Asking for your help once more

Hello: I’m hoping you can help if only a little. It’s been tough start of the year for me. My 18th surgery in February to remove a tumor from my left leg followed by a series of painful infections. And then the colonoscopy and the removal of several cancerous polyps and the discovery of a tumor in my colon that was recently addressed with six grueling weeks of cancer therapy. There have been no less than 3 MRI’s, an ultrasound, two CT scans, X-rays and now a PET scan to see if the cancer therapy has had any affect on the tumor and apparently it has not. I'm now facing my 19th surgery, 3 new biopsies for a cluster of tumors on my left shoulder and most recently during that last scan my doctors found a lesion on my liver indicating that the cancer may have spread. I’m now looking at a liver biopsy before the end of June.

I could go on but I think you understand. It’s been expensive and scary dealing with this disease. On top there’s the nonstop cab rides to and from my doctor appointments, infusion appointments and follow up appointments, bandages, prescription co-pays, miscellaneous medical needs, the daily hassle of a specific diet my cancer doctor recommended, etc. etc. I don’t like hearing myself complain but I’m just worried that I won’t be able to keep up with this disease. Please believe me, when I tell you that I’m not giving up, I’ll continue to fight and fight and fight as long as I am able.

My friend of many years, Grace Kono-Wells, is once again offering a yoga class to help raise some much needed funds. Once you donate, Grace will send you a private link to a special Deep Chill Yoga Class & Meditation on June 26th at 6:00 p.m. PST. Any donation will entitle you to take her class. Please know that you don’t need to take her class in order to donate.

Like always, I truly hate the idea of asking for help, I can’t tell you how embarrassing it has been for me to depend on others, but I’m really sick and I sincerely need a boost. I continue to do this cancer thing alone, not by choice for sure, but knowing I have people who care about me and are rooting for me makes my journey a bit easier. I spent a good part of my professional career helping people with AIDS who were isolated and shunned because of their disease. I made sure that they knew that there were people like myself that cared about them.

Anything that you are able to give will help me and I'm not looking for a lot, just enough to get me over this next hurdle.

Please consider my ask and share this post with others if possible. Thank you for reading this.

love, Mike❤️