The Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia Eases the Financial Burdens of Cancer
The nonprofit is based in Athens, Ga., and serves an 18-county area.
Gloria Martin found out she had breast cancer last July. Five days after that diagnosis, she learned she was two weeks pregnant. Her husband and she had been trying to have a second child, but the news that she was carrying another daughter was overwhelming: on top of a pregnancy, the Colombia native was facing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. To protect the fetus, Gloria Martin waited until the second trimester to begin chemo. Then she began to drive from her eastside house to the Northeast Georgia Cancer Care facility on the westside of town for her treatments. The social worker at the practice referred her to the Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia for help, and they began providing her with gas cards. “It’s very nice of them…
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