Help Jessica's fight with Cancers

My name is Jess, I am 36 years young. 2024 has been I.S.A.N.E.

I was diagnosed with stage four thyroid cancer on November 8th, 2023, then with stage four lung cancer on December 14th, 2023.

I couldn't go back to work.

Every six months, I must get CT scans, PET scans, MRIs and even more blood tests checking every single level in my body for any changes. Good and bad.

After my LOA was over in March of 2024, I have tried to annoy Medicaid and seek help from my doctors, nurses, social workers, you name it to get health coverage.

It feels like I am literally at war with Medicaid fighting to stay alive.

I am on a targeted radiation pill that I have to take twice a day, 4 pills each time. Every morning and every night.

This is a very new treatment process, and it literally starts at $22,000 per 30-day supply. Yeah, I know.

My doctor broke it down best, “you are terminal, but this does help contain it but every so often the cancer gets smart, and we must change the treatment again.” Every 2-3 years is how my oncologist explained it.

I choose to fight. I do not care for how long, it’s worth it. Every day is worth it.

I am on my last month’s supply of my treatment pills that this amazing charity previously paid for me due to Medicaid not cooperating. I have a few more refills I am getting filled out soon and then transfusions might be the next option due to expenses.

Medicaid has me on a plan where I am literally going month by month and co-paying over $1200.00 and then they will step in to cover what they chose to cover. That is my entire disability check every month.

I work with doctors, nurses, specialists at TGH Cancer Institute & Moffitt. Yes, I have a rare situation and I need multiple doctors watching. The two cancers separately of course.

Prayers are always, ALWAYS REQUESTED & NEEDED. Please help me share my story with everyone and anyone to keep the funds coming in for my medicine but also my scans I need that are over a month due now. Medicaid has not budged.

Side effects are changing again once I went past the 6 month mark. Some are okay, some are not. These scans will help make decisions very soon.

The support and comfort from all of you, especially my family and friends, and going to school have truly given me strength and meaning again. Yes, I was a workaholic, and I do not do well sitting still so I went back to school. It is all helping me heal from the inside out.

Therapy is also very helpful as mentally, this has been a huge struggle.

God always provides and I will never doubt that. It has been a whole year now with these cancer diagnoses and I feel a lot of myself has changed already. I am still trying to learn this whole "go with the flow", saying. It is not always easy but doable, yes.

I thank everyone of you just for taking the time to read my story and I love each and every one of you truly. Life itself has meaning and that is something no one can ever take from you.