Help a long time friend beat AML(Acute myeloid leukemia) not sure if posted it in the right area but here. We are trying to raise money to send a long time friend to USA to give him a second chance of life. He is 24 years old and has AML, exhuasted all options in canada and has to head south for further treatment. https://www.gofundme.com/HelpBrandonBeatAML if you have anything to spare it is greatly appreciated! quoted from go fund me Imagine you are 24, diagnosed with one of the most aggressive blood cancers, have already spent your savings (what little you have at 24), and had to quit your job 6 months ago due to your illness. You've moved 3 times in the last 4 months to get medical care and you were just told that there is no additional medical care left for you in Canada. You have to leave your home and your family to get care in another country at your own expense in order to have any hope at a viable treatment. That is the story of my courageous husband, Brandon. This is why we desperately need your help. https://2dbdd5116ffa30a49aa8-c03f075...escription.jpg |
Make an Imgur post! I've seen many gofundmes takeoff that way! |
What's the treatment that they have in the US that they don't have here? |
Ask your friend if they've been consulted with his oncologist regarding Oncolytic/Virus therapy, where viruses are used to kill off the cancer, it's mainly for tumors but there has been tests using the measles virus for Leukemia Blood Journal | Oncolytic virotherapy for ALL: MSCs to the rescue the Ottawa hospital Information for cancer patients about oncolytic virus therapy - OHRI is doing clinical trials (not sure what sort of virotherapy though), the link states that their trial is currently full, but it wouldn't hurt to reach out to them to see what you can learn there are other hospitals in the UK and the USA that are conducting Oncolytic studies, if your friends family haven't heard about it before, they should definitely seek out more info, not just from their Oncologist but from the hospitals/universities running the studies |
I have many family members and friends who are suffering and living with cancers of all types. I feel for this person. So young. I wish him the best of luck. Never give up, 'cause miracles do happen. |
I am paying it forward. Good luck to your friend Brandon. |
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good luck to your friend, cancer is an atrocious monster that cares little for who you are, how old you are... i'm also really sorry to hear that he cannot get his required treatment in canada - that is a real worry! (but it happens more than you would know in canada) I hope that one day the world can come together and more efficiently allocate resources to further the development to destroy many cancers, this current segmented system does not work well enough, resources are squandered. truly, i hope he pulls through (I have lost way too many people to cancer) |
thanks guys!.. apparently at the facility in the usa, they do more specialized treatments directed towards the individual. I think its more about the size of population which means more people have the disease. think about it canada only has 33 million approx. USA has 330 million. You just cant treat every single thing in canada. |
Canada doesn't provide all treatments as some treatments don't meet their threshold of spending the funding on, yet those treatments do cure people. But Canada will also carry out experimental research where everything is unknown, doesn't seem fair i know, but funding isn't unlimited :/ I spoke with your friends wife, and told her about those experimental treatments, hopefully looking into it will have positive results just in case other avenues don't prove successful best wishes |
Seems like Ive garnered a good number of fails... can you day laborers elaborate on your conclusion to dismiss my post? |
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and Canada won't foot the bill for experimental treatment being undertaken abroad, and iirc that includes treatments with low chances of success |
^ yes, and think of it this way......... the amount it costs to maybe, just maybe, and I stress maybe, make a difference to one patient, that money can be used to treat more than just a few people living/surviving/dying with cancer here in our province. I don't think the couple in this situation are questioning the lack of funding by the provincial government. They just need money for a "Hail Mary" treatment, and you can't blame them for trying all avenues. I can tell you right now, our province does a damn good job as far as cancer treatment is concerned. I would go as far as to say second to none in this country. Without going in to detail, I have first hand experience. It's just sad that our hospital care is not up to par. Anyway. treatment for cancer related issues is very, very expensive and our provincial government does step up. I've heard from a lot of patients who have lived elsewhere in Canada comment on this. Be glad you live here in BC, peoples. And do everything in your power to help get rid of the freeloaders........., 'cause one day, you or your loved ones are going to need help and our tax dollars will be stretched to the limit because of those fricken freeloading bastards we continue to........... /rant. take three deep breaths, three deep breaths, three deep breaths We've had a lot of support here in BC in terms of cancer research and care. Terry Fox, for example - great legacy he has left us. Now there's a true hero. No sports hero could ever come close to the influence he has had on generations of people all over the world. |
Canada's go to treatment for cancer is chemo, is it not? Something like 95% maybe??? Can you provide a statistic of 5-7 year survival rates after chemo? This information is hidden, unless you can find some statistics, all youre selling is false hope and ignorant advice. Suzanne Somers had stage two breast cancer in the year 2000, shes still alive using unconventional methods and refusing doctor recommended chemo. |
Yea and Steve jobs, arguably one of the most powerful and resourceful people on the planet refused traditional surgery/methods and died from a preventable form of cancer. Your argument is a strong one. |
The western world supposedly spends billions upon billions on health care and cancer research. B.C. alone spends 18 billion on health a year... http://i.imgur.com/ljGpmBB.jpg So tell me day labourer, why arent we provided chemo survival rate statistics? |
A thread for a dying man, seeking help, and it turns into a debate, even complaints of comment fails. For fuck sakes. |
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Just shut the fuck up and give this thread the respect it deserves... If you end up getting cancer i'm sure you would try everything to beat it like this guy is doing... Stop being a fucken hypocrite and learn when to think before you type.. |
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UPDATE they are now in houston and continuing treatment. i dont know what to say but ALL TREATMENT IN CANADA was administered and failed. |
its all about population.... Canada as a country cannot and will not provide everything for 35 million people. USA a country of 320 million have much more specialized treatments for smaller cases. unfortunately its not economically feasible to provide everyone with specialized and individualized treaments. |
i thank everyone that has donated or shared his story. |
There was a new story on the BBC today, about a new immunotherapy treatment for cancer, it's only experimental but they're claiming 90% of those in the trial who were terminal had their cancers go into remission, however two of those that underwent the trial had adverse effects and passed away Excitement at new cancer treatment - BBC News Quote:
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