Eric's Mexican Medical Fund
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On January 11th 2016, I took my husband Eric to the ER, with an intensely painful backache. He was rushed from the ER to a surgical hospital for emergency surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his spine. His T8 vertebrae was replaced with a titanium cage...but, that was just the beginning of his journey with cancer.
A couple weeks later, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Stage 4, and a PET scan showed he was riddled with dis-ease. Traditional chemo treatments seemed to be working for the first 3 months, but after that, the same regimen of chemo morphed the dis-ease into something even worse and more aggressive.
The tradiiotnal doctors tried another round of a different chemo cocktail, and anticipated doing a stem cell transplant in October/November 2016. However, the chemo didn't have any impact on the dis-ease and they informed us that the stem cell transplant was now out of the question. They gave him 2 months to live!
We didn't like what we heard, so after a couple days of research, we packed a single suitcase and went to a wonderful facility in Mexico, just south of the San Diego border, called Sanoviv. It is a fully fledged medical institute with a phenomenal goal of supporting the complete health of the individual person. We found it was more than personalized medicine, but "personal medicine"!
Eric thrived in the environment, with fantastic organic and paleo nutrition, hyperbaric oxygen treatments, ozone treatments, regional and whole body hyperthermia, spa treatments, body code emotional release, psychology sessions, diagnosis and treatments with the latest technology machines, reflexology, daily IV's and supplements, including curcumin IV drips, and daily conversations with his personal doctor. Many of these treatments are either outlawed in the USA, or hard to find, as they don't generate money for the pharmaceutical companies, and are apparently likely to heal dis-ease in the body, including cancer!
We were told by our American health insurance company before we left for Mexico, that they would likely be convering some/most of his treatments. However, we just found out that this is not the case, and they are not only denying the more "experimental" treatments, but they are denying everything! Even treatments that are standard in the US, such as a biopsy surgery and 5 days of radiation!
Needless to say, we have ended up with a total of $84,290.61 on our credit cards. I am not only mortified at the denial of our claims by our insurance company, but am so sad that my husband has to deal with this deep disappoinment, whilst in such a weakened state of health.
If there's anything you can do to help with our credit card bills, we would be most appreciative! The cancer journey is enough of an experience, without the financial strain on top of everything else. As such, we are so very grateful for any/all donations, no matter how big or small!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,
Phillipa, Eric, and our two daughters, Alicia and Bella
xxx
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Updating our story:
On February 10th 2017, after a week in the ICU, my husband was running out of options, and his health continued to decline. His kidneys and liver were failing, and the dis-ease had now spread to the brain.
Additional chemotherapy and radiaiton were now out of the question. He was told that he would need 12 hours per day of dialysis, and that might not even work fast enough to clear the dangerously high level of acidosis in his body.
Subsequently, my husband made the decision that he could not continue in such agaonizing pain, and his care was switched to "comfort care". He felt so bad his decision, and apologized profusely to me for not beating the cancer.
Sadly, my beautiful husband passed away a little more than 24 hours later, at 4:17pm February 11th 2017.
I cannot tell you how grateful I am that you have all donated, even a little, to our GoFundMe campaign. This debt weighted very heavily on my husband's heart. He even talked about it with his best friend, during their last conversation.
Believe me, I have tears on my keyboard as I type this update to our story. I miss my husband every minute of the day, but it truly helps knowing that so many people are in our corner, supporting us however they can! For some of you, that means baking cookies, (gluten and dairy free, of course), or running errands.
Thank you and bless you all,
Much love from my heart to yours,
Phillipa xxooxxoo
A couple weeks later, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Stage 4, and a PET scan showed he was riddled with dis-ease. Traditional chemo treatments seemed to be working for the first 3 months, but after that, the same regimen of chemo morphed the dis-ease into something even worse and more aggressive.
The tradiiotnal doctors tried another round of a different chemo cocktail, and anticipated doing a stem cell transplant in October/November 2016. However, the chemo didn't have any impact on the dis-ease and they informed us that the stem cell transplant was now out of the question. They gave him 2 months to live!
We didn't like what we heard, so after a couple days of research, we packed a single suitcase and went to a wonderful facility in Mexico, just south of the San Diego border, called Sanoviv. It is a fully fledged medical institute with a phenomenal goal of supporting the complete health of the individual person. We found it was more than personalized medicine, but "personal medicine"!
Eric thrived in the environment, with fantastic organic and paleo nutrition, hyperbaric oxygen treatments, ozone treatments, regional and whole body hyperthermia, spa treatments, body code emotional release, psychology sessions, diagnosis and treatments with the latest technology machines, reflexology, daily IV's and supplements, including curcumin IV drips, and daily conversations with his personal doctor. Many of these treatments are either outlawed in the USA, or hard to find, as they don't generate money for the pharmaceutical companies, and are apparently likely to heal dis-ease in the body, including cancer!
We were told by our American health insurance company before we left for Mexico, that they would likely be convering some/most of his treatments. However, we just found out that this is not the case, and they are not only denying the more "experimental" treatments, but they are denying everything! Even treatments that are standard in the US, such as a biopsy surgery and 5 days of radiation!
Needless to say, we have ended up with a total of $84,290.61 on our credit cards. I am not only mortified at the denial of our claims by our insurance company, but am so sad that my husband has to deal with this deep disappoinment, whilst in such a weakened state of health.
If there's anything you can do to help with our credit card bills, we would be most appreciative! The cancer journey is enough of an experience, without the financial strain on top of everything else. As such, we are so very grateful for any/all donations, no matter how big or small!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,
Phillipa, Eric, and our two daughters, Alicia and Bella
xxx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Updating our story:
On February 10th 2017, after a week in the ICU, my husband was running out of options, and his health continued to decline. His kidneys and liver were failing, and the dis-ease had now spread to the brain.
Additional chemotherapy and radiaiton were now out of the question. He was told that he would need 12 hours per day of dialysis, and that might not even work fast enough to clear the dangerously high level of acidosis in his body.
Subsequently, my husband made the decision that he could not continue in such agaonizing pain, and his care was switched to "comfort care". He felt so bad his decision, and apologized profusely to me for not beating the cancer.
Sadly, my beautiful husband passed away a little more than 24 hours later, at 4:17pm February 11th 2017.
I cannot tell you how grateful I am that you have all donated, even a little, to our GoFundMe campaign. This debt weighted very heavily on my husband's heart. He even talked about it with his best friend, during their last conversation.
Believe me, I have tears on my keyboard as I type this update to our story. I miss my husband every minute of the day, but it truly helps knowing that so many people are in our corner, supporting us however they can! For some of you, that means baking cookies, (gluten and dairy free, of course), or running errands.
Thank you and bless you all,
Much love from my heart to yours,
Phillipa xxooxxoo
Organizer
Phillipa Leseberg
Organizer
Kirkland, WA