Help support Charmaine with kidney cancer

Hello, I am raising funds for my mother in law, Charmaine Humphrey. She has been battling Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell carcinoma) since 2014.

She is so loved by so many and we can’t imagine life without her.

Charmaine is 62 years old & such a loving, compassionate & positive woman. She has a smile that is contagious and always has a positive spirit. She helps and always encourages others, in any way she can and loves her family & friends with all her heart.

Throughout Charmaine’s battle with cancer, which has included extremely scary surgeries and procedures, she has stayed positive and has continued to put others needs, before her own.

She’s will be starting immunotherapy as soon as possible, as there’s no Chemotherapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma. Herself and my father in law, are both on Social Security and unfortunately, the co-pays & out of pocket costs are well beyond their financial budget. The costs for the IV infusions & medications are extremely expensive, over 2,000 monthly is the portion not covered by Insurance.

In December 2014 A large tumor was found in her left kidney protruding out to her renal artery the Oncologist said this carries cancer cells throughout her body, at that time there we’re absolutely no treatments available for Renal Cell Carcinoma other than surgery, February 13 2015 they removed her Left Kidney at OHSU. She made it almost 5 years then they found a metastasis on her Right Adrenal gland, They removed her Right Adrenal gland in October 2019, now they found a metastasis on her L Adrenal gland. The Dr doesn’t want to remove both Adrenal glands as she would be dependent on steroids the rest of her life with the risk of her developing more metastasis elsewhere. We’re all hoping & praying this immunotherapy not only kills the cancerous tumor on her adrenal gland but prevents more cancer cells from spreading & developing elsewhere in her body.

Any help & support would be greatly appreciated.