after that.
About Sara
Sara lives in Rochester, NY, and is employed as the Senior Director of Programs at a local museum. She is a single mother of two awesome children – Dylan, who is on his own, living nearby in Penfield, and Lydia, who lives at home, works at a cafe, and is finishing her freshman year at Monroe Community College.
Sara always strives to maintain a positive attitude about life. Knowing her strength and determination, I am confident she will surmount both the significant physical and emotional challenges that lie ahead – especially with the help and support of her team of doctors, family members, and friends.
Financial challenges for Sara also lie ahead. She has health insurance through her employer, but the plan’s very high deductible and ongoing uncovered medical bills for this year will require at least $7,000.
The much bigger financial challenge for Sara will be due to the loss of income. Since her diagnosis, she has been able to use paid sick leave and paid vacation days to get through the recent surgeries. Her chemotherapy and radiation treatments, as well as recovery from these treatments, will require a much greater amount of time. Sara will be required to take three to four months of unpaid time off work, resulting in a loss of income – income needed to pay rent, pay monthly bills, support her daughter, and cover day-to-day expenses. These financial burdens will be a source of ongoing stress during this time of already overwhelming anxiety.
How can we help Sara?
The doctors and specialists are helping Sara from the medical aspect. Family members, friends, and support agencies are providing Sara the needed emotional support. What is left is tackling the financial challenges during her treatment, which will, in turn, help prevent the anxiety that goes with them.
If Sara is free of stress related to income loss and uncovered medical expenses, she will be able to focus her energies on healing, maintaining a positive spirit, and taking the best care of herself that she can – something that could prove critical for her recovery.
If you know Sara, you know that she is a very kind person with a huge heart. This is an opportunity to return some of that kindness. If you know Sara, you also know that she is not the type of person who likes to ask for help. That is why this GoFundMe request has been created for her. Let’s help Sara WIN this cancer fight!
If you wish to make a contribution, please don’t wait. Simply click on the “Donate” icon at the upper right corner of this GoFundMe page. If you know Sara, you know she will be grateful for donations of ANY amount.
If you wish to make a donation but prefer not to do so online, please feel free to send a check or money order made out to Sara Shaw to the following address: Attn: Sara Shaw, Joe Yokajty, 179 Atlantic Ave - Apt UPPER, Rochester, NY 14607
Please Share
Sharing Sara’s GoFundMe page with others, will be awesome! Just click on the Facebook or Tweet icons at the top of the page or forward the link below.
https://www.gofundme.com/help-sara-shaw-win-the-breast-cancer-fight
It really is a “paying it forward” opportunity. : - )
Thanks in advance.
Joe
We love you Sara!!
My amazing friend, Sara Shaw, has just started the biggest battle of her life. In December 2018, she was diagnosed with Stage 2 metastatic breast cancer. In January 2019, Sara had a mastectomy and several lymph nodes removed. Due to the discovery of additional cancer, she underwent a second surgery four weeks later to remove 20 more lymph nodes. In February, her cancer was reclassified as Stage 3. She is currently undergoing three months of chemotherapy after which she’ll begin five to six weeks of daily radiation treatments. Hormone therapy will become a part of her life for the next five to ten years after that.
About Sara
Sara lives in Rochester, NY, and is employed as the Senior Director of Programs at a local museum. She is a single mother of two awesome children – Dylan, who is on his own, living nearby in Penfield, and Lydia, who lives at home, works at a cafe, and is finishing her freshman year at Monroe Community College.
Sara always strives to maintain a positive attitude about life. Knowing her strength and determination, I am confident she will surmount both the significant physical and emotional challenges that lie ahead – especially with the help and support of her team of doctors, family members, and friends.
Financial challenges for Sara also lie ahead. She has health insurance through her employer, but the plan’s very high deductible and ongoing uncovered medical bills for this year will require at least $7,000.
The much bigger financial challenge for Sara will be due to the loss of income. Since her diagnosis, she has been able to use paid sick leave and paid vacation days to get through the recent surgeries. Her chemotherapy and radiation treatments, as well as recovery from these treatments, will require a much greater amount of time. Sara will be required to take three to four months of unpaid time off work, resulting in a loss of income – income needed to pay rent, pay monthly bills, support her daughter, and cover day-to-day expenses. These financial burdens will be a source of ongoing stress during this time of already overwhelming anxiety.
How can we help Sara?
The doctors and specialists are helping Sara from the medical aspect. Family members, friends, and support agencies are providing Sara the needed emotional support. What is left is tackling the financial challenges during her treatment, which will, in turn, help prevent the anxiety that goes with them.
If Sara is free of stress related to income loss and uncovered medical expenses, she will be able to focus her energies on healing, maintaining a positive spirit, and taking the best care of herself that she can – something that could prove critical for her recovery.
If you know Sara, you know that she is a very kind person with a huge heart. This is an opportunity to return some of that kindness. If you know Sara, you also know that she is not the type of person who likes to ask for help. That is why this GoFundMe request has been created for her. Let’s help Sara WIN this cancer fight!
If you wish to make a contribution, please don’t wait. Simply click on the “Donate” icon at the upper right corner of this GoFundMe page. If you know Sara, you know she will be grateful for donations of ANY amount.
If you wish to make a donation but prefer not to do so online, please feel free to send a check or money order made out to Sara Shaw to the following address: Attn: Sara Shaw, Joe Yokajty, 179 Atlantic Ave - Apt UPPER, Rochester, NY 14607
Please Share
Sharing Sara’s GoFundMe page with others, will be awesome! Just click on the Facebook or Tweet icons at the top of the page or forward the link below.
https://www.gofundme.com/help-sara-shaw-win-the-breast-cancer-fight
It really is a “paying it forward” opportunity. : - )
Thanks in advance.
Joe
We love you Sara!!
Organizer and beneficiary
Joe Yokajty
Organizer
Rochester, NY
Sara V Shaw
Beneficiary