- Share Your Story: Greg Ciola Cancer U 43:14
In November 2019, Greg Ciola was diagnosed with stage 3 unresectable malignant metastatic melanoma. It spread to his brain as an egg-sized hemorrhaging stage 4 tumor that almost killed him. Going from feeling perfectly healthy to being in a battle for his life, Greg felt a spiritual call to start a support group to help people battling cancer.
- 02:37: I knew nothing about melanoma.Â
- 04:43: You have metastatic melanoma.
- 06:12: How often do you have to have the infusion?Â
- 08:45: I had to do constant blood draws to see what was going on. Â
- 10:03: All the scans were clear up until October of 2020.Â
- 12:19: We see something in your brain. Â
- 14:41: It can show up anywhere. Â
- 16:40: Was your wife allowed to be with you in the beginning? Â
- 19:07: Did you only have to do the procedure one time? Â
- 22:55: If anything’s off, they won’t give you the immunotherapy. Â
- 25:31: Prior to cancer, you were into fitness wellness working out supplements. Â
- 27:05: Do you think this was harder for you to go through it as a patient or as a Caregiver? Â
- 29:01: What has been your worst moment?Â
- 30:54: What about your best moment?Â
- 33:14: What’s one thing you wish you had known at the very beginning? Â
- 33:50: If you could only do one thing to improve health care in the U.S., what would it be and why?Â
- 36:15: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions. Â
- 38:23: Aside from Cancer U, what’s one resource you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers?Â
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