Tim's cry for help

[AgingAmerican]

I was approached by an old friend a week ago, asking if I could help his friends husband Tim procure some cannabis oil. He has a rare and aggressive penile cancer which he has battled for 16 months. They thought he had it beaten six months ago, then three months ago it came raging back. It is now all over in his pelvic region and one thigh.

Tim called my friend in tears after getting more devastating news after spending 8 hours doing scans and such at the hospital last week. He was desperate to try the cannabis oil, but did not know how to get it. Tim says he is not ready to go yet, and wants to spend time with his grand kids and such. Tim and Nelda realize that the cannabis oil is Tims last hope.

There is info about their current situation on TIMs go fund me site. His wife set up the gofundme page for them when he was diagnosed, but the funds have been exhausted over the last year and a half.

http://www.gofundme.com/timcaldwell

They had been getting him cannabis edibles or whatever they could, desperately trying slow the disease.

I work in the medical cannabis field in Seattle, and was able to collect donations of oil for Tim. In a week we got 17.5 grams of medical grade RSO donated, and a lot of high CBD flower (buds) to make a batch with. The RSO cancer protocol calls for getting 60 grams of oil in to the patient within 90 days. The medical cannabis folks here are very generous and we will get him enough oil. He has been on the oil for 7 days now. He is already sleeping better, his pain is leveling out, and he is finally able to eat, but it will take 4-5 weeks to get him up to ingesting a gram a day which is what is needed to kill the cancer.

Tim's family has been devastated financially by this. Tim is a 30 year journeyman electrification and was always a great provider for his family, but has barely been able to work since being diagnosed and his wife is unable to work.

They are living in a trailer rent free, essentially living off $200 a month, and have had to pay some medical expenses out of pocket. It makes me angry thinking about it, they have been through hell with a seemingly indifferent medical industry.

If anyone can help out with a little bit of donation to the gofundme site, his wife Nelda would be relieved. Both Tim and Nelda have assured us that they will fight this thing to his dying breath, and if he does succumb to the disease, Nelda will build a legacy for Tim by becoming a medical marijuana activist/provider.

They are getting a hospice nurse finally this coming week, so his medical expenses will be covered, but they still need to eat and turn on the lights. If anyone can help, please do so if even just a little.

http://www.gofundme.com/timcaldwell

Thanks for hearing me out.