Updated posted by Mark Howell 1 month ago
So it has been a while,...
So it has been a while, and here is an update for everyone. The diagnosis of pancreatic cancer was incorrect and am being treated for stage 4 melanoma or technically metastatic melanoma. Immunotherapy is the form of treatment I am currently going through and it is being administered at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I have gone through three treatments so far and have one more to go and then some more testing to see the progress. Currently I am feeling pretty well, just really tired after the treatments. Thanks again for all the support everyone has shown through my battle.
Updated posted by Mark Howell 4 months ago
Happy New Year to everyone, and...
Happy New Year to everyone, and I could not feel more blessed. Today I am starting off the new year by traveling down to MD Anderson Cancer Clinic in Florida where I will be meeting with doctors to discuss and hopefully plan out my chemo treatment and start beating this cancer. Thank you all for the support, and I hope you all had a great new year and happy holiday season. Thank you all again for everything you have helped me achieve so far!
Updated posted by Mark Howell 4 months ago
Thank you everyone that has helped...
Thank you everyone that has helped me reach my goal so far! We are getting very close. I would like to give another thank you to everyone who came out to the Total Sports Soccer Fundraiser last night put on by Paul Tinnion, Rob Williams, and Total Sports for all of the support and generosity they showed last night. We do not have the final amount raised yet, but will be posing it shortly! Thank you again everyone for the overwhelming amount of support you have given me. I cannot put into words how truly grateful I am. Thank you.
Created by Mark Howell on December 13, 2012
My name is Mark Howell, I am 30 years old and am a husband to an amazing wife, Christina, a father of beautiful baby boy who came into my life in October, Gabriel, they are my inspiration and my strength. I have recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and I am attempting to raise money to assist with all of the medical bills I will be experiencing throughout my battle with cancer. I have completed a very complex whipple surgery, in which the top of my pancreas, half of my stomach, my gall bladder, part of large intestine, and piece of my colon has been removed. Starting in January of 2013, I will begin my chemotherapy treatment and this begins with my trip to MD Anderson Cancer and Research Center where they told me I will have my "chemo cocktail" developed. I have a very positive outlook on this whole diagnosis, and believe I can beat it. The support I have received from my wife, my immediate family, the church, my small community of Brighton, MI where I grew up, the extended soccer community, friends, friends of friends, the list goes on, has been absolutely touching and moving. I am trying to raise money to offset the expenses that are coming directly from all of the medical treatment I will be receiving over the next year maybe more. Any help you can give, is more than appreciated, and if you can do anything at all, at least keep my family in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.
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