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she lives in Mississauga, she only moved to seattle for treatment
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I moved to Seattle for treatment on December 9, 2023. I am working with Dr. Ben Chue from Lifespring Cancer Treatment Center. The decision to leave my family and move here was not an easy one. However, I was not doing well on standard of care offered in Canada and my oncologist was not very positive or open (to say the least). Unfortunately a number of metastases progressed so I do not have the benefit of time to play games. As a 45 year old mother of two I refuse to give up. I want to see my children in their adult lives, meet and love on grandchildren.
Dr. Chue’s protocol (which he graciously shared with my Canadian oncologist) has a number of stage 4 patients who are living and thriving as much as 20 years, cancer free. I’ve met a few thrivers myself and look forward to being one of them. As I do not have US health insurance I pay out of pocket for treatment. I secured a loan for treatment and family/ friends have been helping me with living costs. My plan was to offset costs by traveling back and forth to Canada for scans, naturopathic support, medication, dental etc. I actually have dental surgery (which I must do before beginning a treatment for my bones) planned for March which I’ll no longer be able to do.
My plan to offset treatment costs has now been thwarted by the loss of insurance. I will continue to get scans in Canada as the government covers those costs. It’s a common misconception that all heath is free in Canada. This is simply not so - medication, dental, vision, naturopathy etc are not covered.
A number of people have written to me asking how they can help, please be patient if I haven’t yet responded to your message. I didn’t share my story as a fundraising effort. But maybe this is the strategy that God’s providing me. The truth is I’ve been praying and asking God where is he? So many things have been happening to me - the enemy has been attacking me since moving to Seattle - I know he is trying to prevent me from continuing treatment. I know God is here, he shows up for me through the many guardian angels he sends. However, each time I have thought things couldn’t get worse they do. I’ve been meditating on the book of Job and know that just like Job I will be redeemed but the journey to redemption is not an easy one.
Here is the link to my GoFundMe every little bit helps -
Help Andrena with Cancer Treatment in Seattle, organized by Luckresha Ramsamugh-Baker