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I can tell you from a very personal experience that the current cancer research system and curative practice is very broke. Insurance companies dictate what treatments a patient receives. Researchers fight for moneys available in grant form and in order to compete they must show results. In order to show results they only choose people they [...]
The last two weeks have been quite a whirlwind of events and emotions. My Beautiful Wife Carrie lost her battle with cancer on Tuesday, April 13th. It all started with a trip to the Emergency Room on the Saturday before Easter and then a week in Norfolk trying to get her pain under control. Carrie [...]
Funeral services for Carrie Barney, age 32, of Wausa, will be held Friday, April 16, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. at Thabor Lutheran Church in Wausa. Pastor Michelle Otken will officiate with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery.Visitation will be held Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M. with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service at [...]
After a delay because Carrie had an infection we are set to travel once again to Maryland. Carrie will go through another immunotherapy exactly as she did a few weeks back. This time we have a little more knowledge of what to expect from the treatment. Many have asked what the treatment is like. Carrie [...]
We have gone from a good couple of weeks to a tough couple of weeks. First thing we have learned when dealing with all of this is the tremendous ups and downs that battling cancer brings. We were prepared to start the immunotherapy in Omaha the end of September, but unfortunately Carrie had another tumor [...]
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