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noncentz 
"Myself in four words."
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 Posted - 06/12/2013 : 20:14:08
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Giving is living. Spread the word.
As many of you know, I lost my wife Elaine to cancer when she was just 26 years old. My mother is a cancer survivor and cheered me on for years at many Jimmy Fund Walkathons to raise money for kids battling cancer.
Many of us have come face to face with this disease and it's a formidable foe. As someone who watched the love of his life slip away, you feel hopeful and helpless all at the same time. Though you fight and fight and search for solutions, when the prognosis (and reality) is terminal it is inevitable in the latter stages that you finally realize that some things are out of your control. I held out hope until the very last moment and then finally gave all that hope to Elaine to take with her. I believe that hope kept her with me for much longer than even the doctors thought possible. Love can defy logic sometimes.
Hope and determination are powerful weapons in fighting any disease.
That's why I was so moved to hear about the fight my high school friend Scott Ellmore is currently waging. Scott was diagnosed with cancer and given a terminal diagnosis. He did not accept this, did tons of research and found a drug regimen in Germany that stopped the spread of his disease. Money and family necessitated his return to the US after many months and he found similar experimental protocols in New York. Unfortunately, his insurance company has denied payment of these expensive, experimental treatments that are saving his life. His friends are now rallying to save the life of this very honorable family man.
Scott and I ran in different circles in high school. He was the athlete and I was the artist. Still, he always impressed me with his warmth and jovial attitude. He was one of the good guys.
Scott married his high school sweetheart, a girl that (to be honest) every guy in school had a crush on. She was adorable and smart, yes, but also just a really decent person. They fell in love in high school, got married, had a few kids and lived their lives. I shoul hate him for taking her out of the dating pool but since they've been together for 30 years, I need to let that go. Some things are destined to be miraculous, I guess.
That's something Scott wants to keep doing. Loving and living for his family.
Below is a link to a site that has been set up to raise money for Scott's treatment. This isn't a stranger. He is a real person that I know and he is like so many of you. Please spread the word and pass this link along to everyone you know.
If everyone gave just $5 each, that would make a huge difference. That's the price of a large (is that venti or grande?) coffee at Starbucks. That's half the price of a movie ticket (god forbid!).
If nothing else, I would appreciate you spreading the word. Who knows what may come of it? Maybe you just might help save a life and create a miracle. Not bad for the click of a few buttons.
Thanks, Noncentz
Here's the link:
http://www.gofundme.com/34gfb8
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