Please Donate To Help Danielle Thompson

I am raising money so I can partake in alternative cancer treatments and get caught up on past-due bills. I have been denied disability. I am struggling to find the resources that could help me through this hard time. Because I have opted out of chemo, the foundations recommended through my medical insurance that supposedly help people dealing with cancer only help those who are doing chemotherapy. Because of being in and out of the hospital and dealing with two very large tumors that caused debilitating symptoms I could not work, stand, drive, or properly take care of myself. Instead of me being able to focus on healing I have to worry about financial issues and figuring out how to afford the treatment best for me. Imagine going through cancer by yourself with no help. There is nothing in place to help a person who is single and experiencing cancer.

Here is the backstory: Starting last year in August of 2022 I went to have surgery to remove what we thought was an endometrioma (chocolate cyst), possibly a Fallopian tube. When the doctors went in laparoscopically, I was told they couldn’t see anything, and the fluid was removed and the sac was left intact, the cyst was 14 cm at the time of the first surgery. At my four-week follow up the cyst had come back, and it was 8-10 cm. The doctor told me to wait 3-6 months to see what happens.

I had to advocate for myself and push to be seen so I was directed to a gynecologist oncologist. I met with him on October 18th. He scheduled the surgery for a month out (November 21, 2022). No one took it seriously, so it was a waiting game. During this time my legs and body became swollen. When I notified the doctor, he said I was young, and it was just water retention. I rushed myself to the hospital on November 20, 2022, because my left leg/thigh had become so big, and I felt weird. After having numerous tests run, Deep Vein Thrombosis was discovered in my left thigh. I was put on blood thinners and the surgery was rescheduled for (January 9, 2023). The tumor started to get so big that it began cutting circulation off my legs. The right side of my right thigh went numb, and I would have sharp pains that would wake me up out of my sleep. I had severe back pain and my whole body was just in pain. 98 percent of my days consisted of me trying to manage the pain.

On December 19, 2022, I had to rush myself to the hospital again because I had severe pain in the left side of my pelvis. I was admitted to the hospital and more tests were run. They discovered another cyst growing rapidly. By this time, I had one cyst that was 18 cm and the other was 10 cm. They rush to get me home before Christmas. During this time the doctors were pressuring and threatening me not to do the surgery if I didn’t allow them to take my reproductive organs. I was put on the highest pain meds then said I needed to seek help from pain management to avoid becoming addicted. I do not have a history of addiction or taking drugs nor have I ever been addicted to pain meds or any substance. There has been an ongoing battle with the doctors and getting the proper help I need. The medical field does not listen to the pain of an African-American woman.

Christmas came and went. A family member visited me and exposed me to COVID during Christmas. This caused the surgery to be pushed back again to January 30, 2023. I was devastated, to say the least. By this time, I wasn’t driving and was even more debilitated. The tumors grew rapidly, and I looked like I was 6 months pregnant. I ended up being malnourished. The anesthesiologist didn’t feel comfortable putting me under without an IVC filter. This filter acts as a cage to prevent any blood clots from traveling to my heart and killing me. I had the first IVC procedure done on January 23, 2023. Then I had the second surgery to remove the tumors on January 30, 2023. I woke up out of surgery in excruciating pain. The doctors then said they didn’t know how I was even functioning. It wasn't until then that they believed I was in serious pain. On February 1, 2023, a doctor came in and said the test results came back as stage two ovarian cancer. She said sorry and then left. While recuperating I experienced ileus and a low blood count that caused me to have to get a blood transfusion. I wasn’t allowed to eat or drink for 3 days. They finally let me eat that Saturday before they released me to go home on Sunday, February 5, 2023. On February 23, 2023, I had the second procedure to remove the IVC filter. At the first oncology appointment, the doctor recommended chemotherapy. He told me I had to hurry up and decide because he was retiring in six months. However, when I spoke to the oncologist, he couldn’t answer my questions and only gave me one option, "standard care" of intensive treatment. I opted out and requested to be seen monthly and have been denied. They have denied my request to be referred and be seen by outside doctors. If my doctors refer me this will allow me to avoid paying out-of-pocket expenses. It’s a battle to get the labs I have requested. I have no team of doctors helping me on a consistent basis. This route is expensive but I prefer what works best for my body. I need your help and support this will help me focus on healing my body in the safest way possible and help me take care of outstanding bills, alleviating the worry and stress of having to find supplemental income. PLEASE HELP ME.