When Jenie Yoo, 28, first had pain in November, she thought it was just a toothache. It wasn’t a toothache, it was jaw cancer.
In March, she started chemotherapy and at first things seemed to improve – the tumor stopped growing.
But then her tumor started to get bigger, and doctors have given her very little time.
![woman with jaw cancer](https://www.relayhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1-42.jpg)
Last month, the tumor became even more aggressive, and Jenie’s face is swollen, and she has lost some of her teeth.
Jenie is housebound in Bangkok, Thailand.
![woman with jaw cancer](https://www.relayhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2-39.jpg)
She can’t eat or speak. Jenie has turned to social media for help.
She wants support, so her parents don’t have to handle the burden of being her full-time caregivers.
![woman with jaw cancer](https://www.relayhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/3-36.jpg)
She says that her parents should be enjoying their retirement, not stuck at home taking care of her.
Jenie said she has seizures and is in constant pain.
![woman with jaw cancer](https://www.relayhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/4-35.jpg)
Her parents can’t go out, but she would like for them to have a break.
She is asking for a wheelchair so they all can leave the house.
![woman with jaw cancer](https://www.relayhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/5-31.jpg)
Jenie has undergone ten chemotherapy treatments, but the cancer has been unrelenting.
Surgeons and specialists in Seoul, South Korea, have ruled out surgery.
![woman with jaw cancer](https://www.relayhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/6-18.jpg)
Jaw cancer starts in the jawbones – symptoms include headaches, ear pain, pain in check muscles, stiff neck, difficulty swallowing, loose teeth, discomfort in the mouth, and pain behind the eyes.
![woman with jaw cancer](https://www.relayhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/7-12.jpg)
Don’t take any of these symptoms too lightly. Early detection is the key to survival.
Share away, people.