why?

there are a lot of people who are not aware of what cancer is and what different "terms" mean

if you are one of them, be thankful, there is a reason you are unaware.

when we give updates on the blog we want you to know what they mean as far as what the doctor says. unfortunately, i know a lot about cancer because my mom battled it from October 2000-May 2006. but thankfully i will be of help now because of what i do know.

and no i do not think i am a doctor. :)

Michelle's cancer type is Ovarian. Who would think it would develop in such a YOUNG woman's body!? You just don't think about these types of things. You can be diagnosed at a very young age, Michelle's doctor diagnosed a young girl at the age of 14. Before Michelle went to the doctor she was experiencing a lot of pain in her abdomen, then she started noticing a "pooch" and Jessica, being the dear sweet best friend that she is just told Michelle to stop drinking Diet Dr. Pepper, haha, this just shows their personality all the way, i love it. Neither of them, obviously, not knowing the extent of what was really going on.. When Michelle went to the doctor they did not suspect it was ovarian cancer. They first asked her if she was PREGNANT!? heck no, no chance. Then possibly a hernia? it wasn't that either. And shockingly enough it was stage 3 ovarian cancer that had started and developed in only 8 short weeks.. now, what does stage three cancer mean? there are 4 stages of cancer. technically the stages have either A, B, or C within the stages. now this shows you how intense her cancer is..

stage 3 means that the cancer involves one or both ovaries and one or both of the following are present: cancer has spread beyond the pelvis to the lining of the abdomen; cancer has spread to lymph nodes.

Now for Michelle's case, it has not spread down but it did go into her lymph nodes and he was able to save one ovary.

The cancer could always metastasize, which means spread. Stage 3 cancer is an active stage of the cancer cells, that chemotherapy can kill off. and it needs to kill every cancer cell to work. Michelle will be doing chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy works by killing fast-growing cancer cells. Unfortunately, chemotherapy drugs can't always tell the difference between cancer cells and fast-growing healthy cells, including red and white blood cells. As a result, it makes you very weak, because your body needs to start back at square one to fight to keep up your energy level and beat out the cancer cells.. People who experience chemo are very exhausted because of how much the body is fighting to keep your fighting cells. Chemotherapy is not a comfortable thing. My mom told me it feels like you just have the flu 57390850823. Your body just aches... Michelle will be doing a cycle of chemotherapy which includes 5 days of it one week, then 2 days the next week, then 5 days, then 2, and so on for 9 weeks. after this they will keep very close tabs on her, for quite some time. checking her blood count and doing scans to see the progress of what the chemotherapy has done, and hopefully it does it's job properly.


Us girls are doing this blog, to show Michelle how much love and support she truly does have. One of Michelle's friends made a support box for her to show Michelle this, many people have already shown so generously the support that Michelle and her family does have.


On the right of our page is a way to donate through PayPal, which is a super safe way to donate. Since Michelle will be loosing her hair, she is going to rock a wig, and look fabulous in it! We would like to help her buy a wig so she feels beautiful! And we know she will be beautiful either way! Donating would be fantastic!


There is also a tab at the top of the page that shows how you can write a letter to Michelle! If you know her or not, the love will mean the world to her!


WE LOVE YOU MICHELLE.
This blog is for showing awareness that this can happen to ANYBODY, and being so young, and to show support and love to our best friend


love,
jules.