ICANcer

10/17/2026

🙏❤️ PRAYER WARRIORS, WE NEED YOU! ❤️🙏

I’m asking everyone to please lift up a very special young lady in prayer. 🙏 My friend’s daughter has been fighting cancer, and right now, she could really, really use all the prayers, love, and support we can send her way. ❤️‍🩹

Cancer is such a difficult battle, not only for the person fighting it but for the entire family who loves them. 💔 Today, I’m asking you to take a moment to pray for her healing, her strength, her comfort, and for peace for her family during this difficult time.

🙏 Pray for miracles.
❤️ Pray for strength.
✝️ Pray for hope when things feel overwhelming.
🕊️ Pray for peace that only God can provide.

The Bible reminds us in Matthew 18:20 that where two or three gather in His name, He is there among them. Let’s surround this sweet girl and her family with an outpouring of love and prayers. ❤️🙏

If you believe in the power of prayer, please stop scrolling for a moment and say a prayer for her today. And if you feel comfortable, leave a ❤️ or 🙏 in the comments so her family can see just how many people are lifting them up.

Let’s show them they are NOT fighting alone. ❤️🙏✝️

❤️✝️

10/16/2026

💥😑It’s been a busy week well a busy week for me. Started the week out by celebrating my birthday. I went to a garden club meeting, volunteered at the fair and did a little bit yardwork, well supervised my daughter‘s boyfriend doing work. Trying to make small gains as I can. 💥💥

10/13/2026

🦓🦓🦓🦓🦓💜 52 YEARS OF LIFE,
LESSONS & PERSPECTIVE 🦓🦓🦓🦓🦓🦓💜

Today, I turn 52, and living with cancer has given me a different perspective on what truly matters.

Life doesn’t always go as planned. There are hard days, uncertain moments, and battles others may never see. But there is also beauty in the ordinary, joy in the little things, strength in faith, and so much to be grateful for along the way.

As I begin another year, my goal is to live with purpose, love my people well, make memories, find laughter even on difficult days, and never lose sight of the blessings that remain.

Cancer is part of my story, but it isn’t my whole story. 🦓💜

Here’s to another year of living, learning, loving, and finding reasons to keep moving forward—one day at a time.

Life is precious. Make it meaningful. 🎗️🙏🏻🦓

10/11/2026

I just don’t know how people in general survive financially while fighting cancer. I have been very fortunate, and God is showing me different ways where I can save money or make money like selling things on Vinted.

💊This is just a glimpse of the medication cost of I pay monthly. This does not include my injection which I take every 28 days.

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💸The injection is $54,252!!💵
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Thank goodness I have insurance. I still have copays, coinsurance, deductibles, out of pocket, travel expenses and more.

Right now I am on 38 medications. We are  diligently working with my team of doctors to get me off of some of these meds. However, some of these medications I have to have and it’s not an option to get off of them.

I’ve never been one to want to take a lot of pills, but unfortunately, I need these to function right now.

I am blessed ❤️ and looking still looking for ways to help take the financial burden of my family. That’s a huge guilt I face. Don’t get me wrong. I know my family wants me to live and we’ll do whatever it takes to do that. However, when you’re the one in charge of the finances and you’re thinking about your family’s future you just wonder how long you can keep this up.

💔I just feel terrible for those who can’t afford their medication, for those who can’t afford their treatments for those who can’t get by on Disability, by the way I’m 100% disabled. I just wonder how they do it. 💔

When you work hard, your whole life and think about the future that you want and one day that future may not be there, but looks completely different than what you have been planning. That’s a tough pill to swallow.

We still want to enjoy the time we have together and I have to constantly remind myself that it’s a balancing act between enjoying the life. I have right now and actually living versus the constant anxiety of what tomorrow holds.

I have been very blessed and know that God will work this out. He has and always will. ✝️

✨The picture does not include my Dexcom which is $50 a piece. I need 3 a month, add $150 to that total. 💰

10/10/2026

You know cancer has change me not only physically but emotionally.

🦓It has forced me to set boundaries not only for my health as well as my mental well being.

💜It has helped me find my voice with hard conversations. I now own my truth and let someone know when they are hurting my feelings verses swallowing my emotions.

🦓I am no longer afraid to burn bridges as needed. I want my family and friends to be happy but if you are starting drama, you can sit at a table, just not mine.

💜It has shown me who my true family and friends are. Not just the ones here for a good time, but the ones who are here for the hard times too.

Cancer has been a blessing and a curse. The good with the bad.

10/08/2026

This week four years ago, our lives changed forever.

What was originally diagnosed as a Stage 1 cancer that was supposed to be easily removed and never dealt with again turned out to be Stage 4, incurable cancer that had already spread to 7 organs and 23 lymph nodes.

In that moment, everything changed.

Since then, we have fought more battles than I can count. Some were hard-fought victories. Others brought difficult realities and required us to adapt to a new way of life. This is a war that doesn’t end, but today I am grateful to say that FOUR years later, I am still here and still fighting the good fight.

One of the most important lessons I have learned is this: always advocate for yourself and never be afraid to get a second opinion. A second opinion quite literally saved my life. If something doesn’t feel right or you need more answers, keep asking questions.

I know without a doubt that I would not be here today without the grace of God and the incredible love, prayers, encouragement, and support of my family and friends. You have carried me through some of the darkest days and celebrated every victory alongside me.

Cancer has changed my life, but it has also reminded me how precious every day is. Four years later, I continue to choose hope, gratitude, faith, and determination.

Thank you to everyone who has walked this journey with me. The fight continues, and so do I. ✝️🦓💜

10/04/2026

For a decade, wheelchair users on Medicare who wanted a titanium or carbon fiber frame have had to cover the entire cost themselves.

That's changing. On Sept. 30, the Senate passed the Choices for Increased Mobility Act (H.R. 1703). It cleared the House in July, and now it heads to the president's desk.

Once it becomes law, Medicare must create separate billing codes for carbon fiber and titanium frames by Jan. 1, 2028, so you pay only the difference for an ultralight frame. It costs taxpayers nothing.

This happened because of you. Advocates carried this bill into congressional offices at Roll on Capitol Hill, then kept the pressure on with messages to their senators.

Thank you to Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., for leading the way.

We'll keep you posted as the bill is signed and as Medicare builds the new codes. Follow along for updates. And in the meantime, join our Grassroots Advocacy Network to continue the momentum: https://unitedspinal.org/grassroots-advocacy-network/

10/02/2026

This month I’ve had lots of nausea and pain. I feel like I am on the other side of it, so I am going to claim that October is my month. 💪Yesterday I got my monthly injection locally. I was also able to speak to their nutritionist.

My oncology surgeon warned ⚠️me that after my HIPEC (involving the greater omentum and stomach) significantly affects how the body processes and absorbs nutrients. Removing the greater omentum (omentumectomy) and manipulating or resecting parts of the stomach can cause unique, long-lasting nutritional challenges.

He suggested I start 🧃drink nutritional shakes like Ensure. However since my monthly injection has a side effect of affecting your blood sugar, hence the need for me to take nutritional drinks that have a glucose component to them.

Today the nutritionist told me that through Archbold’s Foundation, they provide patients, that need this supplement, absolutely FREE!

I am so thankful for this! I pay $46 for a pack that doesn’t even last me a month. That will save me
💰💰. I am very grateful to the Archbold Foundation for offering this. Thank you!!

When you donate to them you are helping support cancer patients such as myself.
https://www.archbold.org/about/archbold-foundation/

10/01/2026

This is the secondary cancer I suffer from. Luckily it was caught very very early and is successfully being treated by my primary cancers treatment 💜

🦓Steve Jobs didn't have the type of pancreatic cancer most people think of.

Jobs was diagnosed with a rare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) a cancer biologically different from the more common pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

His story included surgery, metastatic disease, a liver transplant, and reportedly targeted radionuclide therapy. It also highlights how much the treatment landscape for neuroendocrine tumors has evolved.

Steve Jobs, Apple, and Cancer: The True Story Behind His Rare Diagnosis / Apple, ASCO, cancer awareness, Cancer Diagnosis, cancer treatment, ESMO, Headlines,

09/19/2026

Did you know that 50% of marriages end in divorce after one of the partners gets diagnosed with cancer? So much for in sickness and health.

But not mine. Not on my watch. Probably helps that my hubby knows how crazy I can be sometimes 😆😆

Happy 28th anniversary to my sweet hubby. Thank you for supporting me in this season of our life.