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Diagnosis:<\/strong> Stage III breast cancer (diagnosed 03\/14)<\/p>\n Treatment:<\/strong> Chemotherapy, radiation, mastectomy, reconstruction<\/p>\n Grant used for:<\/strong> Utility bills, vehicle maintenance<\/p>\n Suzan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story:<\/strong> Suzan is a 48-year-old single mother of three who is struggling to support her family as she undergoes difficult radiation therapy. Suzan was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer in March of 2014. Since her diagnosis, she has undergone two major surgeries and is now in radiation therapy, which requires driving to the hospital and receiving treatment for two to four hours each day. The radiation has left her weak, nauseous, and in a lot of pain. Suzan had to quit working during her treatment and now relies on child support, disability payments, and a little extra money her teenage daughter makes at a part-time job over the weekends. All combined, this money still isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough to cover her family\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s monthly expenses, and she is falling behind on many bills, including rent, utilities, and car insurance.<\/p>\n Suzan wrote to us, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I would appreciate any type of support that you can give me and my family.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d SOPFCA was glad to help lift some of Suzan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worries by providing her with a grant that was used to pay utility bills and help cover her car insurance needs. Thank you to our donors for making this grant possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grant Recipient: Suzan Diagnosis: Stage III breast cancer (diagnosed 03\/14) Treatment: Chemotherapy, radiation, mastectomy, reconstruction Grant used for: Utility bills, vehicle maintenance Suzan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story: Suzan is a 48-year-old single mother […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-study"],"yoast_head":"\n