APPENDIX CANCER PMP WALK
Tax deductible
As many of you know, Jed Todd (my husband) was diagnosed with Stage 4 appendiceal cancer on 1/4/2021. Jed had surgery at Christiana Hospital on 2/18/2021 to remove as much of the cancer as possible. During the surgery, Jed underwent a procedure known as HIPEC (heated chemotherapy). Jed spent 2 ½ weeks at Christiana Hospital. He was released on 3/6/2021. Jed started chemotherapy at Helen Graham Cancer Center on 4/6/2021.
Appendix Cancer/PMP is an extremely rare disease that has affected many and there is so little known about it. While Jed was in pre-op, he signed paperwork giving permission for some of the tissue samples removed from his abdomen to be used for research. He told the person that was getting the paperwork signed, “if research on my tumors can help save someone else’s life, I’m more than happy to help.” Jed received a letter from a research facility in Michigan thanking him for donating a tissue sample for research. Tissue samples were also donated to Helen Graham, Johns Hopkins, and other research facilities around the country.
By the time someone has any symptom of this type of cancer it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to other organs. When I asked Jed’s oncologist how long Jed had to live he said, “a year, two years, maybe five years; he could even make it to 10+ years and be a miracle patient; I just don’t know.” That’s how little oncologists know about appendiceal cancer. They just don’t know.
So, on June 20, 2021, my daughter (Claudia Griffiths) and I are going to participate in the Appendix Cancer PMP Walk Run! We hope to raise $5,000 for the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation which is working towards finding a cure for appendix cancer.
Please consider supporting our walk. All proceeds we raise will go directly to the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation. ACPMP Research Foundation funds and supports scientific research and education related to Pseudomyxoma Peritonei and Appendix Cancer.
Every dollar we raise makes a difference in our fight against appendix cancer.
Appendix Cancer/PMP is an extremely rare disease that has affected many and there is so little known about it. While Jed was in pre-op, he signed paperwork giving permission for some of the tissue samples removed from his abdomen to be used for research. He told the person that was getting the paperwork signed, “if research on my tumors can help save someone else’s life, I’m more than happy to help.” Jed received a letter from a research facility in Michigan thanking him for donating a tissue sample for research. Tissue samples were also donated to Helen Graham, Johns Hopkins, and other research facilities around the country.
By the time someone has any symptom of this type of cancer it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to other organs. When I asked Jed’s oncologist how long Jed had to live he said, “a year, two years, maybe five years; he could even make it to 10+ years and be a miracle patient; I just don’t know.” That’s how little oncologists know about appendiceal cancer. They just don’t know.
So, on June 20, 2021, my daughter (Claudia Griffiths) and I are going to participate in the Appendix Cancer PMP Walk Run! We hope to raise $5,000 for the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation which is working towards finding a cure for appendix cancer.
Please consider supporting our walk. All proceeds we raise will go directly to the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation. ACPMP Research Foundation funds and supports scientific research and education related to Pseudomyxoma Peritonei and Appendix Cancer.
Every dollar we raise makes a difference in our fight against appendix cancer.
Organizer
Claudia Todd
Organizer
Hockessin, DE
Appendix Cancer / Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation (ACPMP) (Acpmp)
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
