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Eric Drew posted an update in the group The Marcus Bannon Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Global Advocate Network
Francesca did you see the 60 Minutes episode tonight about Glioblastoma? So exciting for all cancers! http://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/
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Eric Drew posted an update in the group The WeHeal Welcome Community
A CASE STUDY WITH INFO FOR ALL CANCER PATIENTS – by Eric Drew
One of my morning patient calls today was with a young man fighting metastatic colon cancer. He has been through major surgery to extract over a foot of his colon and 45 lymph nodes in the immediate area. He is now examining his options for the next phase of treatment and wanted my h…[Read more]-
Yes Eric,that is the whole key,building up the immune system and detoxifying the body so that you have the tools to fight your disease!
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Eric Drew posted an update in the group The WeHeal Welcome Community
This guy was diagnosed with lung cancer, but the write up is about how bad this country is at servicing patients! Great read! Regardless of having great doctors and technology, with a failing system of delivering medical care mistakes are made and many fall through the holes! I was one of them in my opinion! Medical Care Excellent but the…[Read more]
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John I relate to those words so much its almost like I wrote them. I definitely feel that upon my diagnosis and for a year after, my providers were not honest with me and gave me treatments that they knew would cause me great harm but had not chance of curing my leukemia. Very unethical, and this was at one of the largest most well renowned…[Read more]
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Eric do you think that maybe the goal was to prolong your life long enough until there was a trial that would work?
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Thank you Gracie! I don’t think they gave it that much thought to be honest. They are under orders to offer specific treatments and not discuss alternatives, so they were always in crisis mode and didn’t have time to advocate for patients. If that was their goal they did not vocalize this to me. I guess the biggest issue I have was the lack of…[Read more]
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Ericdrew18 joined the group Acute Myeloid Leukemia AML Advocate Network
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Francesca posted an update in the group The Marcus Bannon Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Global Advocate Network
Latest info – we flew to Newport Beach, CA to see Dr. Christopher Duma, who agreed to use his GammaKnife as a one time radiation treatment for Tom’s tumor. When we got there, Dr. Duma told us that the tumor had grown larger, to the point where he could NOT use the GammaKnife. He had a nearby colleague, Dr. Amanda Schwer, who had a CyberKnife, and…[Read more]
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Eric Drew joined the group The WeHeal Welcome Community
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Francesca posted an update in the group The Marcus Bannon Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Global Advocate Network
What’s new with us is after the surgery at Stanford to remove some of the tumor, we returned to Hawaii for a Gamma Knife radiation. When we arrived at the consultation with the surgeon, we were informed that he had taken a leave of absence, and they had imported a new radiation oncologist from Canada. Needless to say, she was NOT interested in…[Read more]
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Eric Drew posted an update in the group The Marcus Bannon Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Global Advocate Network
My father’s business partner and friend Tom has been recently diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme, and of course I offered to meet with them and assist his wife Francesca with evaluating next steps and treatment options. Tom and Francesca live in Hawaii where they had the initial tumor extraction surgery which is generally the first step in…[Read more]
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Eric Drew posted an update in the group Acute Myeloid Leukemia AML Advocate Network
My buddy Dan, who is in LA and a patient of City of Hope, is getting ready for an amazing bone marrow transplant from an generous unrelated and unknown donor form Spain! Staring non September 11th 2015 Dan will begin his transformation and rebirth! Anyone out there who has been diagnosed with AML, please make sure you are seen at a major…[Read more]
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/Eric – Can you give me Dan’ number?
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Dan is a patient so I would have to ask his permission to share his contact info. What do you want to contact him for?
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Eric Drew joined the group Acute Myeloid Leukemia AML Advocate Network
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Jeff Jones joined the group Acute Myeloid Leukemia AML Advocate Network
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WeHeal created the group Acute Myeloid Leukemia AML Advocate Network
