Rachael Crane: How WWHF Supported Me

The Komen Breast Fund provides financial assistance for men and women in need of breast health services. Since 2010, the WWHF has administered funds from Komen Southeast Wisconsin supported by Kohl’s Cares, reaching over 500 women each year. The financial support helps eliminate barriers to breast cancer care, making recommended services accessible for all women.

Meet Rachael Crane- a 2016 recipient of Komen funds. She graciously allowed us to share her story… In April 2016 she felt a lump, but as a 26 year-old and like most women, she wrote it off as nothing. It was when she started experiencing unbearable breast pain that she went to her doctor to have it checked out.  Even going into biopsy, she was thinking it was no big deal. You’re too young for cancer. It’s probably just a benign tumor like your mother has had before. The diagnosis blindsided her, especially when she found out how rapidly her triple negative breast cancer was growing. Two months ago, when she first found the lump, a lumpectomy would have sufficed. Now, she was facing a double mastectomy and six months of chemotherapy.

The Komen Breast Fund was available to provide support when Rachael needed it the most. “Life doesn’t stop when you have cancer (especially as a young wife and mother); you just have to keep going”. The funds that were administered helped Rachael keep going, covering many of her medical bills and expenses so she could focus on what mattered most- fighting breast cancer.

Today, Rachael is finished with treatment and is looking ahead to reconstruction surgery. Thanks in part to the assistance provided by the Komen Breast Fund, she was able to receive the services she needed, and is now cancer-free!

For questions or more information regarding the Komen Breast Fund, visit our website.