{"id":26870,"date":"2021-03-15T21:44:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T21:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=337849"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:15:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:15:44","slug":"breast-cancer-patient-devotes-her-time-to-driving-others-to-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/breast-cancer-patient-devotes-her-time-to-driving-others-to-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Cancer Patient Devotes Her Time to Driving Others to Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Angela Baker<\/a> was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer in 2003. Her condition is considered terminal, but rather than wallow in self-pity, she\u2019s been devoting her time to helping other patients with cancer who do not have a way to get to their treatment appointments.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2014, I started helping people because I was out of work,\u201d Angela says. \u201cI started out just doing errands for people and I was charging at the time. Then I came across a breast cancer patient who couldn\u2019t afford to pay, but needed to go to her breast cancer appointments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Angela began giving that woman rides to her appointments and soon decided it was worth creating a non-profit organization out of the idea to help pay for the costs incurred in giving rides. \u201cI thought, \u2018If she has this issue, there have to be other people,\u2019 and then I said, \u2018I\u2019m going to make this into a non-profit.’\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She started Angel in Disguise<\/a> and began giving rides to other cancer patients as well. She and a few of the organization\u2019s board members have driven more than 1,600 cancer patients a combined total of about 21,000 miles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Angela used to go inside to wait for her clients and provide extra support, but since the advent of COVID-19, she\u2019s been forced to wait in the car.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All the same, since the beginning of the pandemic, Angela has seen an uptick in demand for her services.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of organizations have stopped because of the pandemic,\u201d she says. \u201cSo I have gotten more calls from both of the healthcare networks here in Charlotte.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Because she is still battling cancer, Angela sometimes has rough days where her work is more difficult than other times. But she cares deeply for each of her clients. Her own cancer diagnosis gives her a personal connection<\/a> to them. \u201cI call them my vidas because vida means life,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Angela\u2019s clients, in turn, give her a sense of purpose. \u201cEveryone always wants to find their purpose in life and I guess I found mine,\u201d she says. She even checks in on them occasionally to see how they\u2019re doing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people wouldn\u2019t do that,\u201d says Carolyn Sanders<\/a>, who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 29 and now receives rides from Angela, since she doesn\u2019t have a car. \u201cShe is a gift. She is an angel to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re so happy to see that angels still exist in the world. Keep up the great work, Angela!<\/span><\/p>\n

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