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...fishing. He spent a lot of time commuting to and from Fairbanks for weekly chemotherapy treatments. "The biggest thing with the chemo was it just took two days to go to town and back," Boulding said. When the rivers were flowing in summer, he'd motor a...
...hunting.Dave was diagnosed with brain cancer August 4th 2008. Over 5 years, he underwent a year radiation, several years of chemo therapy, and a total of 2 craniotomies. Dave was strong and stubborn. So through it all he tried to remain positive.He...
With the help of multiple community donators - and an outstanding nurse - a new local chemo-infusion therapy unit has a wealth of artwork to warm its walls. "The purpose was to provide visual relief for the people who...
...disease" detected at this time in Jeffrey's abdomen. But this cancer is so aggressive that Jeffrey will have to receive chemo treatments once a month for the remainder of his life, or until a better treatment is discovered."We know not everyone overcomes...
...adviser Claude Roberts, Sorcha Hazelton, Alisia Nelson (in front), Megan Clough and Samantha Alex show off the fleece chemo caps they made for cancer patients on April 19 at Claude Roberts' house. The girls made hats as part of their breast cancer...
...people have been calling, it is so wonderful."Reached at his hospital room in Anchorage where he is undergoing his final chemo treatment today, Didrickson credits his upbringing in Sitka for his love of basketball."Just playing the game all the time...
...diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. In an interview Wednesday, Tabor, 63, said he is "just trying to buy some time with chemo." Stage four refers to cancer that has spread from its source into other areas of the body. All proceeds from the fundraiser...
School staff used their razors to show support for a colleague undergoing chemo By ERIC FRY THE JUNEAU EMPIRE Bryn Nelson couldn't stop laughing when three co-workers from Auke Bay Elementary School showed...
...whose condominium on La Perouse Avenue is one block from the Mendenhall Wastewater Treatment Plant. Palmer, who is receiving chemo-therapy for breast cancer, said the sewage smell makes her more nauseous. "I have no place else to be through all this...
...Bailey said about first learning of his illness. "(Doctors) keep hammering on me about going on chemo (chemotherapy), but I say chemo will kill you. I started eating right and I'll be around here for awhile." Bailey stopped taking...