Hello everyone my Name is Tara and this is my story. In September of 2023 I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer and that's the beging of how my life changed .In October of 2023 I had a hysterectomy oophorectomy salpingectomy . Then that November I had a Port put so that I could begin Brachytherapy which is Chemotherapy sessions then take a break then radiation but because of the severity cancer and the location and that there were some smaller tumors in my bladder region I also had to do internal radiation then break then more chemotherapy. Then in December of 2023 I had two small cancerous nodules removed on my tonsilar pillars along with a bilateral tonsillectomy. After all these surgeries I then began my chemotherapy/ Brachytherapy journey , All while continuing to work as much as my body would allow me to .But the chemotherapy destroyed my Immune system . But because of that I was finally taken serious with my other health concerns and I can't with any certainty say the chemo caused them but I believe it definitely made them worse and more noticeable leaving me with heart issues my LVEF is at 43 percent , I've got COPD , Reactive Airway Disease but never smoked , Acute Kidney Injury ,Esphogeal Stenosis, Neuropathy,Hypothyroidism with a small nodule that's on my thyroid that I'm waiting for surgery to be scheduled to remove my thyroid On top of diabetes and Asthma that I've had since I was a child .Fast forward to May of 2025 I was hospitalized for Acute respiratory failure, Pneumonia, Bronchitis Atelectasis Sepsis . I truly thought I was going to die . I spent 2 weeks in the hospital. I did great for a couple weeks then the beginning June I was hospitalized again for Acute Respiratory Failure Asthma Exacerbation, Tachycardia and the ER physician telling me that if they can't get my 02 to rise with the oxygen I was more then likely going to be intubated so I ended up admitted for another week and half . So when I say one word can change your life it definitely changes mine . These last two hospitalizations really impacted us financially ,because my income is our only income my husband was cafeteria/cook for our school system in the town we live in but it's summer so that' means little over 2 months without his income , So with me being out of work with the hospitalizations on top of being the only income really put us in a financial bind were falling behind on our every day expenses rent utilities, groceries, He's been looking for work went on interviews but unfortunately other candidates get the positions . And sadly according to the State of KY I make just a $10 to much before taxes and my health insurance to qualify for any kind of assistance . They don't take into account that I have copays and medicines and let me tell you chemotherapy is not cheap . But I have to keep pushing myself beyond my limits because we have no family to turn from 2015 to 2019 I buried my grandmother both my parents and my aunt and uncle. My husband and the few living family members he has are estranged so we only have each other.So Cancer has not just impacted my physical health but my emotional and mental health and my financial well-being. What people don't see is nights I can't sleep from the worry and stress on how we're gonna make it or the moments I isolate myself because I'm so overwhelmed that all I can do is cry or the anxiety of feeling like I'm carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. I'm not good at being vulnerable or letting people know I'm struggling because I never want to be viewed as burden . So I will end this with asking you to pray for us for my health. God knows our situation and our needs I just have to trust that he's not failed me yet so he won't fail me now . I don't know how or when but God will provide . If you feel lead to help there are links on the page with various ways of doing so .Thank you all and God bless .