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Mom From Region Seeking Cancer Treatment Needs Help Keeping Family Farm Afloat Mom From Region Seeking Cancer Treatment Needs Help Keeping Family Farm Afloat
Mom From Region Seeking Cancer Treatment Needs Help Keeping Family Farm Afloat As a mother with a young daughter and co-owner of Johnk Family Farm in upstate New York, located in Greene County in the town of Greenville, Becky Johnk is used to balancing a lot of things in her life. What she did not expect was to be juggling another life major component: cancer. After going through “countless misdiagnoses and daily physical challenges,” Johnk was diagnosed with Chordoma in 2021, according to a GoFundMe organized in her honor. Chordoma is a rare form of cancer that originates in the bones of the skull base and spine, according to the Chordoma Foundation. The …

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