Matthew's Ongoing Cancer Struggle
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Five and a half years ago, the world dropped out from underneath Matt's feet. The big "C" word..........CANCER!!! At the age of 35, a guy who was a workaholic and family man, got the worst news that anyone can get. Matt is a man who would give up anything for anyone that he loves, while never second guessing a thing. That's the kind of man he is.
Matt has had a life that has handed him one losing hand after another. He is married and has 3 amazing children and and a wonderful wife. He still works as much as he can.
Matt developed Hodgkin's Lymphoma, one of the easiest curable forms of cancer, "So they say". Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for him. Matt has gone through 4 different rounds of chemo during the last 5 years, a stem cell transplant in hopes of recovery, and infusions. None of which, have worked. He still continues to struggle with this battle day in and day out without complaining.
He currently continues a chemo that has been keeping his cancer from growing but recently hasn't been working either. We found out that his cancer is now growing and he is at the point where he has no other options.
There is a new treatment at The National Cancer Institute, based on a T-cell study. This is all very new to the cancer world. He has a chance to take part in this study and hopefully this will finally be the cure we have all been looking for.
The unfortunate thing is that he has to be away from home for over a month to take part in this study and will have a hard time paying bills while not working. There are also many expenses for him and his family as he takes part in this study. He will not be able to work or visit his family while he is away, due to the need to stay close to the hospital in Bethesda, MD while going through, and after the treatment.
He will hopefully be taking part in this treatment sometime in April. We are hoping and praying that this is it!!! He will finally be rid of this. It has been such a struggle for his family for so long. Your help will be greatly appreciated and prayers as well. Since this is a trial study and has not been approved for complete coverage, we are asking for any donations that people can make. Every little bit helps. Please donate if you can or forward this on to others than can help. Thank you so much in advance for your prayers, thoughts, donations or anything that you can do to help Matt and his beautiful family.
Matt has had a life that has handed him one losing hand after another. He is married and has 3 amazing children and and a wonderful wife. He still works as much as he can.
Matt developed Hodgkin's Lymphoma, one of the easiest curable forms of cancer, "So they say". Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for him. Matt has gone through 4 different rounds of chemo during the last 5 years, a stem cell transplant in hopes of recovery, and infusions. None of which, have worked. He still continues to struggle with this battle day in and day out without complaining.
He currently continues a chemo that has been keeping his cancer from growing but recently hasn't been working either. We found out that his cancer is now growing and he is at the point where he has no other options.
There is a new treatment at The National Cancer Institute, based on a T-cell study. This is all very new to the cancer world. He has a chance to take part in this study and hopefully this will finally be the cure we have all been looking for.
The unfortunate thing is that he has to be away from home for over a month to take part in this study and will have a hard time paying bills while not working. There are also many expenses for him and his family as he takes part in this study. He will not be able to work or visit his family while he is away, due to the need to stay close to the hospital in Bethesda, MD while going through, and after the treatment.
He will hopefully be taking part in this treatment sometime in April. We are hoping and praying that this is it!!! He will finally be rid of this. It has been such a struggle for his family for so long. Your help will be greatly appreciated and prayers as well. Since this is a trial study and has not been approved for complete coverage, we are asking for any donations that people can make. Every little bit helps. Please donate if you can or forward this on to others than can help. Thank you so much in advance for your prayers, thoughts, donations or anything that you can do to help Matt and his beautiful family.
Organizer
Matthew S. McElhinny
Organizer
Warren, OH