CLAUDETTE Grant’s story of struggle, having had to battle years of pain and misfortune and still managing to stay alive, is one she believes would make a good book.

However, becoming an author is not what her main focus is at this time as she faces the reality of needing emergency surgery to remove what she says is a large ovarian cyst, currently the source of excruciating pain.

She told the Jamaica Observer on Sunday that the cost of the surgery to remove the cyst is more than $1.5 million. She shared her cellphone number (876-589-1468) so that people wishing to assist may call and make queries. Grant said she is in a position to provide all necessary information to potential donors.