Cancer patient could lose food benefits while fighting stage 4 cancer

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee ( WTVF ) -- A Clarksville woman battling stage 4 cancer said she is fighting not just for her life, but for the basic necessities to survive as she faces the potential loss of her food assistance benefits.

Michelle Lockhart was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer affecting her breast, liver, both lungs and spine. In August of 2014, she said doctors discovered brain cancer with 14 tumors.

"It was stage four cancer, breast, liver, both lungs, spine, and then in August of '24, brain cancer with 14 tumors," Lockhart said.

The extensive treatments and exhaustion forced her to leave her job two years ago in what she described as a collaborative decision with her medical team.

"It was a collaborative decision between myself and my doctors," Lockhart said.

Now living on dis