Eighteen months ago, my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She is 44-years old mom of 6 beautiful children, ages 11 to 20 and 4 step children. My mother’s diagnosis has been shocking and devastating in every way.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the scariest, most aggressive cancers out there. Statistically, the great majority of patients lose the battle within one year of diagnosis.
But, my mother is still here, defying all odds.
She has undergone extreme treatment, exhausting mainstream protocol, receiving chemo and then epigenetics–the latter credited for halting the tumor growth for months.
But today, her cancer is spreading and to save her life, we need to add another modality.
Thankfully, a promising gene-targeted therapy is now available here in Houston. It involves using drugs presently being prescribed in the top leading cancer hospitals, targeting genetic mutations that are driving cancer. Two out of the four drugs are not covered by insurance, amounting to $20,000 each month.
I have watched my mother battle this disease–so bravely–while trying to stay strong for all of us. I cannot tell you how much she has inspired me with her strength, her optimism…she has continued, up until recently, to teach Emunah classes on Facebook, spreading light each week to people she has never met.
I am turning to you, as a daughter, who loves and needs her mother. A daughter who is asking you to help me and my family save my mother’s life.
The financial burden has been severe.
Our need is $260,000 for 13 months of treatment.
Please open your hearts and help my mother fight against this disease that has attacked her and her family so relentlessly.
We all thank you in advance for your care, love, and generosity.
The Gerlitz/Ellis/Tabony/Ruttenberg family
So sad!! I will donate something now!
Naomi Bas Sarah