Please help Deano be cancer-free!
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My name is Brenda Amato. I am the mother of Dean (31) and Krystina (24). Dean was diagnosed in 1990 with a brain tumour at the age of 6. He began showing symptoms at age 3 but was misdiagnosed for 3 years, and with no answers or direction, his body was quickly deteriorating. At the age of 6, Dean weighed 28 lbs and his body was shutting down. Thankfully, he survived surgery and treatments but has since had 7 occurances of this brain tumour. As many people know, a child's illness takes a toll on parents, marriages, relationships, families, and finances. I have been a single parent since Dean was a baby, and I'm sure that any parent who loves their children more than life itself can imagine how stressful this journey must be. Dean has had 4 surgeries, radiation treatments, and multiple rounds of chemotherapy treatment, and through all of that he has remained positive and pleasant. Anyone who knows Dean knows he is a very special individual with kindness and love in his heart and he has a terrific sense of humour. He makes people laugh everyday.
Dean works two short shifts a week at the Italian Centre and volunteers at a senior's residence, calling bingo and being a friend to the seniors. He also volunteers for the youth ministry at his church and loves being a helpful part of our community.
Through the years it has often been difficult to make ends meet but we do the best we can. My career development has been difficult and often non existent as there have been many times now when I couldn't work in order to care for Dean and get him to his appointments. Currently, I work two part-time jobs that I enjoy, however I don't earn enough to cover the costs of living. It has been impossible for me to save anything. I've also had my own experiences with breast cancer in which I was out of work to go through surgery and treatments- also extremtly stressful on Dean and our family.
For the last 2 years, Dean's tumor has been stable with no change in growth, however last Tuesday we got Dean's most current MRI results and needless to say, it was not good news. The tumor has become aggressive and has grown significantly within the last 3 months since his last MRI.
Doctors have left us with little hope with conventional medical treatments. The only treatments that are suggested by medical doctors at this stage is another round of Chemotherapy. A new protocol of the same drug is now recommended and I am afraid that if we go that route one more time it will be too much for his system to handle. After multiple brain surgeries, years of taking antibiotics, chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Dean's body has become very week and ill and we know that if we want to turn Dean's health around, we must be willing to take a giant leap of faith. We know that these conventional cancer drugs are very hard on the body and on the immune system that functions to fight off the disease that's killing him. A catch 22. Doctors are telling us that they are out of options for further treatment and surgeries as his tumor is inoperable at this point.
With little hope and limited funds, we spent some time doing research on alternative cancer treatments. We came across Sunny at 'being healthy nutrition' who gave us some awesome recommendations and got Dean started on a thorough supplement plan. Sunny has a soft-shelled hyperbaric chamber at his clinic but for Dean's case we decided to go with the hard-shelled chamber for a more aggressive approach.
After more research, we booked Dean in for a consultation with Canadian Hyperbarics at the General Hospital. We talked to the owner, Gordon Ward about Dean's condition and he assurred us that the hard-shelled hyperbaric oxygen therapy with other combined therapies is most vigorous approach to treat Dean with the least negative side effects.
We instantly felt comfortable with Gordon and are very impressed by his credentials. Gordon is a member of the International Board of Undersea Medicine, Founding Member of the Canadian Association of Hyperbarics, president of the Canadian Association of Hyperbarics and Vice Presient of the Canadian Society of Bioregulatory Medicine.
After a thourough consultation, Dean went in to the hyperbaric chamber for 1.5 hours. Dean has now experienced 10.5 hours in the soft shell chamber we started with and 1.5 in the hard shell and each time he looks and feels even better. With that said, funds are still limited and these treatments are not currently covered by our health care system even though there is significant evidence that it works. If you would like to learn about hyperbaric oxygen therapy and to learn more about Gordon Ward go to http://www.canadianhyperbarics.com/
This is our last hope for Deano. He has been through a 25 year health crisis and we have tried everything in our power and the medical system's power to give him a good quality of life. We have tried conventional therapies for years and they have done wonders for getting him to this point. We are absolutely grateful for the conventional treatments that have helped our Deano. We just know that at this stage, chemo will be too hard for his body to handle and will not improve his quality of life. This time, we decided to make a collective decision out of love and trust rather than fear.
Because of your help...
We are confident now and we have faith that we will help set Dean's body up to heal itself using a combined and evidence based multifaceted approach which includes hyperbaric oxygen therapy, gentle systematic detoxification and super nutrition. All of our bodies have the ability to heal when given the right tools. If the body can create a tumor, why couldnt it reverse a tumor? Dean deserves to finally be free of this disease, and he deserves a chance at a new cancer-free life. He is the kindest most gentle, generous soul and needs more time on this planet to share that with the rest of us. We would grately appreciate any donations for Dean's treatments. Words can't express how much a new beginning for Dean would mean to our family.
With our utmost gratitude,
The Amato family.
Dean works two short shifts a week at the Italian Centre and volunteers at a senior's residence, calling bingo and being a friend to the seniors. He also volunteers for the youth ministry at his church and loves being a helpful part of our community.
Through the years it has often been difficult to make ends meet but we do the best we can. My career development has been difficult and often non existent as there have been many times now when I couldn't work in order to care for Dean and get him to his appointments. Currently, I work two part-time jobs that I enjoy, however I don't earn enough to cover the costs of living. It has been impossible for me to save anything. I've also had my own experiences with breast cancer in which I was out of work to go through surgery and treatments- also extremtly stressful on Dean and our family.
For the last 2 years, Dean's tumor has been stable with no change in growth, however last Tuesday we got Dean's most current MRI results and needless to say, it was not good news. The tumor has become aggressive and has grown significantly within the last 3 months since his last MRI.
Doctors have left us with little hope with conventional medical treatments. The only treatments that are suggested by medical doctors at this stage is another round of Chemotherapy. A new protocol of the same drug is now recommended and I am afraid that if we go that route one more time it will be too much for his system to handle. After multiple brain surgeries, years of taking antibiotics, chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Dean's body has become very week and ill and we know that if we want to turn Dean's health around, we must be willing to take a giant leap of faith. We know that these conventional cancer drugs are very hard on the body and on the immune system that functions to fight off the disease that's killing him. A catch 22. Doctors are telling us that they are out of options for further treatment and surgeries as his tumor is inoperable at this point.
With little hope and limited funds, we spent some time doing research on alternative cancer treatments. We came across Sunny at 'being healthy nutrition' who gave us some awesome recommendations and got Dean started on a thorough supplement plan. Sunny has a soft-shelled hyperbaric chamber at his clinic but for Dean's case we decided to go with the hard-shelled chamber for a more aggressive approach.
After more research, we booked Dean in for a consultation with Canadian Hyperbarics at the General Hospital. We talked to the owner, Gordon Ward about Dean's condition and he assurred us that the hard-shelled hyperbaric oxygen therapy with other combined therapies is most vigorous approach to treat Dean with the least negative side effects.
We instantly felt comfortable with Gordon and are very impressed by his credentials. Gordon is a member of the International Board of Undersea Medicine, Founding Member of the Canadian Association of Hyperbarics, president of the Canadian Association of Hyperbarics and Vice Presient of the Canadian Society of Bioregulatory Medicine.
After a thourough consultation, Dean went in to the hyperbaric chamber for 1.5 hours. Dean has now experienced 10.5 hours in the soft shell chamber we started with and 1.5 in the hard shell and each time he looks and feels even better. With that said, funds are still limited and these treatments are not currently covered by our health care system even though there is significant evidence that it works. If you would like to learn about hyperbaric oxygen therapy and to learn more about Gordon Ward go to http://www.canadianhyperbarics.com/
This is our last hope for Deano. He has been through a 25 year health crisis and we have tried everything in our power and the medical system's power to give him a good quality of life. We have tried conventional therapies for years and they have done wonders for getting him to this point. We are absolutely grateful for the conventional treatments that have helped our Deano. We just know that at this stage, chemo will be too hard for his body to handle and will not improve his quality of life. This time, we decided to make a collective decision out of love and trust rather than fear.
Because of your help...
We are confident now and we have faith that we will help set Dean's body up to heal itself using a combined and evidence based multifaceted approach which includes hyperbaric oxygen therapy, gentle systematic detoxification and super nutrition. All of our bodies have the ability to heal when given the right tools. If the body can create a tumor, why couldnt it reverse a tumor? Dean deserves to finally be free of this disease, and he deserves a chance at a new cancer-free life. He is the kindest most gentle, generous soul and needs more time on this planet to share that with the rest of us. We would grately appreciate any donations for Dean's treatments. Words can't express how much a new beginning for Dean would mean to our family.
With our utmost gratitude,
The Amato family.
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Brenda Amato
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Edmonton, AB