The holidays can be a difficult time for those who have experienced loss, but one terminal patient shares how he finds hope in the darkest times.
LITTLETON, Colo. — To spend a morning with the Stahlman family is to spend a morning in a place you immediately feel at home. For a family that is no stranger to grief, they’ve made sure to keep hope above all.
“An hour afterwards, the attending physician comes in and says, 'You have a large mass in your head. We're admitting into the ICU,'” recalled Bruce Stahlman.“This is one of the most aggressive cancers on the planet; it's very fast and very wicked,” said Kelly Stahlman. The device works by sending microwaves into his brain to break up the cancer cells before they can form a new tumor. Bruce Stahlman wears the Optune almost 24/7.“On average, the device adds about five months on average to life span. We also know that it does that without a reduction of quality of life. But, we also know that five-year survival is about 13% to 14% in patients who use this device, compared to 3% in folks that don't,” said Ney.
This technology is now being tested to treat more kinds of cancers all over the body, and while it may not work for every patient, it’s helped this patient see more birthdays and Christmases than he thought possible.“We'd always said to Eric after Mark passed, ‘live life fully until you don't.’ And he flipped a switch to say, ‘I'm going to live life fully until I don't,’” said Kelly Stahlman.
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