{"id":1,"date":"2025-02-08T22:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-04-21T22:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T22:24:19","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"My Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My name is Daniel, and I never thought I\u2019d be writing this.<\/strong> If this page seems a little unpolished, I apologize\u2014this isn\u2019t something I ever expected to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">In January 2025, I was diagnosed with <strong>Stage 4 Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma<\/strong>. And while every form of cancer is terrible, Stage 4 Hodgkin\u2019s is at least more treatable than many other cancers at this stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">That said,<strong> <em>it\u2019s still Stage 4<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em> and I need to take it seriously\u2014no delays, no missed treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">I have <strong>some<\/strong> medical coverage, but it\u2019s not great, and I don\u2019t know how long it will last. On top of that, I still have <strong>medical costs,<\/strong> <strong>treatment-related expenses<\/strong>, <strong>credit card bills, car payments, and regular living expenses<\/strong>, but no way to work while undergoing treatment. (Chemo is a sucker punch.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re able to help, it would mean the world to me. Any support\u2014<em>big or small<\/em>\u2014goes directly toward <strong>keeping life moving forward while I fight this.<\/strong><br><br><strong>Please understand, the thought of being denied treatment due to insufficient funds is a nightmare.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for reading, for caring, and for any support you can give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLEASE DONATE TO MY FUND THROUGH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/?page_id=25\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"25\">PAYPAL<\/a>  \u2022  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/?page_id=29\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"29\">VENMO<\/a>  \u2022  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/?page_id=48\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"48\">CASH APP<\/a>  \u2022  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/?page_id=52\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"52\">ZELLE<\/a>  \u2022  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/?page_id=54\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"54\">GOFUNDME<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c20202\"><br>If you have any questions, my mother Rachel is running the fundraiser&#8230; <br>Just email her at <a href=\"mailto:HelpMyDaniel@gmail.com\">HelpMyDaniel@gmail.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daniel-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daniel-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daniel-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daniel-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daniel-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daniel-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daniel-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Daniel, and I never thought I\u2019d be writing this. If this page seems a little unpolished, I apologize\u2014this isn\u2019t something I ever expected to do. In January 2025, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma. And while every form of cancer is terrible, Stage 4 Hodgkin\u2019s is at least more treatable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helpdaniel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}