Support Jessica Shank's Cancer & Infection Treatment

Hi, my name is Jessica and I am fundraising because I had stage 3 cervical cancer. I went through chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The tumor migrated to my pelvis and was bigger than a grapefruit. The treatment seemed to have worked but caused many serious issues such as: osteomyelitis around my heart in the bones in my chest and a severe fungal infection in my spine and neck. I continue to get broken ribs and developed a hump in my upper spine and neck area. It took about 10 months before they figured out what was wrong to diagnose and treat. By that time I couldn't breathe because of the severe inflammation from the front infection and the back infection. I was being squeezed to death, I was being suffocated from the inside. I could barely get enough air to speak. The many doctors have me on multiple medications for at least another year. I suffer daily with tremendous pain just trying to regain my strength to take care of myself and not be more of a burden on my family. I've also lost sight in one of my eyes, hearing in one of my ears, lost my teeth, lost my right kidney, and struggle to walk even with a walker. I live in Massachusetts but get treatment in New York and the insurance still doesn't cover my transportation.

The trip to New York is 51 miles one way. I also have two daughters a 11-year-old named Halo and a 15-year-old named Adriana. I'm disabled and receive SSDI, which isn't enough to live on most months. We are about to run out of propane gas for our stove and owe approximately $150 to H.A. George from a past delivery and then have to pay approximately $130 more bc we have to pay upfront for them to deliver from now on. I don't even have a valid ID bc my license expired in July on my birthday. We also need a new furnace bc that has a crack in it. So if possible please help me have one less thing to worry about and donate anything you can to help me get there and get there safely. I will continue to update and give more information on how dire the situation is for us, so please take the time to read, donate, and share if possible!! Thank you