Meet Scott Doyle, a man that has been battling cancer for all of his adult life.
He was first diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma at age 17. It cost him to miss out on many things most people take for granted. Playing football, going to prom, graduating with his class. Even though the odds were stacked him against he did everything he could to live a normal life, despite the residual side effects of treatment for HL as a teenager. He married a wonderful woman, helped her raise a beautiful little girl. He mastered guitar and martial arts. The healing power of music as well as the discipline learned from martial arts enabled him to fight off the disease for 20 years.

It would come back 3 more times before we get to his present life. The second time at age 39 he was diagnosed with Large Diffuse B Cell Lymphoma, Non Hodgkins. The sudden reemergence would send him and his family into an emotional nightmare you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. Despite their desperate situation they would do their best to carry on with life. Supporting him through 16 rounds of RCHOP Chemotherapy nicknamed The Red Devil. At the end of treatment everyone was confident that the fight was over and the worst was behind them. Unfortunately, the worst was yet to come.

After 15 months of remission Scott started running very high fevers. Trips to the ER would result in diagnosis of a sinus infecting or a UTI. This went on for four months until he was finally able to see his oncologist who immediately admitted Scott to the hospital for a pet scan that revealed a veritable nightmare: a tumor the size of a fist in his liver, more cancer in his lungs, and also in his lymph nodes. As devastating as this news was, the doctors still had a plan: put Scott on a high dose multi agent chemotherapy RICE that could fight the cancer back long enough for Scott to have a stemcell transplant.

Five hours into his RICE therapy, Scott went into respiratory failure and had to be ventilated. Doctors told his wife he likely would not survive the night. But he did and the next day, they tried RICE again, but with the exact same results as the day before. Again his family was told he wasn't expected to survive the night, and again Scott would rally because he is a warrior. As strong as he was, the cancer seemed stronger this time and unbeatable. The next day they were given an impossible choice. Take him off the ventilator and try the chemo again which would likely kill him or put him on permanent life support. Or they could take send him to a hopsice and let nature take its course.

After four days or the worst emotional roller coaster ride imaginable it was decided that he would go into hospice care where he could die at peace. Doctors gave him weeks at best. But each in hospice care Scott improved. Eventually, with the help of his wife Scott convinved his doctor to let them try treatment again. Not the same treatment but something that his body could handle and that would possible give him more time with his wife and daughter. After being admitted back into the hospital a PET scan revealed a MIRACLE: the tumor in his liver was gone, the cancer in his lungs had vanished. And most of the large spots on his lymph nodes had disappeared. There was still cancer, but Scott's outlook and prognosis was much brighter. They knew there had been divine intervention. There was no other way to describe it. Even the doctors couldn't believe it.

They had been given a true miracle. Over the next 18 months, Scott would have to learn to walk again as he had lost 100lbs in just a few weeks and his muscles had atrophied to the point that he was unable to even sit up on his own. He endured two different types of chemotherapy and was part on an immunotherapy trial. Almost two years after he was supposed to die, Scott was finally well enough to his his stem cell transplant - his best chance at for a cure. But the cost of fighting had taken its toll elsewhere in his life: Scott lost literally everything but his wife and daughter - his home, their savings...every asset they had was to help pay to keep him alive. The expenses of fighting cancer can be astronomical and if you don't have the means you don't get the chance to even fight.

Just nine months after the stem cell transplant, in December 2017, Scott had a routin PET scan to make sure he was still in remission and everything came back clear. In mid-January, he went to the ER with a bad cough, thinking he had the flu. A chest Xray revealed a 5cm mass on his left lung. Immediately prompting the oncologist to schedule another PET scan. It showed cancer in both lungs, the left lung revealed a tumor the size of a golf ball with a necrotic center, a clear sign of cancer. They felt like they had been given a death sentence. But Scott being the man he is immediately started worrying about everyone else but himself. How would his wife and daughter survive without him? Would they end up homeless? What about their beloved ferrets? But his wife told him to forget about everything else but fighting the cancer.

Most recently, Scott had a double biopsy to determine which type of cancer he is facing. The bad news is it seems to be incredible aggressive - the tumore are growing exceptionally fast. The first biopsy was inconclusive so now Scott must undergo a surgical biopsy which requires a cardiothoracic surgeon to collapse his lung while he removes tissue from the tumor that will hopefully give them the answers they need. Their hope is to get him into the CAR T trial at UVA if it's a Non Hodgkins Lymphoma since he qualifies for it after his failed stem cell transplant. If it is Hodgkins Lymphoma, they are hoping to get involved in a clinical trial being run at Stanford University be run by Lymphoma specialist Dr Ronald Levy, that could actually cure his cancer. His oncologist is consulting with other top lymphoma specialists across the country to come up with a treatment plan that will save his life.

But we can't continue this fight without your help. We have exhausted every asset we have. Our hopes now rest with you. Help us save Scott's life. Help us save our family. Scott has so much that he wants to do with his life. He had hopes of some day becoming a motivational speaker and writing a book about his lifes journey with cancer.

But right now, he just want the chance to live.

We have been praying for God to send us angels who can help us during our biggest fight to date.

Please be one of them.


Scott in the hospital at UVA during transplant.  The other bed in the room is where his wife slept.  She never left his side throughout the entire journey.   She is the only family he has ever had and he is her entire heart and soul. 


Scott's beloved ferret Oni comforting him after chemo.  Sadly Oni passed from Lymphoma on June 1st 2017
Scott with the family furbabies Rocky, Drago, and Chewy.  They love giving him beard kisses.   

Scotts and his wife Heather at UVA 15 days post Stem Cell transplant. They would wear these masks any time they left home for 100 days after transplant.



Scott at age 3 with his first guitar, he was destined to play and would later master the instrument while undergoing treatment for cancer as a teenager.



Scott in the hospital at UVA for his first round of IGEV chemotherapy in December of 2016

In this video, a message from Scotts football hero Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills telling Scott to stay Doyle tough.