Story

Hello: My name Is Dennis , though in the Furry Community some of you may know me as an Orca named Naketa Orcan. I just turned 65 and was not sure if I would make it this far. It all started last October with a groin surgery, then Sepsis, then another lump , Blood clot issues , wound care. Finally after all of that in late January I got to return to work having exhausted our savings to survive. Everything seemed fine, I was developing a growing back and side aches but at my age I just wrote it off until one day in April. The pain became unbearable and I went to the hospital yet again , thinking muscles or my hernia was torn. The CT scan revealed, and I will NEVER forget this moment, the ER Doctor came in my room and she looked very upset. She broke the news , it was not anything I had done...my Cancer was back and spreading. The scary part is that when I was in the hospital last year the CT scan showed clear , this Cancer had gone wild in just a few months. I was referred to a very good Oncologist and team they have been wonderful and during the month of April /May I underwent 10 days of radiation to get the pain under control as the Cancer had infected my Lymph Nodes causing the pain and I lost over 40 lbs in weight. Starting In late May I now undergo Chemotherapy every 2 weeks and they send home a self administering medicine via IV that worls for two days then I go back and it is removed. The side effects, sometimes I feel worse from the treatments which have to continue through at least December. I pride myself on having worked hard my entire life, I did not expect to have my "golden" years spent in a hospital. I Do not like asking for help but I am in a bad situation. Our savings were all ready depleted before the Cancer diagnosis and now I am getting new bills for treatments and MRI scans and analysis way above and beyond what our insurance will cover. Anything that you can give, even the littlest bit, will help keep us afloat and help me continue to pay for the Cancer therapy I need.