Help thru this cancer nightmare!
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Hello my name is Sarah and I’m 31 years old. Alittle about myself ... I have 2 amazing children , a daughter named Lisa she is 7 and a son named Jeremiah and he is 4 months old and I have an amazing fiancé Jovan we have been together for alittle over 3 years. Im currently a stay at home mom , not by choice and this is why I’m making a go fund me page. I have had a lot happen to me in my life growing up, I lost my mother at the age of 15 to cancer and that was a BIG impact on my life . Had my daughter when I was 23 and I named her after my mother. Met jovan in 2017 and fell madly in love. He stepped up and became Lisa’s father figure that she never had. Jovan and I ended up finding out in February 2019 that we were expecting a baby ! We were soo excited to add to our family ! So now here we are... at the beginning of my pregnancy I had to do what every female goes thru and get a Pap smear done , well mine came back abnormal and they had told me the results came back as precancerous cells, I didn’t think it could happen to me nor is it something you wanna hear . So fast forward to my due date and I was still not dilating at all and my cervix didn’t feel right to the doctor so he sent me for a second opinion. The doctor he sent me to that day agreed with the first doctor and so they scheduled me to have a csection to be on the safe side and then they said after I heal from the csection I needed to have a biopsy done...2 days later My handsome baby boy was born and my family was complete . So about 7/8weeks after I had the csection I went in for my biopsy...one week later I got the news that it was in fact cancer, I feel like once I heard that news my heart fell out my chest and all I could do was sit there and cry ! I called my dad and my brother and just cried to them ! I thank god I have jovan near me bcuz I cried on his shoulder as well. So scared and trying to be strong and hold it together so my daughter doesn’t wonder what’s wrong. The doctor made me an appointment to go have a pet scan done as soon as he could so he could check to make sure it was only in my cervix. I got the results back from that scan a week later and the good news there was it was only in my cervix and the doctor told me that he recommends doing a hysterectomy in hopes that he can remove it all and I won’t have to have any further treatment..so he scheduled my surgery for March 5th. So that day came and I had to bring my kids to my cousins and rush back home so jovan could bring me to Rhode Island where I’ll be having the surgery done. He stayed by my side thru everything and I thank god for that ! While I was being prepped for the surgery my doctor came in and explained everything that he was going to do and an addition to my full hysterectomy he was also going to remove some of the lymph nodes that surround my cervix so he can have them tested to make sure the cancer hasn’t spread. I was in the hospital for 3 days . So fast forward again to today March 18th I had my follow up for the surgery I walked in there with my head held high thinking positive got put into the room and my doctor came in.... not good news yet again ! The cancer has spread and so now the next steps for me is chemo and radiation in which I start in 4-6 weeks ! I couldn’t do nothing but fucking sit in there while she was explaining everything to me balling my eyes out ! Why me !? I’m trying my best to hold it all together for my kids and Jovan and myself ! Honestly I was hoping for good results at this appointment so I can go back to work and help provide for my family ! I hate that I can’t help out financially! This isn’t what I was expecting! I thank god everyday for jovan ! He is my backbone thru all of this ! I love him and my kids with all that I have! I’m not gonna give up this fight. if there is any way you could help me during this horrible nightmare I’d really appreciate it ! Anything helps ! Thank you ❤️
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Sarah Gifford
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Norwich, CT