Please help me due to my cancer

Hello all. My name is Sheila, and I’ve made this fund to try and get assistance with not only my medical bills, but to also help with my rising debt. I’ve created this GoFundMe for myself due to my recent medical diagnosis and the aftermath it has caused.

In March 2023, a CT scan discovered a cyst on my liver at the ER at Kaiser Permanente, but the doctor told me it didn’t look like anything to worry about. In August 2023, after experiencing abdominal pain and pressure across my chest, I had an ultrasound done on my abdomen and the results were listed as “worrisome metastatic disease”, so a biopsy on my liver was scheduled and performed on August 28, 2023. A week later I was told that I had Stage 4 colon cancer that has also metastasized to my liver and lungs. The scans showed that the tumor in my colon was 3cm, there were small nodules of cancer on my lungs, and half of my liver was covered in tumors.

I started chemotherapy treatments in mid September 2023, and I'm lucky to have a great oncologist and medical team. I have what is called a PICC line on my left arm in order to receive my chemotherapy. They surgically inserted a tube in a vein in my arm that goes all the way to one of the top chambers of my heart, and there are 2 injection ports left on my arm that the medication bags and syringes are hooked up to.

The side effects from the chemotherapy range from painful numbing reactions to anything cold, including the feeling of jaw pain and the sensation of my throat constricting which last up to a week to which affects my nerves and muscles to where I can’t feel my fingers or feet, and it’s developed into severe neuropathy where my fingertips and soles of my feet are extremely numb. The side effects also include abdominal pain, nausea, dizziness, and extreme weakness. It's a similar feeling to having atrophy -- I have hardly any energy or strength in my lower extremities.

Sadly in April 2024, I had to have emergency surgery when a section of my large intestines ruptured due to diverticulitis, and I now have to deal with having a colostomy bag as a result of this. More recently, it has been discovered that I had 4 blood clots -- 2 in my left arm, and 2 in my neck and chest area. Due to this I now have to have blood thinner injections administered every 12 hours through to the end of the year.

All of these medical issues I'm now experiencing have greatly increased the amount of days I’m at the hospital weekly and has made securing any employment impossible and I had no income during this time. I have applied for Social Security benefits in September 2023, which took five months for the benefits to be approved and for me to receive them, and I receive less than half what I made when I was able to work. Not having an income for 5 months has put me in debt with my creditors to the tune of $20,000 with no ability to catch up.

I know times a tough for us all, and I greatly appreciate any amount given.

Thank you for reading my gofundme.