Lingering symptoms told the family that something just wasn’t right with Dad last summer
Shortness of breath, lingering cough, tiredness, night sweats, persistent back pain and weight loss were some of the symptoms that put a Prince George family on alert that something just wasn’t right with Dad last summer.
“Now, a year later, Ken's leukemia is controlled by taking a daily medication that inhibits the production of cancerous blood cells and after such a roller coaster, our life is somehow very normal,” Walker said. “It is not lost on us how much we owe to the decades of research and funding that is required to make our outcome a reality.”
More than $900 million has gone to support world-class cancer research through the Terry Fox Research Institute . TFRI invests donations in scientists in laboratories, clinics, and hospitals around the country.
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