ONLY FIVE DAYS REMAIN to DONATE and HELP Danny Hanning WIN his BATTLE with CANCER! PLEASE take a moment and GIVE?
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Danny’s Cancer Treatment Fund:
This
fund is being raised to help Danny
Hanning fight his recently diagnosed Non—Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer. These
monies will be exclusively spent on:
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Drugs – For
the payment of/for ‘Non-Formulary’ drugs
and medications for the treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and all of
the various and sundry secondary medical
needs.
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Treatment – For treatments that are not covered by; Medicare or Medi-Cal. Including treatments for; limited mobility, pain reduction, and health issues arising
out of, but not directly related to, the Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. This can
include holistic therapies and natural cures that are helpful but not
scientifically proven and/or approved.
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Transportation – For
each and every trip I make to; a doctor’s appointment, chemotherapy, physical
therapy, deep muscle massage, heat treatments, radiation therapy costs
$10.00 for a round trip. This
cost, so far, I have been able to shoulder
alone. However, with trips that
are three times a week (chemo), and supporting doctor’s appointments I simply cannot afford up to and exceeding $300.00
a MONTH in transportation costs. If I raise enough funds
I hope to purchase a van and
lift so that I can transport myself! I still have a valid CA Driver’s License, can,and would like
to provide for my own transportation.
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Food and Housing – Currently I live on a diet of frozen TV dinners each and every night of the month. I would like to purchase more healthy
foods like; fruits & nuts, vegetables, raw meats and starches so that I
can prepare myself healthy food! I
would like to greatly improve my diet and eating habits,
thus improving my quality of life and greatly enhancing my body’s
natural abilities to fight cancer. I would like to MOVE! Dying,
in Southern California, is not what Danny would hope for. I would like to; see snow again, have a Holiday Season WITHOUT 90 degree temperatures,
have a ‘White Christmas’ again… before I die. I would like to get out
of this horrible place and live where
there are four seasons, snow in the winter, and LIVE before I die.
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In-Home Care – For the past decade my best-friend and roommate…
yeah, I’m sticking with that… Has; helped
me eat, bathe, get in and out of bed, get to and from appointments, and
generally cared for me 24/7/365. He now works two jobs to help pay for
rent, food and sundries. He will not be
able to keep two jobs and get me to all of the appointments, treatments, chemotherapy, radiation
therapy, and supportive services. He just cannot
be in two places at once. Either
I hire a caregiver or I find the money
to replace his income. At least through this first course of
chemotherapy and radiation therapy. This
is a mandatory cost and one that could
force me to being homeless with cancer.
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That’s it! My Dear Readers… My Dear (future) Contributors,
you have an opportunity here to help a man that has given throughout his life. In just the
past four years I have written and published OVER Five Hundred
Articles ranging from the exploration of Mars and the Solar System
to current affairs and even a horror story for young adults. I would
very much like to continue my writing
and publishing. Continue until such time that I am no longer able to provide enlightening and entertaining
content.
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With your help I can continue my work. I can continue to live and that is all any
human… any American could ever hope for, or ask. It is not in
my nature to ask for assistance. However,
circumstances beyond my control have
forced my hand. I either ask for and receive help… or my cancer takes my life in a little
as six to eighteen months[1].
Those are the facts.
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Thank you for your time and kind consideration.
Below is my life’s story and MORE about my health and my past fifteen year
struggle with Invertible Degenerative Disc Disease. I you would like to know
more about my recent struggles, read ahead below. PLEASE consider GIVING to my
campaign.
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Thank you!
Danny’s
Cancer Treatment Fund:
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INTRODUCTION:
This fund was created to help Daniel
Hanning deal with some of the extraordinary expenses associated with his fight
with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer.
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My
name is Daniel Hanning and I was born and raised in Southeast Texas in the 60’s
and 70’s. From the 3rd grade I performed and entertained my fellow
students, and their parents, in; Choir,
Debate, and Dramatic Arts. Born in Houston Texas, we moved out of Houston
and to Pearland, Texas in 1966. I
attended Pearland Elementary, Pearland Middle school and Graduated from
Pearland High School. I went on to attend Alvin Community College and the
University of Houston/Clear Lake City.
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I
left Texas in 1981 and moved to Southern California. I have worked in many
fields, but achieved professional status in; Small Business Administration, Pharmacy Technician, and Residential Property Leasing & Management, In August of 1987, while
working for Target Stores I was struck on the head by a falling typewriter. I was hospitalized for the next six months, and
suffered with multiple Spinal Cord injuries, damage to cervical discs, and left
side hemostatsis.
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After
hospitalization and occupational therapy and training, I returned to work as a
Pharmacy Technician. Ignoring my growing neurological problems and deficits, I
made a move from Pharmacy work to become a professional property manager. I
worked in Stanton, CA managing 50 units for three years, and then moved to a 500-unit
complex as a Leasing Agent.
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I
worked as long as I could until 2002 when I began to fall and loose the use of
my left hand and arm, again. In 2003 I was classified as Disabled and unable to return to my pervious work. My Degenerative Disc disease became worse
and worse and in 2007 I had a spinal fusion. The damage to my spinal cord,
nerve roots and root endings was so severe that the surgery did not help my
condition, just worked to slow the progression of my disease.
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In
2012 I was diagnosed with “moderate to
Severe Spinal Stenosis” and was unable to walk without a cane, and unable
to walk more than ¼ of a block at all. In 2013 I obtained a power chair (via a finding campaign here
at Indiegogo) and my disc disease continues to degenerate. My neurological
deficits increase and my abilities to: walk, clothe myself, bathe myself, dress
myself, and prepare and eat food degenerate.
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Sometime
around the beginning of 2014… or the end of 2013 I discover a ‘lump… growth’ on my jaw line on the
right side of my face. Starting in summer of 2013 I began having regular low-grade
fevers, unexplained nausea, weakness, and decreased appetite. Now, to our
current time period.
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On
August 1st, 2014 I had a surgery to remove the “growth” on my face. A biopsy is done on August 5th
2014. On August 7th 2014 I am told that I have been diagnosed with “a lymphoma”. Now that I have the
pathology report, I see that they found “follicular lymphoma Grade 3B”. I
now understand that I have ‘Non-Hodgkin’s
Lymphoma’ and the grade 3B tumor would mean I am in either stage 3 or stage
4 of this disease.
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REASONS & IMPACT:
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I
am starting this funding campaign, just as soon as I found out about my
disease, to help differ the costs of my; chemotherapy, treatments,
transportation, and anti-emetics. My current Social Security is only $970 and
my rent is $940. Ido not have any money to help pay for all of the
transportation costs, costs of chemotherapy drugs (I have looked it up and it
appears that the most preferred drug to treat Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is “Non-Formulary”
under my Part D Medicare
Prescription Drug plan), primary and secondary treatment costs not covered by
Medicare, and the cost of anti-emetics to treat the severe and crippling nausea
and vomiting.
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Pros and Cons:
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MEDICATIONS:
With your help I will be able to
purchase the ‘non-formulary’ chemotherapy
medication that has the best results,
and longest ‘life expectancy’.
As
well, as needed with your contributions I will be able to purchase… ‘non-formulary’ anti-emetic ‘drugs’ to help with the nausea and
vomiting. This is the reason that ‘Medicinal Marijuana’ was voted legal
here in California. I am sure that I will SHOCK the sales people… when a person
in a power chair… on Chemotherapy walks in to buy… anti-emetics. J
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TREATMENTS:
Other
than chemotherapy and/or Radiation therapy there are many other kinds of
treatments that can be necessary during the course of treating cancers. Since I
have cancer of the lymphatic system alternate treatments are:
- Stem Cell Transplant- High Does Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Transplant for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Stem cell
transplants are sometimes used to treat lymphoma patients who are in remission
or who have a relapse during or after treatment. Although only a small number
of patients with lymphoma are treated with this therapy, this number is
growing.
Stem cell
transplants allow doctors to use higher doses of chemotherapy (and sometimes radiation) than would normally be tolerated. High-dose
chemotherapy destroys the bone marrow, which prevents new blood cells from
being formed. This could lead to life-threatening infections, bleeding, and
other problems due to low blood cell counts.
Doctors try to get
around this problem by giving an infusion of blood-forming stem cells after the
high-dose treatment. Stem cells are very primitive cells that can create new
blood cells.
Blood-forming stem
cells used for a stem cell transplant can come from:
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The blood (for a peripheral blood
stem cell transplant, or PBSCT)
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The bone marrow (for a bone marrow
transplant, or BMT)
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Umbilical cord blood (for a cord
blood transplant)
Most stem cell transplants are now PBSCTs.[1]
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- Reasons Motivations and TIMING:
My Dear
Readers & Potential Contributors and Assistants. I
am putting all of my energies and
talents into THIS campaign for one Very
Good reason. Right now… I do have
the: energy, focus, stamina, mental prowess, dexterity, creativity and HEALTH to make this the BIGGEST and BEST Fund Raising Campaign of my LIFE! I do not know just what condition I will be… in later. Later, when all of the conventional therapies have failed and a Stem Cell Transplant is
the only solution that might
continue or extend my life.
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Right NOW I am in a great deal of pain… all over my body. However, I am still able to; focus, create,
copy/paste, think, coordinate, and WRITE!
Right now I can still put together articles and this campaign in such a
way that it looks (at least somewhat)
professional and appealing. I do not know if that will be the case in; three months, six months, a year, two years,
five years. I am being ghoulishly HONEST! BRUTALLY HONEST!
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If I do wait, to run another campaign when I do need;
more expensive chemotherapy drugs, more chemotherapy
treatments than what is allowed by my plan, or I am to the point
that alternative treatments are all that stand between me and… this disease taking me away
from all of you, My Dear Readers. Therefore, I am asking for the large
amount goal NOW when I am still
capable to drawing and holding the attention and contributions of the most number of readers and contributors. I am asking for $25,000.00
NOW because I do not want to be in a position that I am unable
to create and maintain; my blog(s), a campaign, social media
integration and communication and financial integration necessary for this type of endeavor!
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I am asking for all of the money
that I (logically foresee) that will need,
throughout the course of this disease, NOW! So that I have the physical,
mental and creative abilities to accomplish
my goal. I have given this
whole… lifetime of the disease, lifespan
of treatment, and all potential foreseeable outcomes and diagnoses.
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I am, for likely the very first time
in my life, looking out for ‘Future
Danny’ in the most deliberate and methodical fashion imaginable. I have
consulted; HNL support groups, NHL
Support Forums, NHL National Organizations, NHL Medical Information sites,
Cedars-Sinai, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, the
web site for my ‘Part D Medicare Prescription Drug Program, and the Social
Security and Medicare web sites.
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While I am near this.. subject? My
Dear Readers/Contributors… TODAY I received a letter from SilverScript
(My ‘Part D Medicare Prescription Drug Plan). In it… and they would
have JUST received copies of current
medical reports… and prescription requests from the hospital and my BIOPSY.
They sent me a letter saying;
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“Mr. Hanning it has come to our attention
that you MAY HAVE moved to a location that is OUTSIDE our Prescription Plan
COVERAGE AREA. You have UNTIL 12/31/14 to RESPOND and VERIFY your location
and/or January 1st 2015 YOUR prescription plan benefits WILL BE
TERMINATED.”
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My Dear
Readers/Contributors I moved to this location October 4th 2013!!! I have lived here for the better part of a YEAR and
just now (total coincidence that I was JUST diagnosed with NHL… I JUST NOW got a
biopsy result showing NHL… JUST NOW had a surgery for a tumor removal) they
have suddenly
and inexplicably realized that I “May have moved OUTSIDE your
plan’s COVERAGE AREA.”
ROLFMFAO!
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You see, My Dearest Readers/Contributors? This is what I have to look forward TO… and THIS is WHY I am running this
campaign with THE amount that I AM! There is just NO telling when they might suspend or terminate
my prescription Drug Plan! Once done? It will take Weeks TO MONTHS to get
me; enrolled in the NEW plan, get
benefits ‘flowing’, and coordinate my Par ‘D’ Prescription Plan WITH my
Pharmacies and Hospitals. Further, I
am not so sure just how this ‘switching’ of plans AFTER I
have started a treatment with a very expensive chemotherapy drug! Yes,
this is what is called a ‘Targeted Gene Therapy Cancer Treatment’[1]This type of therapy is classified as ‘Alternative’ and/or ‘Advanced’cancer therapy… and we all know
just how insurance companies
react to something that is ‘new’,
‘Advanced’ and/or ‘Alternative’!
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I am just trying to get ahead of their; refusals,
rejections, attempts to cut me off, and/or reject my NEEDED medications or
dosages. You see, My Dearest Readers/Contributors, I named my blog(s) ‘The Other Shoe’ because my
life has been just (one after
another) experience of the other shoe dropping on me when I least expect it! By asking… requesting the monies now I am sure to have the resources when ‘The
Other Shoe’… DROPS!
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As well, all of this money WILL GET HELD until it is needed for my; medications, transportations,
hospitalizations, rejections, or discontinuance of coverage’s. It is not me desire or intent to spend ‘one thin dime’ until it is absolutely necessary!
I know that something… somehow…
someway will get; rejected, delayed,
discontinued or “just lost in the system” and I think that if you seriously consider your experiences with hospitals and ‘Government
Agencies’ you know that I am
reasonable and actually smart for planning
for the worst and hoping for the best!
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As well, I would like to think
that just
maybe I could raise enough money to get the heck out of CALIFORNIA! I
would like to think that just maybe I would raise enough to possibly get my own ride AND stop having to get stared AT on mass transit! That
I might raise enough money to get new glasses… the ones I am wearing right now
as I write, and when I go out to see my doctors… well, are TWELVE years old! I am sure that
my vision has changed and it would be ever so nice to get new prescription glasses!
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There you have it… MY promotion as I have it written RIGHT NOW!
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PLEASE HELP ME FIX THIS!
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Thank YOU!
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To be
continued with YOUR help and Input!