Oregon woman’s breast cancer diagnosis inspires husband’s gaming community to raise $1 million for research

Gaming isn't always just about passing the time by pressing some buttons; the people who share your likes and hobbies often end up becoming a part of a community that takes the form of friendship, one that is bonded in happiness and sadness, both. When Jessica's life was threatened by breast cancer, her husband's gaming community with 300 members came to her rescue. They rallied around the couple and raised more than $1 million for lifesaving research, as per a report by Woman's World.A devastating diagnosisWhen Oregon couple Jessica and her husband Matt Conwell were led into a consulting room, Matt spotted a box of tissues. "Bad news," he predicted, and it was. Jessica had triple-negative breast cancer. Stressed and shocked by the news, the couple began their research but the more they read, the bleaker the future looked. “We’ll get through this together, as we always do,” Matt promised.Jessica and Matt met when they attended the same graduate school, where Jessica was working on her PhD in psychology and Matt on his M.B.A. They married in ’98, and Jessica started a private practice, while Matt turned a school project into the Portland Local Area Network (PDXLAN), centred on his v...