In November 2019, Greg Ciola was diagnosed with stage 3 unresectable malignant metastatic melanoma. It spread to his brain as an egg-sized hemorrhaging stage 4 tumor that almost killed him. Going from feeling perfectly healthy to being in a battle for his life, Greg felt a spiritual call to start a support group to help people battling cancer.
- 02:37: I knew nothing about melanoma.
- 04:43: You have metastatic melanoma.
- 06:12: How often do you have to have the infusion?
- 08:45: I had to do constant blood draws to see what was going on.
- 10:03: All the scans were clear up until October of 2020.
- 12:19: We see something in your brain.
- 14:41: It can show up anywhere.
- 16:40: Was your wife allowed to be with you in the beginning?
- 19:07: Did you only have to do the procedure one time?
- 22:55: If anything's off, they won't give you the immunotherapy.
- 25:31: Prior to cancer, you were into fitness wellness working out supplements.
- 27:05: Do you think this was harder for you to go through it as a patient or as a caregiver?
- 29:01: What has been your worst moment?
- 30:54: What about your best moment?
- 33:14: What's one thing you wish you had known at the very beginning?
- 33:50: If you could only do one thing to improve health care in the U.S., what would it be and why?
- 36:15: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions.
- 38:23: Aside from Cancer U, what's one resource you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers?
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