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elionwyrCastle Blood cast member Nancy Allen is currently battling stage three breast cancer.
This hit very fast, and very hard, and she's struggling to afford all of her health care costs.
To help her out, we're organizing a silent auction to be held at next month's Midwest Haunters Convention.
We're still looking for donated items for this event; we will also be selling t-shirts (details to come). If you'd like to donate, buy a t-shirt, or offer other assistance, please let me know!
And if you'd like to share this note, please feel free to boost the signal.
Thank you!
NANCY ALLEN BATTLES BREAST CANCER
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE-
APRIL 2008
Nancy Allen or “Elmyra the Hearse Chick” is known for her outlandish impersonations of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Also a past Haunt owner/operator, Nancy ran Sturdy Pumpkins Haunted Acres in Michigan. The Haunt was a daytime pumpkin patch and Haunted Attraction. Nancy has been a loyal friend to the Haunted Attraction industry for years and is an avid hearse enthusiast.
Nancy now faces the Scariest fight of her life. In August, Nancy went to the hospital to have a lump in her breast evaluated. She was told “nothing to worry about it is just a fibroid cyst”. On Christmas, she was re-evaluated and Diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
On January 25th, 2008, Nancy had her right breast removed. Nancy did well in surgery, but the wait for the lab results was excruciating. Her fears were confirmed when she received the lab reports back. The tumor was golf ball size and in 28 lymph nodes, putting her in a Stage 3 cancer. (There are four stages of cancer):
Stage 3 breast cancer is divided into 3 groups:
Stage 3A means
Although no tumor is seen in the breast, the lymph nodes under the arm contain cancer cells and are stuck together, but there is no sign of cancer spread or The tumor is 5 cm or less, the lymph nodes in the armpit contain cancer cells and are stuck to each other, but the cancer has not spread elsewhere or The tumor is more than 5 cm, the lymph nodes in the armpit contain cancer cells and may be stuck together, but there is no further spread
Stage 3B means
The tumor is fixed to the skin or chest wall, the lymph nodes may or may not contain cancer cells, but there is no further spread
Stage 3C means
The tumor can be any size and has spread to lymph nodes in the armpit and under the breast bone, or to nodes above or below the collarbone, but there is no further spread
Nancy was adopted, and found out from her birth mother that Breast cancer runs in their family. With a fear cancer would develop in her left breast, Nancy asked the surgeon to do a double mastectomy. He refused.
Chemo has started, and Nancy lost chunks of hair after her first treatment. This would be devastating to any woman. Through her tears, she decided to not let the cancer take over her life and shaved her head. She now enjoys purple wigs.
Nancy had a shunt put it to help make giving the chemo easier, but it has been a painful process. Her bone depression also set in, which means every bone in her body is in horrible pain. This will eventually disappear.
After her Chemo treatments, Nancy will have to move on to 36 weeks of Radiation. When the radiation treatments are done, Nancy will be able to find a plastic surgeon to rebuild her right breast.
Nancy now lives in Fairmount, Indiana (birthplace of James Dean). She has no insurance and is unemployed. The money she brings in is through EBay auctions, which she runs. Although the Cancer Society has taken care of a lot of the bills, there is a lot they cannot pay for. Nancy also cannot afford the anti-nausea pills for Chemo patients as they are $100.00 a pill.
Nancy’s bills for over the counter medications, travel to and from the doctor’s daily visits, wigs and daily living are over the top. Nancy also will have to pay the plastic surgeon to rebuild her right breast and fix the left one to “Match”. Right now, she longs for a silicone breast she could wear, and still enjoy playing her role of “Elmyra the Hearse Chick”. They are, unfortunately too expensive. Nancy is also in need of a newer Hearse, as she literally has duct tape holding her current one together. (It is her daily driver).
Jen Sharlow
Midnight Syndicate Films, division of Entity Productions, Inc.
www.MidnightSyndicate.com
Direct Email: jen@midnightsyndicate.com
This hit very fast, and very hard, and she's struggling to afford all of her health care costs.
To help her out, we're organizing a silent auction to be held at next month's Midwest Haunters Convention.
We're still looking for donated items for this event; we will also be selling t-shirts (details to come). If you'd like to donate, buy a t-shirt, or offer other assistance, please let me know!
And if you'd like to share this note, please feel free to boost the signal.
Thank you!
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE-
APRIL 2008
Nancy Allen aka "Elmyra the Hearse Chick"
Nancy Allen or “Elmyra the Hearse Chick” is known for her outlandish impersonations of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Also a past Haunt owner/operator, Nancy ran Sturdy Pumpkins Haunted Acres in Michigan. The Haunt was a daytime pumpkin patch and Haunted Attraction. Nancy has been a loyal friend to the Haunted Attraction industry for years and is an avid hearse enthusiast.
Nancy now faces the Scariest fight of her life. In August, Nancy went to the hospital to have a lump in her breast evaluated. She was told “nothing to worry about it is just a fibroid cyst”. On Christmas, she was re-evaluated and Diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
On January 25th, 2008, Nancy had her right breast removed. Nancy did well in surgery, but the wait for the lab results was excruciating. Her fears were confirmed when she received the lab reports back. The tumor was golf ball size and in 28 lymph nodes, putting her in a Stage 3 cancer. (There are four stages of cancer):
Stage 3 breast cancer is divided into 3 groups:
Stage 3A means
Although no tumor is seen in the breast, the lymph nodes under the arm contain cancer cells and are stuck together, but there is no sign of cancer spread or The tumor is 5 cm or less, the lymph nodes in the armpit contain cancer cells and are stuck to each other, but the cancer has not spread elsewhere or The tumor is more than 5 cm, the lymph nodes in the armpit contain cancer cells and may be stuck together, but there is no further spread
Stage 3B means
The tumor is fixed to the skin or chest wall, the lymph nodes may or may not contain cancer cells, but there is no further spread
Stage 3C means
The tumor can be any size and has spread to lymph nodes in the armpit and under the breast bone, or to nodes above or below the collarbone, but there is no further spread
Nancy was adopted, and found out from her birth mother that Breast cancer runs in their family. With a fear cancer would develop in her left breast, Nancy asked the surgeon to do a double mastectomy. He refused.
Chemo has started, and Nancy lost chunks of hair after her first treatment. This would be devastating to any woman. Through her tears, she decided to not let the cancer take over her life and shaved her head. She now enjoys purple wigs.
Nancy had a shunt put it to help make giving the chemo easier, but it has been a painful process. Her bone depression also set in, which means every bone in her body is in horrible pain. This will eventually disappear.
After her Chemo treatments, Nancy will have to move on to 36 weeks of Radiation. When the radiation treatments are done, Nancy will be able to find a plastic surgeon to rebuild her right breast.
Nancy now lives in Fairmount, Indiana (birthplace of James Dean). She has no insurance and is unemployed. The money she brings in is through EBay auctions, which she runs. Although the Cancer Society has taken care of a lot of the bills, there is a lot they cannot pay for. Nancy also cannot afford the anti-nausea pills for Chemo patients as they are $100.00 a pill.
Nancy’s bills for over the counter medications, travel to and from the doctor’s daily visits, wigs and daily living are over the top. Nancy also will have to pay the plastic surgeon to rebuild her right breast and fix the left one to “Match”. Right now, she longs for a silicone breast she could wear, and still enjoy playing her role of “Elmyra the Hearse Chick”. They are, unfortunately too expensive. Nancy is also in need of a newer Hearse, as she literally has duct tape holding her current one together. (It is her daily driver).
Jen Sharlow
Midnight Syndicate Films, division of Entity Productions, Inc.
www.MidnightSyndicate.com
Direct Email: jen@midnightsyndicate.com