Just Our Cause
Don’t just talk about it…
Be about it. When I wrote Seahorse, I knew I wanted to do more than just talk, more than just create awareness about rare cancers that could destroy ANY of us. I wanted to help. I committed to learning what I didn’t know, and delivering that research through the art of story to others who didn’t know either.
That research illuminated one thing: we must do better.
So much money has gone into cancer research and funding over the years, and yet, chemotherapy is still our best bet? A treatment that kills all our cells, not just the cancerous ones. Some patients aren’t even strong enough to receive chemo - what options are they left with? How is this the best we can do?
I am not a doctor, nor do I have the answers, but together, we can fund the researchers who are on the hunt for them. Recent studies are showing progress in immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines - similar to the COVID vaccines many of us received - that boost our immune systems while training our bodies to track and destroy the cancer cells. A pledge here is a pledge for progress, and a pledge to protect yourself and your family. Cancer doesn’t care if you’re young, old, black, white, male, female, trans, gay or straight. It doesn’t discriminate. #ItsJustUs fighting for each other, fighting to do better, so we can all live the life of our dreams.
*While we don’t have our own fundraising, we support Shepherd Therapeutics, an organization formed by a young fighter who was diagnosed with a rare head and neck cancer at the age of 27. Today, David Hysong fights for all of us. Please check out Shepherd via the hyperlink, and/or donate below.