Margarita is a mother from Guatemala. She works at home taking care of her family and grandchildren, making food and doing household chores. Margarita also prepares and sells tamales in her community to gain an additional source of income.
Margarita needs an endometrial biopsy to determine if she has uterine cancer. Uterine cancer, or endometrial cancer, is a slowly progressive cancer, and it is almost always easily treated simply by removing the uterus. However, access to the necessary studies to make the diagnosis are not readily available in Guatemala. For this reason, many women have been experiencing symptoms for years before they seek care from our medical partner, Wuqu’ Kawoq.
If Margarita does not receive a biopsy, she will be forced to live with the uncertainty of not knowing whether or not she has cancer. If she does have cancer, it could spread and threaten her life.
$383 will provide Margarita with a biopsy to determine if she has cancer or not. The biopsy will also help her medical team prepare a treatment plan. The biopsy is scheduled for January 20 at our medical partner’s care center.
Margarita says, “Thank you to all of you for this support. I hope that everything turns out well.”