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Thank you for visiting our page today and for allowing me, Joe
Fernandes to tell you about a very special woman in my life, namely my
wife Rose. In July 2012, Rosie was diagnosed with breast cancer, and
found out that she was in stage 4. She has it in the blood and bones.
She has been without insurance for years because she could not afford
it. From the time we started dating in September 2010, I noticed that
she was always in constant pain, especially around her right femur and
left foot. A lot of people that we knew thought she was faking it, but
I knew otherwise. I tried to help her all I could with Acupressure,
Acupuncture and massage. They helped somewhat, but the pain increased.
We both wanted to get married in July 2011 in Las Vegas but could not,
partly because I was not working due to the recession kicking in.
Then we waited a year, and one day after she had showered, she
ran into the front room, and burst into tears. She blurted out that
she had felt a huge lump that had grown in her right breast, but
didn’t want to tell me because she thought that I would leave her.
That of course was never going to happen. I arranged for an exam at
the Women’s Breast Center on Fair Oakes in Pasadena. The subsequent
breast mammogram did indeed indicate breast cancer. My Rosie was
totally distraught. Well, we decide to press forward relentlessly and
get married in the Los Angeles Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints, and to be sealed to one another for time and all
eternity. Our dream to be together came true. Our Father in Heaven was
with us every step of the way. We both knew that “we could do all
things through Christ which strengtheneth us.”
Eventually, Rosie was finally admitted to The City of Hope in
Duarte, California. In October she was put on various medications
including Tamoxifen. All to no avail. Then in late January of 2013,
Dr. Mortimer prescribed Taxol (heavy duty chemo). After 6 weeks, the
chemo began to take its toll. All her hair fell out, and my wife
suffered greatly, and in silence. All I could do was watch and take
care of her the best I could. This crushed me! I worked briefly for a
law firm in Whittier, and a CPA in San Marino, but really did not make
enough to make ends meet.
My wife is off Taxol for the time being, and is now on Faslodex
which is quite unpleasant. A friend by the name of Kelly Crabb told us
about Proton Therapy at. This form of treatment is very expensive and
is not covered by regular insurance. One basic unit of treatment at
Scripps Proton Therapy Center in La Jolla costs $3,300. Forty
treatments costs $130,000.
We could not get Rosie into the
program at Scripps, so we began radiation at the end of April. She was
given cancer pills in early May that caused a severe inflamation of
her pancreas sending her Amalase count into the 150's. It is now under
control, but the nodules in her liver have spread. Please help us to
save 20-35% of her liver. There are tumors in her hips and bone.
Please be so kind as to contribute $1 to the Rosie Fernandes Cancer
Fund Project, and, tell everyone you know about Rose, and persuading
them to contribute $1.
Thanks for your time today, and we both wish to thank you in
advance for your $1 contribution. Both you and your family are in our
prayers of thanksgiving.
Joe & Rosie Fernandes
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