Help Greg Beat Cancer
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My dear friend Gregory Poulos is fighting Stage IV metastasized cancer and could use your help.
Greg, 60 years young, has two wonderful kids, Claire and Grayson, a fantastic life Partner, Susie, a loyal pooch, Piper and a wise cat, Soda. He has lots of friends from differing walks of his life–Ukiah, Europe, Tulane, UC Davis, Graham & James, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Lillick & Charles, Cox-Wooten, P&I Clubs, IBA, hunting, fishing, lawyering, cooking, wine tasting, gardening, golfing, hiking, repairing old Broncos, and traveling. Greg and I worked together for years at the Lillick law firm, but our bonding moment came while walking to lunch and belting out Meatloaf tunes. Whether you bonded over meatloaf, venison, wine, Greek wedding cookies, kids, pets, golf, lawsuits, or cancer, if you know Greg you know that he is the friend who always has your back.
Greg is a true fighter (in addition to cancer he has survived four heart attacks and a Jeep rollover) and he is taking on this cancer challenge with every resource that he has physically, emotionally and financially. The fight though is against long odds and will take incredible stamina and financial resources. He could use your help with prayers, positivity and, for those wanting to offer help financially, any financial help you are able to provide.
Greg was initially diagnosed with cancer in 2017. Patients with Stage IV cancer are given very few options. He has been seen at six major cancer centers (Kaiser, UCSF, Stanford, UCSD, City of Hope and MD Anderson) and the answer is always the same: the “Standard of Care” for Stage IV cancer is once chemo-therapy stops working call Hospice. Greg has undergone 22 treatments of systemic chemo, 25 rounds of radiation and five surgeries. Those treatments were able to slow the cancer spread but they were unable to reduce the cancer.
Unwilling to accept defeat from traditional medicine, Greg has turned to the integrative medicine practice offered by Envita Medical Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Envita has had some incredible success treating patients with Stage IV cancer using integrative and holistic medicine practices. Because the treatments are not within the FDA approved “Standard of Care” for colorectal cancer none of the treatments are covered by insurance and they are very expensive. His budget for a temporary move to Scottsdale and for treatment is more than $250,000.
So far Greg has been funding his fight with his own resources and will continue doing so as much as he can. Many friends though have asked how they can help. Greg wants to emphasize that your positive energy and prayers are the single most important and valuable help anyone can provide. For anyone wanting to add financial help it would be greatly appreciated and will help him to focus more on treatment and less on the financial burden he is undertaking.
Any donation helps, and funding this experimental research and treatment will have a lasting impact. If it weren’t for participants in the study, the science would not move forward. Greg has overcome serious illness and injury before. With help from friends, family, acquaintance, well-wishers and cancer cure advocates, he will again. Thank you for any help you can give. As they say in the Cancer Survivor World, no one does it alone.
Greg, 60 years young, has two wonderful kids, Claire and Grayson, a fantastic life Partner, Susie, a loyal pooch, Piper and a wise cat, Soda. He has lots of friends from differing walks of his life–Ukiah, Europe, Tulane, UC Davis, Graham & James, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Lillick & Charles, Cox-Wooten, P&I Clubs, IBA, hunting, fishing, lawyering, cooking, wine tasting, gardening, golfing, hiking, repairing old Broncos, and traveling. Greg and I worked together for years at the Lillick law firm, but our bonding moment came while walking to lunch and belting out Meatloaf tunes. Whether you bonded over meatloaf, venison, wine, Greek wedding cookies, kids, pets, golf, lawsuits, or cancer, if you know Greg you know that he is the friend who always has your back.
Greg is a true fighter (in addition to cancer he has survived four heart attacks and a Jeep rollover) and he is taking on this cancer challenge with every resource that he has physically, emotionally and financially. The fight though is against long odds and will take incredible stamina and financial resources. He could use your help with prayers, positivity and, for those wanting to offer help financially, any financial help you are able to provide.
Greg was initially diagnosed with cancer in 2017. Patients with Stage IV cancer are given very few options. He has been seen at six major cancer centers (Kaiser, UCSF, Stanford, UCSD, City of Hope and MD Anderson) and the answer is always the same: the “Standard of Care” for Stage IV cancer is once chemo-therapy stops working call Hospice. Greg has undergone 22 treatments of systemic chemo, 25 rounds of radiation and five surgeries. Those treatments were able to slow the cancer spread but they were unable to reduce the cancer.
Unwilling to accept defeat from traditional medicine, Greg has turned to the integrative medicine practice offered by Envita Medical Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Envita has had some incredible success treating patients with Stage IV cancer using integrative and holistic medicine practices. Because the treatments are not within the FDA approved “Standard of Care” for colorectal cancer none of the treatments are covered by insurance and they are very expensive. His budget for a temporary move to Scottsdale and for treatment is more than $250,000.
So far Greg has been funding his fight with his own resources and will continue doing so as much as he can. Many friends though have asked how they can help. Greg wants to emphasize that your positive energy and prayers are the single most important and valuable help anyone can provide. For anyone wanting to add financial help it would be greatly appreciated and will help him to focus more on treatment and less on the financial burden he is undertaking.
Any donation helps, and funding this experimental research and treatment will have a lasting impact. If it weren’t for participants in the study, the science would not move forward. Greg has overcome serious illness and injury before. With help from friends, family, acquaintance, well-wishers and cancer cure advocates, he will again. Thank you for any help you can give. As they say in the Cancer Survivor World, no one does it alone.
Organizer and beneficiary
Lesley Harris
Organizer
Santa Cruz, CA
Gregory Poulos
Beneficiary