Kathryn Joosten of ‘Desperate Housewives’ shines her Emmy-nominee spotlight on lung cancer research
August 26th, 2010
Ask Kathryn Joosten about lung cancer. Go ahead. After all, the Emmy-nominated “Desperate Housewives” actress has survived it — twice.
“Lung cancer continues to be the least funded in dollars of the four major cancers,” Joosten said, “yet it takes more lives than all of them combined.” To battle that, Joosten and 8-year-old lung cancer survivor Gabby Wilson will be on the oceanfront in Santa Monica on Saturday morning leading a walk/run to benefit lung cancer research.
At 7:31 pm on August 27th, 2010 helpbillbarry said:
Angels are all around us. Bill Barry spent his life helping others. Now with cancer, he needs the help he would never ask for.
It is a very difficult moment for a person to suffer any cancer disease. We are trying to raise funds for Bill Barry’s cancer care.
On July 7, 2010, Bill Barry, was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, which has already metastasized to his liver.
It leaves him only with an expensive and grueling course of chemotherapy to extend his life. He just turned 48 on August 1st. His family want him to have so many birthdays to come. In the past year, they lost their family member, his beloved 21 year old son. Now it’s only him, his wife, and daughter, left to deal with more than they ever thought they’d face.
He has Medicare, which will only pay for 80% of his medical costs, and nothing of his prescriptions. The remaining cost is much more than his wife can afford on her limited income. He has never lost a battle, and they can’t imagine him starting now, so they’re looking to pay for a lot of chemotherapy treatments.
It is the people whose lives he has touched over the years that are reaching out to you now. It would be wonderful if he received just a fraction of the kindness that he’s given to others, now, in his time of need. Our community has been improved for his being here, and would not be the same without him.
Please help!=(
At 11:53 am on September 3rd, 2010 Jane Mundy said:
Congrats Kathryn Joosten and Gabby Wilson for supporting this cause. We need more events like this to help with lung cancer research. And I believe we should all rally to ban asbestos; so many people are just now being diagnosed with asbestos-related lung diseases like mesothelioma.
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