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On Friday, March 20th, my brother Jimmy (work friends know him as JW) went to the hospital for minor surgery on his sinuses. Two hours later, he came out of anesthesia and was told the operation didn't go as planned.
The doctor found cancer during surgery, took a biopsy, and closed him back up. The next week Jimmy was diagnosed with a very aggressive and uncommon (in North America) form of cancer, Nasal NK T-Cell Lymphoma (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125667/ ). His doctor started chemo 4 days later.
The bills have just started showing up, and I can tell he's concerned. He's a planner but I know cancer at 41 wasn't a part his plan. He finally has allowed me to do this (I just nagged him like he nags me) as long as I promised, "just the facts," and no "wishy-washiness." My hope is whatever I raise will help him focus on getting better and not bills.
Below his photo I've included more detailed information about his cancer and what's been happening over the past 1.5 months.
Money raised from this will be used to help him pay his bills and deal with all the time he's missed from work.
Thanks everyone and god bless you all for support and prayers you've already extended and continue to extend to him. I love my brother very much, and he means the world to me.
Nasal NK T-Cell Lymphoma (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125667/ ) is uncommon in the USA. It's a more common cancer among Asians and South Americans-Jimmy always has to be different.
Because the cancer is aggressive, the chemo is as well. Each time he was in the hospital for four days straight hooked up to IVs getting the chemo. Then two days after of shots and IV infusions as an out patient.
I've gone to stay with him after each week of treatment, and it really does a number on him. I never knew he could be that quiet and sleep that much-at least not that I've ever seen. And he's never missed as much work as he has had to over the past month and a half, and will continue to in the next couple of months.
Initial treatment, if everything goes as planned, calls for two chemos and 6 weeks of radiation each week day. When that is completed, he’ll get another PET Scan to determine if more chemo is needed. He's completed the two chemos and is readying for the radiation. He's lost his hair but still has his attitude.
The doctor found cancer during surgery, took a biopsy, and closed him back up. The next week Jimmy was diagnosed with a very aggressive and uncommon (in North America) form of cancer, Nasal NK T-Cell Lymphoma (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125667/ ). His doctor started chemo 4 days later.
The bills have just started showing up, and I can tell he's concerned. He's a planner but I know cancer at 41 wasn't a part his plan. He finally has allowed me to do this (I just nagged him like he nags me) as long as I promised, "just the facts," and no "wishy-washiness." My hope is whatever I raise will help him focus on getting better and not bills.
Below his photo I've included more detailed information about his cancer and what's been happening over the past 1.5 months.
Money raised from this will be used to help him pay his bills and deal with all the time he's missed from work.
Thanks everyone and god bless you all for support and prayers you've already extended and continue to extend to him. I love my brother very much, and he means the world to me.
Nasal NK T-Cell Lymphoma (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125667/ ) is uncommon in the USA. It's a more common cancer among Asians and South Americans-Jimmy always has to be different.
Because the cancer is aggressive, the chemo is as well. Each time he was in the hospital for four days straight hooked up to IVs getting the chemo. Then two days after of shots and IV infusions as an out patient.
I've gone to stay with him after each week of treatment, and it really does a number on him. I never knew he could be that quiet and sleep that much-at least not that I've ever seen. And he's never missed as much work as he has had to over the past month and a half, and will continue to in the next couple of months.
Initial treatment, if everything goes as planned, calls for two chemos and 6 weeks of radiation each week day. When that is completed, he’ll get another PET Scan to determine if more chemo is needed. He's completed the two chemos and is readying for the radiation. He's lost his hair but still has his attitude.
Organizer and beneficiary
Jan Truver
Organizer
Philadelphia, PA
JAMES Truver
Beneficiary