Emily Elizabeth Nussdorfer

Philadelphia, PA

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Help Hope Live for Emily Nussdorfer's successful treatment and recovery from Ovarian Cancer

Family and friends of Emily Nussdorfer are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with a Catastrophic Illness. Emily was recently diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, Stage IIIC, and has just started rounds of chemotherapy. She will eventually need surgery to remove the cancer completely. She is a self-employed EMDR/IFS trauma therapist, mindfulness practitioner, and dance-movement therapist, and derives so much joy in helping people recover from psychological trauma using these modalities. She is currently writing a children’s book about a young girl’s mythic journey to save her village, and how she learns to face her fears and grow her courage and strength with the help of magical allies and guides she is led to on the way. Emily has chosen to fundraise with Help Hope Live in part because donations are tax deductible for contributors and will only be used to cover medical and related expenses. Because she is self-employed, her insurance does not cover much of the costs involved in this cancer treatment until she meets a very large out of pocket maximum, and she has high copays. This in turn makes it difficult for her to cover medical expenses and life expenses while going through this, as she will need to work reduced hours, and won’t be able to work at all during the month of surgery and recovery. The money raised willl help Emily to make it through this challenging period when she will need financial support. There are so many ways to give to Emily’s campaign through this program, with corporate or workplace matching as one wonderfully suppportive option, and all are tax deductible.

A little more about Emily: She loves to sing, dance, play piano, guitar, ride horses, speak Italian, read fantasy books, hike in the woods for hours, spend weekends by the sea, make delicious meals, and spend time doing all these things with beloved family and friends. Before this diagnosis, she had been actively growing a successful private practice and working on her children’s book, which she plans to make into a series for tweens. She has a lot more life to live and love to share, bucket-loads of loving and skilled service to give to this world, and lots of books to publish. Any donations you can contribute to support her through this challenging time will be so deeply treasured and appreciated.

May 3, 2026

May 3, 2026 Health Update: April and Recent Developments

Unexpected Health Challenges After My Birthday

Dearest most wonderful family, friends and supporters, I have waited to share an update with you all because things began changing rapidly for me and became quite challenging soon after my birthday on March 31st. At that time, I was feeling very healthy, better than I had been since this whole cancer journey started, aside from a minor cough in the center of my chest, which I assumed was just a symptom of seasonal allergies.However, on April 2nd, I underwent a CAT scan that revealed the ovarian cancer—which had spread to multiple organs last fall (including the lungs, stomach, and abdominal wall) and had been shrinking or disappearing with the trial treatment at Penn—had started to grow again. This time, it was clustering around my lungs and producing fluid in my pleural space. Unfortunately, cancer cells have a way of bypassing treatments, adapting over time.

Diagnosis and Changes in Treatment Plan & Transition to a New Clinical Trial

As a result, the initial trial I was participating in at Penn was stopped immediately. My oncology team met with me and quickly established a new plan: I would begin a different trial at UPenn starting Monday, April 20th. This study uses a similar antibody conjugate drug as before, but with a different payload and target. The trial is a Phase I/1B/Phase 2 dose-finding, safety, and pharmacokinetic study of MBRC-101, an anti-EPJA5 monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) antibody drug conjugate for advanced, refractory tumors.

Hospitalization and Complications

However, after discontinuing the first trial and during the three-week break from any treatment, I began experiencing shortness of breath. Within a week, I was admitted to Chestnut Hill Hospital for five days due to life-threatening complications from pleurisy, which was caused by a buildup of cancerous fluid from new tumors between the layers of my lungs.While in the hospital, I underwent two thoracentesis procedures to remove more than three liters of cancerous fluid. Although these procedures provided temporary relief and made it easier to breathe, they were painful and frightening, and unfortunately, the fluid quickly returned. I was sent home with oxygen due to low blood oxygen levels but had to return to the ER within a week because of ongoing shortness of breath. I missed the first day of my new trial since I was still hospitalized, but was able to attend the session on Thursday, April 23rd, and begin treatment. Thankfully, I tolerated it well, with minimal side effects so far. My oncology team decided I would need thoracenteses three times a week to prevent another hospitalization, pending a pulmonary consultation at Penn scheduled for April 28th.

Next Steps: Pulmonary Procedures and At-Home Care

At the pulmonary meeting, it was determined that I needed a pleuroscopy procedure with a catheter for my right lung, which accumulates fluid the most rapidly, and a catheter for my left lung as well. By the time of this decision, I had undergone 11 thoracenteses since April 10th. The doctors were concerned about the number of procedures, the pain in my back, and the strain on my lungs. The hope for the new trial treatment is that, after a few cycles, the trial drug will be effective enough to stop further fluid buildup, as it did last fall. The pleuroscopy is designed to dry out the lung and redirect any excess fluid through the kidneys. The catheters will allow excess fluid to be drained without causing additional stress to the lungs. The right-side catheter should be removed after about a month, as the procedure is expected to prevent further fluid accumulation; the left-side catheter will remain until the cancer stops producing fluid.

Daily Nursing and Looking Ahead

I will be receiving daily nursing care for ten days, after which a nurse will visit every two to three days to assist with draining the catheters. This should allow me to breathe more comfortably again and hopefully function without supplemental oxygen. I am looking forward to experiencing the benefits of this care and for the trial drug to begin showing results.

Upcoming Treatment Date

My second dose of the trial drug is scheduled for May 14th.

Embracing the Next Chapter: Campaign and Healing

The challenges and transitions of recent months have been overwhelming. As a result, I find myself needing to launch another fundraising campaign to help support my ongoing medical journey and related expenses. This is not a step I had hoped to take, nor is it something I wished to share with all of you and to ask of you! You have all been so incredibly generous already! And I am so grateful to you! Unfortunately, my current circumstances have made it necessary. As before, I am continuing to mine, but now, even more deeply, the spiritual depth of this time with powerful life enhancing quantum meditations connected to the specific chakras affected by my cancer, and continuing to do the cancer healing qi gong, which actually makes my lungs feel better. I am also digging more deeply in therapy, reiki and akashic records to heal and transform ancient soul wounds around heartbreak and survival buried deep in the tissues of my body- and bringing this healing energy into my quantum meditations. Writing continues to be a vital part of my healing process; every Sunday, I work on my book, finding the experience deeply therapeutic. The story seems to write itself, revealing powerful moments of choosing light and hope, especially when confronting the parts of myself that struggle. It is such a powerful time right now being on the precipice and choosing the light….in every moment, while Being With the parts of me that are struggling - and sending them so much love. There are the little ones who fear pain; who fear the unknown; who think they failed, and the protective ones that don't trust, the critical and cynical ones, or the raging ones that want to burn everything down. They all care so much for me and I try to let them know how much I love and honor them and am with them now. Especially the grieving one…she is learning to let go…in spurts, and to trust that she will be held with so much love. I am proud of her! All of my parts are learning how loved they are by me on this wild journey on the knife's edge, and I am proud of us all! I honor my sacred body; it is a fighter and I am so proud of it. I tell it how beautiful it is every day and how grateful I am for it.

Immense Gratitude for Support: Family, Friends, and Community

I am endlessly grateful for the incredible support my family, friends, and community have shown me during this challenging time. My wonderful neighbors, Susan and Mark, stepped in to help me and my belongings get to my first hospitalization, offering kindness and practical assistance when I needed it most. Dear friends Meg, Stephanie, and Suzie came to my rescue during transitions to and from the ER, providing me with survival food and companionship when I was unable to care for myself, and handled important phone calls on my behalf.

My sister Barbara traveled from North Carolina to care for me after my second ER visit and has continued to stay by my side—an act of love and devotion for which I am profoundly thankful. Soon, my sister Laurie will take over, arriving after May 9th to help me transition from the surgical procedures at Penn to home recovery. I am filled with gratitude for their unwavering support.

Karen Dehaven inspired an "angel troupe" through her heartfelt meal train email, motivating many to step forward. Christina Fanizzi, Betsy Hinsey, Rebekka Hartwell, Mike Stauffer, Peggy Tileston, and Karen Dehaven have all prepared nourishing soups, broths, and steamed greens to soothe my body and especially my lungs. Suzanne McCall, Betsy Hinsey, and Peggy Tileston have brought me groceries countless times, alongside my caring neighbor, Chris Coan. Peggy has also comforted me with music, leaving beautiful instruments for me to enjoy.

Meal train angels from far away have contributed generous food donations and loving messages, and all of these visits, donations and kind well wishes have nourished not just my body, but my spirit as well. My dear friend Anna traveled all the way from California to spend a week with me, attending my thoracenteses and hospital appointments! Anna, Betsy, and I—friends since high school—cherished a joyful reunion together, enjoying a pedicure and delicious sushi at Hokka Hokka in Chestnut Hill. These moments of companionship and reminiscing brought lightness and comfort amidst the challenges.

The Power of Community Giving

As I reach out to all of you amazing supporters, I am beginning a new Help Hope Live campaign. Many of you are already familiar with Help Hope Live, this remarkable nonprofit community fundraising organization that ensures all donations are used for uninsured medical expenses and are fully tax deductible. Your extraordinary generosity in 2025 made it possible for us to not only meet, but exceed our fundraising goal of $50,000 by 103 percent. Those contributions covered high copays and uncovered medical expenses, as well as therapies such as lymphatic drain massage, acupuncture, oncological nutrition consultations, and important supplements that helped me manage the intense side effects of the treatments and regain strength throughout each stage of my treatment and healing journey. Your support also helped pay for my rent and utilities when I was unable to work, easing significant burdens during a very difficult time. I will now be asking for an additional $50,000, and increasing the overall campaign goal to $100,000.

A Heartfelt Appeal for Continued Support

As I consider launching this new campaign, I am truly overwhelmed and deeply touched by the generosity you have already shown—through your donations and through your countless messages of love and care. It is difficult to be in a position of needing help, and even harder to ask for it again. I had every intention of writing each of you a personal thank-you letter, but unfortunately, my illness returned with renewed intensity before I could do so. Now, the universe is asking me to reach out once more, to move beyond my discomfort with asking for help, and to trust in the kindness of my community.

Please know that when I ask for your support, it is only if you are able, if it feels right for you, and if it is comfortable for you to give. No matter the amount, your contribution is treasured and held in my heart with immense gratitude. I never want anyone to feel pressured—your generosity, in every form, means the world to me.

Current Needs and How Your Support Helps

At this time, I am unable to work due to my health, and I have recently been granted a small disability stipend by the government. While this offers some assistance, it does not cover all of my expenses. I am actively collaborating with social workers at Penn to arrange in-home health care through several community grants. Additionally, I am seeking support to reduce my PECO energy bill with the help of these grants.

Now that I am on Medicaid, my copays have decreased, which is a relief. However, there remain ongoing medical expenses not fully covered by insurance, and essential needs that are not covered by insurance. I still require ongoing support to afford life-sustaining supplements and alternative healing treatments not covered by insurance. These treatments and supplements are critical in helping me manage the various changing symptoms of this disease as well as supporting a sustainable recovery as my medical team and I work diligently to find the most effective therapy to stabilize my condition.

Throughout this journey, I am also deeply committed to my personal healing process, working in the quantum field as I strive for complete recovery. Your support directly impacts my ability to access the care and resources and hope that sustain me during this challenging time.

Hope in Action—Maximize Your Impact on May 29

On May 29, your contribution can make an even greater difference through Help Hope Live's Hope in Action initiative. On May 29th, Help Hope Live will generously cover the credit card processing fees for all donations made at helphopelive.org, ensuring that every dollar you give goes directly toward supporting medical and related expenses. As shared before, you can be confident that your donation will be used to pay or reimburse costs associated with my ongoing medical care, therapies, and essential needs.To make a tax-deductible donation to my campaign on Help Hope Live, helphopelive.org and use the gray “Find a Campaign” box to search for my name: Emily Nussdorfer. Your generosity, no matter the amount, is so deeply and sincerely appreciated and will help sustain vital support during this challenging time. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your love and your care!

December 15, 2025

Dearest Friends, It’s been a minute since I posted an update. The treatment at Penn has saved my life! It's been a rough two and a half months because the cancer had turned very aggressive quickly in October, and the pain level was off the charts, but after two treatments with the trial drug, my tumors have gone down 32 - 50 %, my tumor markers down from 871 to 313, and all the cancerous fluid is gone from my body. I am able to breathe fully again! The team working with me at Penn are truly wonderful, caring and talented people, and I am so grateful to them for their support, clinical expertise and genuine care. Now the challenge is to gain the weight back that the cancer took from me, and to heal the damage it caused my gut. Right now, I must eat slowly, and very carefully, and am on a low fiber and low acid diet. We have a way to go, as I lost 20 pounds and a lot of muscle mass. Working with some wonderful oncological nutritionists to help me with this. Slow and steady wins this race. Because of my condition, I am still unable to work and have begun the process of applying for disability. I want to thank each one of you who have donated to my campaign. Your support is literally helping to save my life and has been so needed and continues to be. Here is the link to make a tax-deductible donation. https://helphopelive.org/campaign/25040/As my health stabilizes in the new year, each of you will be getting a thank you letter from me! And right now, I just want to say to each of you -- thank you thank you thank you! Thank you for all you have given and for all the uplifting messages of support and care over this year long healing journey. It keeps me going on all levels! On a spiritual level, I am digging deep into healing old patterns in therapy that are revealing themselves and doing qi gong and Joe Dispenza quantum healing meditations and walking a bit outside to take in the beauty of nature every day. Writing my book continues to be an extraordinary alchemical release, and playing piano and making art and watching fun movies uplifts me daily. And the daily and weekly support and love of friends, kind neighbors and family checking in on me, bringing meals, helping me with laundry and groceries, and offering emotional support when I have a tough day ....continues to take my breath away. I am so so grateful for them and for all of you here on Facebook who have written to me and supported me and are continuing to! I am learning to receive and learning to heal down to the deepest core of me, and I am so grateful for the Love and Beauty and Companionship that is in this world! There is so much of it, and it makes my heart sing. I wanted to share these pictures of my dear friend Karen and I creating Christmas spirit in my home and my snowy Mt Airy neighborhood filled with magic and beauty as a testament to the love and light and beauty that is everywhere around us – that light of community and nature intertwined that inspires me forward on my healing journey. That light that keeps us going in dark times, knowing that like the winter solstice, the light will return! I want to wish everyone and their loved ones a beautiful and love-filled holiday time however they choose to celebrate! With Much Love and Gratitude to all of you, Emily

November 25, 2025

October 28, 2025

Dearest Friends and Help Hope Live community,It is hard for me to admit this, but over the past 2 months, I have had multiple tests – including CAT scans with contrast- and the findings show a return of the ovarian cancer once again.The residual cancer cells that they could not completely remove during the hysterectomy in the Spring of 2025 have now begun to aggressively grow around the areas of my liver, lungs and stomach.I have been sharing selectively with friends and family until now as these are hard truths to face and navigate. My doctors have presented 3 options for trial/continued treatment options.After heading to NC for some long overdue family time from Oct 7-14th, (go to FB to see some great pics of my time with beloved family!) I am back at home. I have chosen to go with the Penn trial as my symptoms increased exponentially once I returned.The treatment goal is to treat the cancer and preserve the highest quality of life, but it is now beyond “cure” and into containment and stabilization.This is a battle I will be fighting here forward with the hope of holding the cancer at bay and decreasing the symptoms that have been causing increased pain (x 10 at times) and give me as much freedom from pain as possible so I can build my strength back and live my life!My goal is to feel healthy, strong and good in my body, mind and soul!I will continue working with my oncological nutritionist and Penn oncological clinical staff to find ways to mitigate side effects and strengthen my body and my mind and my spirit's resilience. I will also continue to work with my spiritual healing team as well - with reiki, acupuncture, therapy, and akashic records readings, and my own inner guides to uplift and illuminate my path forward. And I am still writing my book! The spiritual lesson I am learning right now is how to let go into alignment with Source and allow the acceptance of what is happening now, and surrender and receive the guidance and support within to help me through it. I am increasingly aware of the beauty and wonder of my life, and the magic of love and friendship and am so intensely grateful for the support of my friends and family at this moment. This is a big and intense spiritual lesson, and the cancer journey is my teacher. The passage in my book I am currently writing parallels this moment so closely that it feels alchemical. On Monday 10-20-25 – I had a biopsy with sedative in preparation to begin a combined antibody+ atypical infusion trial drug treatment that will involve in hospital full-day infusions at Penn every 21 days for the ongoing future. My first infusion day was last Thursday 10-23-25. The side effects have been harsh. Weekly blood tests & EKGs will follow for the first 2 cycles.With your generous support through the Help Hope Live’s medical donor fund last year, I was able to pay for my rent, utilities, insurance, supportive and integrative healing modalities and medical costs and copays, after experiencing a drastic cut in my ability to work. I am so tremendously grateful to each one of you for your support, and you all kept me alive. I am now humbly asking for more as I face this new fight against cancer’s return. As a self-employed single person, I still need to keep my health insurance and cover basic expenses while I am unable to work, and I do not know how long it will take for me to achieve a stabilization of my symptoms until I can return to work. Help Hope Live offers the donor a chance to have a tax deductible donation, and for corporate matching too. Any questions please DM me. Here is the link: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/25040/ Thank you from the bottom of my heart,Love,Emily

August 24, 2025

I am finally surfacing after spending several months recovering from three more rounds of chemotherapy. My journey toward complete healing is still a work in progress and this feels like the right moment to update you with wonderful news, and some challenging news. Please read below and, if inspired, click on the Help Hope Live link to make a tax deductible donation and/or pass it on to those who might be interested and inspired to do so.

On July 21st, I learned that my abdominal CAT scan showed no signs of cancer! It was so incredible and relieving to hear this milestone was reached!!!!! YAY! My oncologist confirmed that I am in remission, with a much-improved tumor marker. While my CA125 (blood test measuring presence of cancer cells in the body) is not yet at zero but so much lower than at the start of my treatment, my care team recommends continuing Avastin treatments (an immunotherapy drug) for 15 more months. So, so much good news to share with you --- my amazing family and friends that held me on my journey through the chemo and successful major abdominal surgery to get to this place! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your support has saved my life!

Again, thank you, from the bottom of my heart! Mahalo Nui Loa as they say in Hawaii!

And here for the challenging news - I completed my 7th and final round of chemotherapy on the last day of June 2025. These 7 chemos that commenced January 2nd were part of an aggressive treatment plan designed to target the cancer cells with full force. While the treatment continues to fight the disease, it has also taken a toll on my body that I did not expect. I am currently dealing with neuropathy, a painful and exhausting side effect, and just endured a viral upper respiratory infection, due to post chemo/steroid malaise syndrome which led to a hospital stay on July 11th. Scans during the hospital stay found critical spinal canal narrowing in my cervical spine, possibly worsening now as a side effect of chemotherapy. I began experiencing more extreme neck and shoulder pain as I attempted to take on more of my daily activities without help, and was told that I needed an MRI. The MRI found evidence of a large central disc bulge with severe stenosis. I will be seeing a neurosurgeon on Sept 4th to evaluate the need for surgery. I have been put on a course of physical therapy to address the neck pain and upper body weakness. Recently I had to return to the ER due to food poisoning. And unfortunately, because of all these after effects of chemo on my body, I have not been able to work consistently in July and August, as I had planned and am therefore still not able to fully provide for my financial needs.

My body is asking for rest—deep, sustained rest—while I slowly build up my therapy practice. My medical team has prescribed continued physical therapy, biweekly acupuncture and monthly lymphatic drain massage (all paid out of pocket or with high copays because I have a high deductible plan) for at least 6 more months to heal and regain my strength after this 6-month journey of chemo and major abdominal surgery.

So dear friends, I wish I could just leave you with wonderful news, but… it is instead mixed! Wonderful and amazing progress has been made in my cancer treatment – no more cancer seen on my scans! Halleluiah! However, I still have some evidence of cancer on the tumor scans, even though at a very low level, so another year of immunotherapy drug treatments are needed to reduce the risk from any remaining cancer cells, and I am still working to heal from these difficult side effects that have taken a toll on my strength and energy. So my treatment is not yet complete – I am halfway through.

I am doing my best to keep my spirits up, but the costs associated with treatments, medications, cancer fighting supplements, and basic living needs continue to add up, in addition to my need to rest and focus on healing. I am reaching out again to ask for another round of financial support. Any contribution—large or small—to my medical campaign at Help Hope Live will go directly toward my care and recovery, helping ease the burden so that I can continue to focus on healing and rebuilding my capacity to meet with the number of clients I need to take care of my own finances. I know with your help we can do this together, as the past 6 months of my cancer journey has shown me. Because I have the love and support of so many wonderful people holding space for me on this healing journey – and an amazing state of the art integrated clinical team - we will find a way through this! I know that I will have even more to give to others after, and will pass all this love and care forward, because healing happens with support, and “we are all in this thing together!” as a dear being named David Hamilton shared in a beautiful song he wrote this year.

I want to share here, asking for more support is uncomfortable for me. You already have given me so much! Please know how much I appreciate each of your donations and words of encouragement, and that when I feel better, I will be writing an individual thank you note to each of you! But I also need to share that my original goal through Help Hope Live was $50,000 when the fund was launched in January of 2025, when I was in a very critical and dangerous physical state from cancer. Since then, our campaign has raised a whopping $26,237 as of June 2025. This is incredible! And as you can see, there is still more to go to reach our campaign goal.

Please remember that any contribution you are able to make will be 100% tax deductible. Here is the link: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/25040/

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for walking alongside me and holding me up on this intense and transformational healing journey with your compassion and generosity. Your continued support means the world.

With deep gratitude,

Emily

June 1, 2025

THANK YOU so much everyone who contributed yesterday and during the month long lead up to the May 30th Hope in Action Day! Thanks to you all, over $5000 was added to the fund over a two week period! That is amazing! This funding will help me tremendously in this intricate time of treatment, while I am still recovering from surgery, with more chemos to come, that are increasingly tiring - all causing me to start up work again at a greatly reduced caseload for the month of June and perhaps into much of July as I recovery my strength and stamina. So I can not tell you how incredibly grateful I am to each and every one of you! And thank you so much for your messages of encouragement and support and love! Each message has meant so much to me! Bless you all from the bottom of my heart!

May 13, 2025

Update as to my medical status and info about the upcoming May 30th online fundraiser – Help Hope in Action.

First – a HUGE Thank you is in order! I think of all of you who have supported me here at Help Hope Live so often! Because of your amazing generosity I have been able to pay for my supplements, prescriptions, doctor appointments, medical copays, acupuncture before and after chemo to help me manage the effects, and support people to help me in my own home after surgery, while being unable to work. Looking at your names, your generous donations, reading your encouraging notes, both took my breath away, and uplifted me in ways I cannot even begin to describe. You all have helped my spirit keep up the fight! I was hoping to have sent a special thank you to each one of you directly by now, but with managing chemo and work in Jan- early April, and then the surgery and more chemo coming up, I have had less energy than I hoped. Please know first - how grateful I am to each of you, and second - that I will be sending each of you a personal thank you when this is over and my energy fully returns!☀️

Now for the Update! I had abdominal surgery to remove the tumor and surrounding cancerous organs on April 17th and it was very successful! I am incredibly grateful to the surgeon Karen Houk and her awesome surgery team at Fox Chase Cancer Center, and the amazing nurses who took care of me at Temple Main Hospital in Philly. After the surgery, I was whisked away to a beautiful home in Bucks County to convalesce just as spring started to unfurl, and was wonderfully taken care of by beloved friend Karen Dehaven and her husband. However, this is not the end of my ovarian cancer treatment journey. While my surgeon did an amazing job removing the tumor and most of the cancer, there is still a small amount of cancer left. I will need three more rounds of chemo treatments (May 19th, June 9th and June 30th) to completely kill off the remaining cells. I will need to continue eating a high-quality cancer-fighting diet (i.e. organic Mediterranean diet), working with my oncological nutritionist, and taking the researched supplements that she suggests that improve longitudinal outcomes for nonrecurrence of ovarian cancer. After chemo is finished, I will need to get an infusion of a powerful immune drug called Avastin, every three weeks over the course of a year to ensure these cells do not have a chance to regrow, and to improve my chances at non-recurrence.

So we have one last leg of my healing journey to push through that is upcoming - starting this May 19th. Fortunately, Help Hope Live is offering an online fundraising opportunity called Help Hope in Action just as I start this next stage of my healing journey! On May 30th, 2025, all day long, credit card fees of any donation made to my medical fund will be waived so more money can go directly to the fund. Any financial support made to my fund that day will go far and be so greatly appreciated!!! I am attaching a wonderful video the folks at Help Hope Live made for me to promote the reason for my fund and inspire giving on this day. Feel free to share the fundraising link that brought you here, as well as the video with all those you feel would be moved by it. Thank you again, with all of my heart, for your love and support of me!❤️

January 19, 2025

I am overwhelmed at the generosity of all of you who have contributed and so uplifted by your warm wishes and care and kindness to me! I just want you all to know I have a wonderful clinical team supporting me, and a wonderful nutritional oncologist helping me with diet and supplements to mitigate the effects of chemo, and an amazing group of friends helping me out with meals and chores! I feel a level of love I have never felt before in my life, and it is so wonderful to hear from loved ones and friends from so many different parts of my life! I am so grateful to you all! It is so very precious your care and encouragement and love!The chemo is doing its job bringing down the fluid build up in my abdomen and shrinking the tumor. My prognosis is very good according to my clinical team. Your financial support for me right now in this moment, is enabling me to pay for my supplements and unexpected copays that the hospital is requiring before certain procedures that I could not have afforded. I am still working, but my caseload is reduced right now, so I do not have as much income coming in.It takes my breath away, how much you are all helping! I could not do this healing journey without you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Lots of Love and hugs to you all! 💕Emily

January 24, 2025

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May 6, 2026

Sending you so much love, dear Emily!

Anonymous

May 5, 2026

all our love to you, Emily, from the Buchanan Family!

Richard Buchanan

May 4, 2026

Thinking of you sweet Emily.
Sending all my cat angels to assist in your recovery.

Kate Deegan

May 4, 2026

Sending a tsunami of love,joy & peace..we are all connected & so we will all be healed. Xoxoxo l&l ♥️

Kathleen Card