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JOHN FISHER’S FIGHT AGAINST LUNG CANCER
A LITTLE INFO:
Hello everyone, my name is Cameron Fisher. You may know me. You may also know my younger brother Evan. You may know my mother Jane as well; a local real estate agent for over 25 years. Amongst many other things my mother is an Eau Claire community leader, head administrator for the ever-popular “Eau Claire Advice” page, and a long-time leader and help force for our local “Toy’s For Tot’s” foundation run through the Salvation Army.
However, you probably don’t know our Dad, John. Today I will ask you to take a few moments to read what follows, so that you will know him a little better. I want to take a moment to thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing so as I understand time is valuable and irreplaceable to each and every one of us who lives on this earth. I understand it’s lengthy.
My dad, John, is one of the most intelligent and hard working individuals I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I am more than proud to call him my Dad. There were never meals that were skipped, or rides he wouldn’t give us. Never homework he wouldn’t help us with, or remind us to do. There were never jokes he didn’t laugh at, or baseball games he didn’t make. Hell, he gets sick more than anyone I know yet I’ve never seen the man take a sick day. There are so very many things that my Dad does, but for those who do know him, they will tell you there is one thing he does not do:
Ask for help.
After living in Arizona for two wonderful years, our parents made the tough decision in September 2019 to move back to Eau Claire, WI. They found it important to be close with family and friends, and come back to what they know best; home. That process in and of itself turned out to be anyone’s worst nightmare. Our parents unfortunately and unknowingly contracted with a moving company that turned out to be a fraudulent company with a long history of extortion, threats and other crimes with a knack for vanishing into thin air with your entire lives, work, and belongings. Every belonging our parents owned, along with their dignity, was loaded onto a truck and held hostage for the next three nerve-racking weeks. Without paying close to an extra $5,000 dollars, they threatened to have everything they had in their possession (their whole lives) dumped into a landfill. Needless to say, this horrible act had drastically depleted our parent’s savings in which they had earned and saved to move back to Eau Claire, WI that September.
Once this ordeal was over, they were happy to at least be home and move forward with their lives. Our father has had three failed shoulder surgeries in these recent years which inflicts a great deal of pain on him. He was happy to finally turn 60 in October, so he could get a much needed shoulder replacement. He had been told for years that they could not perform this surgery until he was at least 60. Now, he had hope again for a pain free future as he deals with tremendous amounts of pain around the clock.
That joy quickly turned to devastation when we were told that he has a very aggressive form of lung cancer, stage 2B. We have been told that less than 17% of those diagnosed will still be alive after 5 years. However, my father is a fighter and will battle this ugly beast every step of the way.
On January 3rd, John underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, roughly 1/3 of it. The recovery process was brutal, to say the least, but he survived. Now he continues his fight with the next step…a very harsh 4 month course of 2 different chemo-therapy drugs. The side effects are to include severe nausea/vomiting, ringing in the ears, hearing loss, bone pain from immune boosting injections, and extreme exhaustion. My dad, however, tries to see the positive side and is glad that he most likely will not lose his beard!
THE PROBLEM:
My parents’ insurance has been denying things left and right, including many of the several necessary medications that our Dad’s oncologist feels he critically needs. Without them, the course of chemo-therapy will not work. They also will not approve a specific anti-nausea med he needs because it’s still in trial-phase. My parents have used what they had left to cover expenses to keep fighting this battle the best they can but those resources have been completely exhausted. Going without the very essential medications to successfully beat this horrible disease is simply not an option. He will live to tell the tale, I promise.
THE SOLUTION:
SO many family, friends, colleagues and even strangers have asked how they can help which is why we, against our father’s wishes, set up this campaign.
Even a small contribution will go a long way in helping my parents get through this tough process. We don’t want them worrying about money, of all things, during this very stressful time for our family. Sometimes it is the strongest of helping hands, that need a hand. It has come time for our family to ask for help.
Thank you for taking a moment to consider helping our Dad, even if it’s only by sharing this fundraiser online.
Thank you for listening, and for any help you may offer. No gesture, financial or otherwise, is too small and is very much appreciated by my Dad and our entire family.
We thank you for all of the kind words and concerns during this time.
We appreciate it from the deepest depths of our hearts.
Cameron & Evan Fisher
A LITTLE INFO:
Hello everyone, my name is Cameron Fisher. You may know me. You may also know my younger brother Evan. You may know my mother Jane as well; a local real estate agent for over 25 years. Amongst many other things my mother is an Eau Claire community leader, head administrator for the ever-popular “Eau Claire Advice” page, and a long-time leader and help force for our local “Toy’s For Tot’s” foundation run through the Salvation Army.
However, you probably don’t know our Dad, John. Today I will ask you to take a few moments to read what follows, so that you will know him a little better. I want to take a moment to thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing so as I understand time is valuable and irreplaceable to each and every one of us who lives on this earth. I understand it’s lengthy.
My dad, John, is one of the most intelligent and hard working individuals I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I am more than proud to call him my Dad. There were never meals that were skipped, or rides he wouldn’t give us. Never homework he wouldn’t help us with, or remind us to do. There were never jokes he didn’t laugh at, or baseball games he didn’t make. Hell, he gets sick more than anyone I know yet I’ve never seen the man take a sick day. There are so very many things that my Dad does, but for those who do know him, they will tell you there is one thing he does not do:
Ask for help.
After living in Arizona for two wonderful years, our parents made the tough decision in September 2019 to move back to Eau Claire, WI. They found it important to be close with family and friends, and come back to what they know best; home. That process in and of itself turned out to be anyone’s worst nightmare. Our parents unfortunately and unknowingly contracted with a moving company that turned out to be a fraudulent company with a long history of extortion, threats and other crimes with a knack for vanishing into thin air with your entire lives, work, and belongings. Every belonging our parents owned, along with their dignity, was loaded onto a truck and held hostage for the next three nerve-racking weeks. Without paying close to an extra $5,000 dollars, they threatened to have everything they had in their possession (their whole lives) dumped into a landfill. Needless to say, this horrible act had drastically depleted our parent’s savings in which they had earned and saved to move back to Eau Claire, WI that September.
Once this ordeal was over, they were happy to at least be home and move forward with their lives. Our father has had three failed shoulder surgeries in these recent years which inflicts a great deal of pain on him. He was happy to finally turn 60 in October, so he could get a much needed shoulder replacement. He had been told for years that they could not perform this surgery until he was at least 60. Now, he had hope again for a pain free future as he deals with tremendous amounts of pain around the clock.
That joy quickly turned to devastation when we were told that he has a very aggressive form of lung cancer, stage 2B. We have been told that less than 17% of those diagnosed will still be alive after 5 years. However, my father is a fighter and will battle this ugly beast every step of the way.
On January 3rd, John underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, roughly 1/3 of it. The recovery process was brutal, to say the least, but he survived. Now he continues his fight with the next step…a very harsh 4 month course of 2 different chemo-therapy drugs. The side effects are to include severe nausea/vomiting, ringing in the ears, hearing loss, bone pain from immune boosting injections, and extreme exhaustion. My dad, however, tries to see the positive side and is glad that he most likely will not lose his beard!
THE PROBLEM:
My parents’ insurance has been denying things left and right, including many of the several necessary medications that our Dad’s oncologist feels he critically needs. Without them, the course of chemo-therapy will not work. They also will not approve a specific anti-nausea med he needs because it’s still in trial-phase. My parents have used what they had left to cover expenses to keep fighting this battle the best they can but those resources have been completely exhausted. Going without the very essential medications to successfully beat this horrible disease is simply not an option. He will live to tell the tale, I promise.
THE SOLUTION:
SO many family, friends, colleagues and even strangers have asked how they can help which is why we, against our father’s wishes, set up this campaign.
Even a small contribution will go a long way in helping my parents get through this tough process. We don’t want them worrying about money, of all things, during this very stressful time for our family. Sometimes it is the strongest of helping hands, that need a hand. It has come time for our family to ask for help.
Thank you for taking a moment to consider helping our Dad, even if it’s only by sharing this fundraiser online.
Thank you for listening, and for any help you may offer. No gesture, financial or otherwise, is too small and is very much appreciated by my Dad and our entire family.
We thank you for all of the kind words and concerns during this time.
We appreciate it from the deepest depths of our hearts.
Cameron & Evan Fisher
Organizer and beneficiary
Cameron Fisher
Organizer
Scottsdale, AZ
John Fisher
Beneficiary