Trish Martin

Trish Needs Your Support

Trish received her Double Lung Transplant December 1, 2016 at Duke University Hospital! She continues to appreciate your help for on-going medical and relocation expenses.

Trish Martin is a lifelong Cape Codder who is currently involved in the fight of her life. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare and incurable lung disease, damaged her lungs and led to her need for transplant.Trish requires life-long immunosuppressive medication. She relocated to Durham, NC back in September for her transplant and will continue her care at Duke University.

Prior to being diagnosed with LAM, Trish worked as a schoolteacher and waitress in the town of Barnstable. Since being diagnosed in September of 2005, she went back to school to become a Licensed Massage Therapist, and Certified Nurse’s Assistant. In May of 2012, Trish became a Registered Nurse. She passed the state’s board exams, but at that point the disease had incapacitated her ability to move forward into her career.

Unable to work, Trish needs the support of friends, family, and the community to help with the upcoming considerable out-of-pocket transplant related expenses such as doctor visits, costly immunosuppressant medications, and temporary relocation costs should she have to move for this life-saving transplant.

To help with this financial burden, a fundraising campaign in Trish’s honor has been established with Help Hope Live, a nonprofit organization that has been assisting the transplant community for 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law, are held by Help Hope Live in the Northeast Lung Transplant Fund, and are administered by Help Hope Live for transplant-related expenses only. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.

Trish dreams of the future when she can again run, bike, swim, dance, rollerblade, hike, ski, and walk, free of pain and without shortness of breathe and, to be able to return to her recently-earned profession. This can only be achieved with the help of friends, family, and community; your help is greatly needed to make the outcome successful, and hugely appreciated.

Trish Martin
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