Colon cancer

Being diagnosed with cancer this past spring, I am grateful to have a surgery date of June 17th. I have colon cancer. I trust my drs and have heard that this type of cancer, overall, has a good prognosis Although I hate to say it, at the top of my stress pile is money. The deductible for my insurance is $6500.

The struggle has been more mental as I navigate through all the feelings of having such a wake up call to life. Do I travel to Italy and just forget about my diagnosis? Do I quit my job and just do things that make me happy? A lot of rhetorical questions arise in myself that are heavy on my heart and a boatload to take it.

Thankful for family and friends is a given , but thank goodness I have a thereapist! (Insert, drum: da dum thump, as I try to make light of the situation w a dumb joke!). Most importantly, I have my faith. Although being grateful is hard at times, it’s really the only thing that keeps me going. I don’t have kids to live for and it just hits different when I could have been a mom just last year.

Of course with any medical predicament, it is unexpected and expensive. So with this news, I sincerely ask for your help. Even with insurance, co pays are as much as $300 for tests that were needed to prove I didn’t have cancer anywhere else in the body.

My deductible is $6500. That’s pretty standard, but with the prospect of all the time I need to take off for recovery (six weeks). I am not guaranteed full paychecks.

With this request, I sincerely thank you and we are just hoping for the best through this trying time. As there has been plenty of tears had by all.

Please consider yourself hugged straight from my heart.

Thank you,

Deana