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A Hackensack woman sensitizes to the rare hormonal cancer that suddenly killed her best friend during the summer.
In honor of World Neuroendocrine Cancer Day (NET), Nov. 10, Amanda Pizzimenti
launch a website
Kerry Snow
from Manalapan.
The snow succumbed to the disease at age 28 in August, two months after diagnosis. All proceeds from the sale on the site of Pizzimenti will go to the
NET Cancer Research Foundation
in the name of Snow.
By sharing Snow's story, Pizzimenti hopes to educate people about NET cancer and perhaps even save someone else's life.
complications
in January 2017. All test results came back inconclusive and doctors attributed to him symptoms of gluten intolerance and food sensitivity.
According to the International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance, most NET cancers are diagnosed at a later stage, when they have already spread to other parts of the body. At that time, finding a cure is rare.
Such was the case with Snow.
"At the time of diagnosis, in June, the cancer was terminally ill," said Pizzimenti, 28.
"It was so difficult to see her go from such an active person to a person who was having trouble walking down the hallway of a hospital."
Snow was a runner with a penchant for traveling. She would throw the essentials in a bag and get on a plane to a foreign country that interested her, recalled Pizzimenti.
She never stopped smiling – and remained positive and optimistic as cancer wreaked havoc on her body.
"She has never lost hope," said Pizzimenti. "She made everyone smile, she sometimes had a bad day, but she was always there to comfort her friends and family.
"I'm trying to advance her name, I know that's what she would like."
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