Hi My Name is Tobey Rae Woods, I am 37 years old and a single mom of a 14 year old Erica she attends Oakdale High School.   March of 2003 I had a partial hysterectomy because I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I was told I did not need to have chemo or radiation.

On September 16th, 2011 I was diagnosed with invasive duct carcinoma, stage 2 breast cancer, I was alone when I found out and did not what to think, so I went back to work only to sit and be dazed at the news and my future to come. The next few days were a blur as I processed what I had been told I knew I had to tell my daughter, family and boyfriend Ron and his family for this would be my only local support, my family is in Savannah, Ga. My life has been turned upside down overnight and was going to get very up and down from here on out. Surgery was scheduled to have a partial mastectomy on September 23, 2011 and I started an aggressive form of chemotherapy on October 19th. I used to work a full time job and now I am on disability and spending my days back and forth to the oncologist. I was also diagnosed with the BRCA1/BRCA2 gene so I will have to have all my female organs removed to help my chances of the cancer not returning. This will only raise my chances they say, but we all know there are no guarantee’s in life.

I have 4 more rounds of TAC chemotherapy before I can schedule the double mastectomy and then recovery time before the doctors can do the complete hysterectomy.

Even without the holidays I have no idea how we will make it to stay afloat for the next 4 months let alone a projected out of work time while I recover from the surgeries.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

God Bless
Tobey