Support Breanna in her fight against Ovarian Cancer

Hello, I know you don’t know me, so my name is Breanna. I'm a 25-year-old, elementary school teacher, and new mom who is going through so much at the moment.

I had what I thought to be a cyst at first, for about a year or two now. I went to Kaiser back to back for the extreme pain I was having on my right side. They sent me out saying it’s a 4cm cyst the first time, telling me that it’ll drain on its own. The second time I went, it grew to be 8cm. They told me to take painkillers and wait for the cyst to go away on its own. I went back a third time, and it grew to be 11cm. I then knew something wasn’t right. I couldn’t exercise properly, I couldn’t sleep at night with hot flashes and pain; it hurt so, so bad. Fast forward to 2024, I found out I was pregnant with my daughter, and the pain from my cysts was still manageable with Tylenol. But with a baby growing inside of me with this “cyst” that never went away, it became intolerable again. Because I had moved, the hospital near me was said to be one of the best in maternity and gynecology. It was immediate that they discovered the “cyst” and wanted further testing and ultrasounds along with my baby.

After multiple ultrasounds, a group of doctors came in and examined them in front of me and told me I needed emergency surgery to remove my entire right ovary and fallopian tube while 3 months pregnant so that they could test it. After waiting about 3 weeks, results came back, and I was diagnosed with a granulosa cell tumor. It tested positive for cancer. Cancer doesn’t run in my family, so this is something very new.

After giving birth to my beautiful daughter, I have to get the actual treatment and go through the process of CT scans, MRI, and ultrasounds because another cyst popped up on my left ovary, which means the cancer did spread to my left ovary.

I am here asking for help due to the medical costs. My baby is 4 months old, and I want to be there for her until God says otherwise. Even if that means I can’t give her a sibling guaranteed, but with this surgery, I will be pain-free and hopefully cancer-free as well (hoping it hasn’t already spread elsewhere). Thank you for listening to my situation, and I am very aware that life hits us all, so anything helps. God bless.