Fishman's Army's Fundraising Page

Fishman’s Army is an incredible group of beloved family, friends, and colleagues who have banded together to provide love, prayers, positivity, and support for us as we fight a rare combination of Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Parkinson’s disease.

With that incredible ongoing support and the life saving treatment provided at DFCI the cancer is now in retreat 

This page honors the medical excellence  and dedication of DFCI generally and the specific work of  Dr. Yochen Lorch the Director of Head and Neck Cancer and his team: Jason Glass, Patty McHugh, Matt Sanborn, and Shelby Watterworth.  Also, recognizing the comprehensive approach that DFCI embraces we recognize the supporting medical care provided by Dr, Jennifer Ang Chan, Dr. Walter Kim, Dr. Nicole Leboeuf and every other medical doctor, researcher,  nurse, technologist, phlebotomist, administrator, receptionist, and volunteer who make up the first rate DFCI force, creating a cutting edge, cancer fighting machine.

As every soldier in Fishman’s Army well knows, whatever the mission, greatness requires the best and brightest to be working tirelessly, relentlessly to achieve their goals and objectives.  But it also requires money.  The difference between a great idea and a great product is usually money.  Those that can capitalize their idea usually win. Productive cancer research and effective treatment are definitively a result of a combination of great minds, efffective and efficient organization, and lots of money.

The experience that we have had at Dana Farber this past year has us as unequivocal endorsers.  We have  that Dana Farber has the first two elements of my suggested formula for success.  And, while they certainly have done an effective job so far in finding the resources to be a first class, best of breed, organization, cancer Is a gigantic enemy with seemingly endless ways to defeat the treatments that medical science has produced to date.  In other words, fighting cancer is a perpetual, probably endless battle. Like so many other efforts, no battle stays won.  We all must keep fighting, innovating, improving, creating new “miracle” treatments without pause.  

So, DFCI is on top of its game today, but will it be tomorrow, next month, next year, next decade.....?  That, we think, significantly,  is a question of money.

Our discovery of this incredible institution was involuntary and massively unwanted.  The result of a cataclysmic event that threw our lives asunder.  1 Yet, as you all know, the discovery of excellence can be thrilling no matter the context.  This illness has provided direct experience and a window ,\to observe  this cancer fighting machine running with the engine wide open.  We are excited by their energy and effectiveness (and possess boundless gratitude, for their ability, thus far, to save Richard’s life).  It won’t surprise aniyone that knows Richard that when he finds something great he needs to share it -usually delivered with candor and directness.

So this is our message:  Dana Farber Cancer Institute is great and you should contribute some of your money to help them remain great.

With Love and gratitude to those that have taken the time to visit this page and were motivated to make a contribution.

Fishman’s Army Creed:

Beat Cancer! Fight For Life’s Many Gifts!

NO RETREAT  NO SURRENDER , Dana and Richard