 Peter Crane Is Facing His Biggest Hurdle
As Christmas Day approaches and the year comes to a close, will
you remark to others that you “don’t know
where the time goes”? Are you so busy that your life seems
to be a series of hurdles to be faced, and jumped, one
after the other?
Sound familiar? Life is hectic and we manage by juggling
our priorities just to make it through the week. Work,
family, relationships, making ends meet – it’s challenging,
and often exhausting.
Imagine, though, what it must be like to face hurdles
of a different kind; the kind that completely change your life.
Imagine being told that you are terminally ill and it’s likely
you won’t see September and your birthday... but you
do. That’s a huge hurdle you’ve managed to jump, and
now you’re focussed on the next one – being there
for your
family at Christmas.
How do you face the prospect that you could have very
little time left to spend with your loved ones, to be with
friends, or just to take a deep breath and enjoy being alive?
This is Peter’s reality, today, this very minute; diagnosis:
acute melanoma. It could happen to anyone. Peter is
being treated in the Centre for Immune and Targeted Therapy at Greenslopes
Private Hospital. His own immune
cells are being stimulated to fight his cancer. Cancer killing cells
or cells able to boost anticancer immunity are
collected from his circulation, manipulated and cultured in ways
that increase their anticancer activities. These
cells are then reinfused into his bloodstream.
Peter’s wife Shirley comments: “We are
doing all we can to fight this aggressive disease. Peter is still
with us
and importantly, he is not in a lot of pain. So, not only has the
treatment prolonged Peter’s life, but it has greatly
improved its quality over the past few months. We are very grateful.”
If Peter spends Christmas Day with his family it will be a wonderful
achievement – every moment will be
precious.
Careful and painstaking medical research makes a huge impact
on people’s
lives; people like Peter. This
Christmas, please consider making a donation to the Gallipoli
Research Foundation at Greenslopes Private
Hospital so that vital research can continue, and lives can
be changed.
Yours sincerely
Assoc Prof Jill Watts
Chairman
Gallipoli Research Foundation
December 2006
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