Gerard against cancer
Don protégé
What started off as a joke turned out to be a life altering event.
José Gerardo Soares Filho, an 18-year old nursing student, decided that it might be fun to take a pregnancy test, but little did he know the result would be positive. It was in January of this year during a class. The hormonal alteration, the reason for the false positive, was due to a rare cancer called TGC (germ cell tumor, choriocarcinoma), located in the mediastinum (thoracic region).
The "all for fun" pregnancy test experiment took place in January of this year. Gerardo has been going through chemotherapy. At the beginning of June, it did not look like things were getting better for Gerardo and doctors stated that surgery will be needed. The surgery consists of resecting the primary lesion, a tumor located in the mediastinum, and some pulmonary nodules.
Recently we started a collection campaign to raise money to cover the total costs for treatment.
Joining us at:
Todospelogerardo.com.br
José Gerardo Soares Filho, an 18-year old nursing student, decided that it might be fun to take a pregnancy test, but little did he know the result would be positive. It was in January of this year during a class. The hormonal alteration, the reason for the false positive, was due to a rare cancer called TGC (germ cell tumor, choriocarcinoma), located in the mediastinum (thoracic region).
The "all for fun" pregnancy test experiment took place in January of this year. Gerardo has been going through chemotherapy. At the beginning of June, it did not look like things were getting better for Gerardo and doctors stated that surgery will be needed. The surgery consists of resecting the primary lesion, a tumor located in the mediastinum, and some pulmonary nodules.
Recently we started a collection campaign to raise money to cover the total costs for treatment.
Joining us at:
Todospelogerardo.com.br
Organisateur
Rebeca Feitosa
Organisateur
Boynton Beach, FL