Dan Costello PA-C at Capstone Clinic in Kenai and is a friend of mine, and he wants to see his youngest children graduate from high school.

 

 

Dan was born and raised in Colorado to a pioneer family that came to Colorado in 1859. He is married with 5 children ages 12-21 and attends church at Nikolaevsk Russian Orthodox church. 

 

 

Dan Works at Capstone Clinic Kenai as a family practice and urgent care provider. He has been here for 3.5yrs now, and his favorite part of his job is meeting and getting to know and help the wonderful patients/family who trust their care to Capstone.

 

He is quick to mention that the management at Capstone has been INCREDIBLY supportive through this cancer journey.

 

Dan was diagnosed with the most aggressive type of prostate cancer in 2017 at age 50. He had his prostate and prostate nerves removed in June 2017 and started treatments to block testosterone/hormones.   He and his family moved to Alaska in July 2017. He completed radiation in May 2018 to prevent cancer from returning.   In June 2021 the cancer unfortunately returned and spread with metastasis to the abdomen. He has had chemotherapy from June 2021 to present with a good response.

 

Currently working with University of California - San Francisco to receive a new treatment for prostate cancer which is quite expensive and requires quite a bit of travel. No other promising treatments exist for this form of cancer, and he feels he needs to hit this treatment hard.

 

Dan's life goals as prognosis may be pretty short; He wants to see his youngest children graduate from high school while continuing to live here in his new home Alaska.

 

Funds from Go Fund Me will help with:

 

Travel to and from treatments

Accommodations while in treatment

Cost of treatment

Allow his children to continue with sports, music, and other extracurricular activities

Funds will also allow him to pursue help for things he usually does around home but is not able to due to weakness, fatigue and pain.

From Charlie Pierce. 

 

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From Dan,

 

As a medical provider, this has been incredibly humbling to be "the patient" and require extensive care. I've gained a whole new perspective and understanding of how difficult cancer treatment can be for families and individuals.

 

With strong faith in God my commitment is to my family, my community, my clinic, and my patients. I hope to get this cancer under control and get back to the work that God has put me into, taking care of my family and folks.

 

Sincerely, Daniel Costello PA-C