Update: On this same day, I posted, Lisa was able to get an appointment at Sloan Kettering! Yeah Lisa!!!! I am so happy for her! I hope that this is the beginning of many opportunities for her, to get the appropriate and neccessary care that she needs!
I have been reading Clusterfook for several months. I started, when, another friends blog had a link to this auction, to help Lisa at Clusterfook be able to take her family to Disney. You see, Lisa was recently diagnosed with cancer for the THIRD time in several years. This most recent diagnosis, was on March 31, 2008. She didn’t start chemo until a few weeks ago, and now has had 2 rounds. BUT, what makes this entirely crazy, are the following:
1. She has a rare cancer, with out a name, in her abdomen
2. She is now fighting the insurance company. Apparently, they closed her cancer case, on 4/18/2008, even before she got treatment for it. Who wouldn’t love to say that was a fast cure?
3. She had an appointment at Sloan Kettering, or so she thought. They don’t accept her insurance, and the scheduler won’t even put her in for an appointment, after the oncology department had already tried to get her in. Her current oncologist wants her to go to S-K, as her cancer is so rare, they don’t have a name for it, may I repeat myself here!
4. She has been denied disability and unemployment (read her blog for that fun stuff!), because the temp agency she works for, told the feds that she refused to work, and she never said that, she just was upfront and told them that she needed Thursdays off for Chemo.
5. She has 2 wonderful girls, and a wonderful and supportive husband, who deserve to have her around for a long time.
So, what can we, the bloggy world do? I don’t know. But, I do know that if we all make a big fuss about this, maybe, just maybe we can bring attention to Lisa, and help her out in that bloggy world way! Read her blog, post about Lisa, encourage your readers, to go to her blog and post about her. If we can spread the word, maybe we can make a difference for one person (actually, a whole family). I am not good at setting up auctions, or fundraisers. But, I can talk!
So, please, take 15 minutes to stand up for Lisa!!! http://clusterfook.com/
Thanks Christine. I just want to say to your readers that I don’t want to sound like a big old sob story. I’m just someone dealing with a lot of adversity right now. Sometimes that’s the way life rolls however it would be great to get a break…LOL. I know that eventually something has to give.
I appreciate that you thought enough of me to write a post about my difficult, twisted situation. You rock.
I have Bell’s Palsy and enjoy your blog very much. First time I’ve commented, but have been reading here and there.
Great blog. I enjoy reading it every chance I get and value your opinions!