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High school football coach unable to get chemo due to shortage dies at 60
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:12 pm
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In 2022, Jeff Bolle, of Milwaukee, learned he had bile duct cancer, which has a dismal long-term survival rate. At the time, doctors hoped that surgery and chemotherapy could prolong his life. He was in good health prior to his diagnosis, which made everyone feel optimistic.
He underwent surgery and four rounds of chemotherapy before the chemotherapy shortage stopped his treatment in May 2023 — two rounds short.
As the months passed and his cancer progressed unchecked, Jeff Bolle became sicker. In late September 2023, doctors realized "there was really nothing else they could do, which was hard to hear," Connie Bolle recalls. There was no immunotherapy. There was no other chemotherapy."
Jeff Bolle died on Dec. 29, 2023, seven months after losing access to his chemo drugs.
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:14 pm to John88
What is the root of this shortage?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:18 pm to Boudreaux35
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What is the root of this shortage?
Money
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:18 pm to Boudreaux35
From the article
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FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf told NBC News in May 2023 that the main reason for the chemo shortage is there's not enough profit in producing these drugs, many of which are generic and do not have a patent. "A number of firms are going either out of business, or they’re having quality problems because of difficulty investing in their technology," Califf said.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:18 pm to Boudreaux35
And not only is he dead (no little thing for his family and friends), all the chemo treatments were wasted.
What kind of medical team begins a treatment course without being sure that it exists in totality?
If his treatment interruption was foreseeable, how many others had a comparable problem?
Who makes the drugs, where and why?
What kind of medical team begins a treatment course without being sure that it exists in totality?
If his treatment interruption was foreseeable, how many others had a comparable problem?
Who makes the drugs, where and why?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:19 pm to John88
Sorry, illegal immigrants need your money for food, housing, and healthcare.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:24 pm to John88
You fellow Americans better work extra fricking hard. We’ve got to get our funds up so that we can ship it across the sea to Ukraine. What? You thought we had $100 billion to finance our own healthcare? Get real.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:32 pm to John88
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died on Dec. 29, 2023
Newsman getting slower by the day.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:36 pm to GoldenGuy
My guess is if he was that far along cancer wise those extra treatments might not have made a difference
Some people stop chemo as the side effects of the chemo are way too painful to continue
Definitely more to the story as sounds like he had a death sentence either way
Some people stop chemo as the side effects of the chemo are way too painful to continue
Definitely more to the story as sounds like he had a death sentence either way
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:37 pm to John88
I’m sure they would’ve been happy to give him the 11th Covid booster while cashing in those Billions
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:39 pm to John88
I can't speak to the reliability of this reporting, but I can speak to the fact that I had an aunt with the same form of cancer at the same time who got every treatment she was supposed to get.
She passed in October of last year not long after her last round of treatment. That is a terrible type of cancer.
She passed in October of last year not long after her last round of treatment. That is a terrible type of cancer.
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:42 pm to John88
My mom was on cisplatin in 2023. She had to get off it because it was killing her kidneys.
I’m guessing the shortage was more in his area because MDA didn’t seem to have any trouble finding it.
I’m guessing the shortage was more in his area because MDA didn’t seem to have any trouble finding it.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:43 pm to nicholastiger
7 months without any chemotherapy with bile duct is actually pretty good - it's a very bad cancer
Terrible situation but very doubtful that cisplatin would have made any difference
Terrible situation but very doubtful that cisplatin would have made any difference
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:46 pm to StringedInstruments
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You fellow Americans better work extra fricking hard. We’ve got to get our funds up so that we can ship it across the sea to Ukraine. What? You thought we had $100 billion to finance our own healthcare? Get real.
So you're saying we should adopt socialized medicine and spend government money to pay for peoples health care? I just want to be clear on what you're advocating. This is a free enterprise problem, not a Ukraine problem, an illegal immigrant problem, or anything else. The companies have quit making the drugs because there's no profit in it. Unless you want the government subsidizing production of these drugs, your argument is a strawman.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:46 pm to metallica81788
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7 months without any chemotherapy with bile duct is actually pretty good - it's a very bad cancer
My aunt had gotten through colon cancer that she was diagnosed with a few years prior. When she got the bile duct cancer diagnosis they told her it was one of the worst you could get. It was heartbreaking.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:53 pm to Jim Rockford
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So you're saying we should adopt socialized medicine and spend government money to pay for peoples health care? I just want to be clear on what you're advocating. This is a free enterprise problem, not a Ukraine problem, an illegal immigrant problem, or anything else. The companies have quit making the drugs because there's no profit in it. Unless you want the government subsidizing production of these drugs, your argument is a strawman.
Government spending is out of control which leads to more taxes and slimmer margins for everybody.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:58 pm to Dawgfanman
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that the main reason for the chemo shortage is there's not enough profit in producing these drugs, many of which are generic and do not have a patent
Big pharma will always get away with it. Instead of the feds subsidizing it, they'll send millions to Pakistan for chipmunk gender studies.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:18 pm to John88
He was Jacks raging bile duct
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:18 pm to John88
That’s what got Walter Payton. Almost no chance of survival with that kind of cancer.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:45 pm to StringedInstruments
We’re not sending money to Ukraine. We’re sending money to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin & the like who’s making the shite that’s going to Ukraine. If you can’t make war, you just make war machines. Business is booming either way
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