Linda Roddy Nelson

Everyone one who knows Linda knows she is a woman of God who has devoted her entire life to the Lord and her amazing family. She is completely selfless and gives every bit of herself to make the lives of those around her better.

Name is our time to show her some of that same selflessness.

Linda has recently been diagnosed with cancer for the FOURTH time!

She had skin cancer; she beat it.

Later she was diagnosed with breast cancer, had radiation and beat that.

About 5 years later, her breast cancer came back. She had to endure chemotherapy and a mastectomy. Linda also beat that! She’s a true warrior!

Recently, she was diagnosed with bile duct cancer that has moved to her liver. It is

Stage 4.

Bile duct cancer is a rare form of cancer and hard to detect. The tumors are in both lobes of her liver. Surgery isn’t an option, mainly because one of her tumors is in a bad spot and it’s simply too risky.

Currently she has a port and is on chemo. Her chemotherapy cycles are done in 3 week increments. During the first week, she has chemo with immunotherapy. Week 2 is just chemo and then she rests the 3rd week. At that point, the 3 week cycle resumes.

Linda and her daughter have been traveling to Houston to see Dr Javle at MD Anderson Cancer Center, as well as her radiation doctor, Dr Holliday. They both have been amazing! Linda and her family met with two separate doctors in the St. Louis area for a first and second opinion, and they were referred to these doctors after those visits. He is the number one doctor in the world who treats, Gastro, intestinal, cancers, and patients from around the world, travel to Houston just to meet with him to see his expertise, Linda is so lucky to be able to be treated by such an incredible team of doctors

These trips have been very costly and taking time off work is expensive in order for her to have the most comprehensive treatment plan. The doctors have begun planning for radiation treatments that will last approximately three weeks. These treatments will have to take place in Houston. Not only will she be unable to work during this time, she and her family will have to pay for the travel expenses, accommodations, food, and other expenditures wile she is being treated.

We would like to raise money to ease the financial burden for Linda and her family so that she can put her entire focus on healing.