“There is a guy, I will go to Kaunas, need to be checked.At that moment, I was walking across a busy street in Washington, but involuntarily stopped on a green island between the lanes of traffic. It was a clear day, but that time everything seemed to be overcast and gray. My childhood home, smelling of my mother’s baked pies and ears of corn, began to recede. The world that describes me seems to be suspended in time. And that big hospital building in front of me, like a reproach, looks at me as if on purpose. I work in a medical facility, my mother needs me now, and I’m so far away, across the ocean, I can’t take care of her… What if my mother’s illness is very bad?
Although the connection between the two of us was very close and I had never felt the ocean separating us before, that time I felt like I was in another world – I was scared, how I’m still far away, I can’t jump on the bus and go to my mother’s house in half an hour. There was emptiness and fear that I couldn’t hug her, be physically with her…
After all, my mother is already over 70 years old, it is difficult for her to find her way in the confusing corridors of clinics, to understand what the doctor is saying, what treatment is offered and so on. That’s how I wanted to accompany her to Kaunas… Every time she visited the doctors, we connected by phone. I regretted that Lithuania does not have such a developed mutual support network as there is here in America. It hurt my heart so much that my mother is alone on the journey of illness, but during one conversation, my mother said that she found a wonderful community of oncology patients and from now on she always has a POLA card in her pocket. My mother was always happy – imagine what useful information I received today – a video complex of new exercises, and the other day she was happy about how useful the nutritionist’s consultation was, she kept counting how much she saved with the POLA card when buying medicine…
My mother loved to share all her life and was extremely generous – for example, she would bake cakes for all the neighbors on the street and brighten their day. I think, one finds another, POLA for me is also about sharing help, attention, it carries an important message: “You are not alone. We will support. We will support We will overcome this road together.”
Mom, I think about you all the time…
Your Ruth
- Currently, the Oncology Patient Support Association (POLA) helps 46,817 oncology patients and their relatives. Every month this number increases by 600-800 persons. Help us help them, – asks POLA director Neringa Čiakienė, inviting to allocate 1.2 percent. personal income tax (PIT) support for oncology patients and their relatives.
When an oncological disease is diagnosed, life is divided for both the patient and his relatives until and after diagnoses – it is natural that there is a lot of anxiety and worry, the unknown surrounds you, it is difficult to find your way in the abundance of information, what is right and what to rely on. It is especially difficult if the closest ones live far away and there are no opportunities to be around all the time. For 12 years, the Oncology Patient Support Association (POLA) has been bringing together those on the path to oncological disease and providing all kinds of help. In Lithuania, 50 people are diagnosed with an oncological disease every day, so in a year – about 18 thousand families start a path that none of us chooses voluntarily. With a POLA card, everyday life and financial burdens become easier for these people, and hope is stronger by receiving free individual consultations from POLA specialists (psychologist, dietitian, lawyer). A group of volunteer patient guides maintain a live connection and bring the message that even with the disease, LIFE goes on. Navigation system www.priesvezi.lt designed for patients and their families, where the most important information is easy to find according to the stages of the patient’s journey.
Every year, 1.2 percent of the population is allocated to an increasing number of people. personal income tax (PIT) support to our association confirms the importance of the activities of the POLA association, ignites again and again and encourages us to continue working to win life against cancer. You can also contribute – when filling out the grant application form in the electronic declaration system (EDS), enter the full name of the beneficiary: Association of Aid to Oncology Patients or Beneficiary code 302704554. This is an opportunity to really help cancer patients and their relatives without incurring additional costs.
If it is difficult to decide to allocate GPM support to one recipient, please note that GPM support can be divided by allocating a portion from 1.2 percent: for example, 0.6 percent, 0.8 and 0.4 percent each. etc., so that the total amount does not exceed 1.2 percent.
Thank you for being a friend against cancer. More information about the allocation of support is available on the website https://pola.lt/gpm/
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