August is, among other things, National Immunization Awareness Month. It seems like a good time to discuss HPV Vaccines. There are actually three vaccines (Cervarix, Gardasil, and Gardasil 9), and two protect agains genial warts and anal cancer. I realize that the HPV Vaccine is still a hotbed issue. Partly because it is difficult and uncomfortable
Another #TEAM KEVIN has formed and will be running the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 1, 2015. We will be highlighting each member of the team. First up, Jill Bartolini- Hutchinson: https://www.crowdrise.com/ElixirFundNYC2015/fundraiser/jillianhutchinson The New York City (NYC) Marathon is the marathon of All Marathons that every marathoner aspires to run. I started running
When we first decided to move forward with the creation of the Elixir Fund, one of Kevin's doctors said to me, "It is hard to do good." It was not meant in a negative way, but rather as words of encouragement to hang in there. While keeping the Elixir Fund going over these last 12
TEAM KEVIN did it again! They rocked the NYC Tri and it was amazing to watch. Our sincere thanks to Suzie Baer, Jill McConnell, Rob Doolittle, Duncan Wilson, Susan Clifford and Jenny Godnick for braving the heat and swimming the Hudson River. This is one tough group. And they have almost raised $20,000! You can still support
Ivan Basso (AFP Images: Chris Graythen) In this morning's sports news is an announcement that Ivan Basso had to withdrawal from the Tour de France because he has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. At 37 he is outside of what is considered the typical range for testicular cancer. That range varies but is somewhere
Kevin went through almost 2 years of continual treatment that included 5 or 6 rounds of chemotherapy; radiation on his pelvis, spine, and brain; gamma knife treatment; and a round of stem cell treatment which requires a bone marrow test, stem cell harvesting, and 4 weeks plus in hospital while they kill your immune system
When diagnosed with cancer, Bruce Feiler was faced with the possibility of not being there for all of the little and not so little moments in his then 3 year old twin daughter's lives. So he identified, amongst his friends, a Council of Dads who would be able to teach his daughters a variety of
I thought I would let Kevin take over the blog for the day. Below are the lyrics to a song he wrote many years ago. I am not exactly sure of the date or the inspiration, but I assume it was in honor of a dear friend who passed. There are a few people that I
TEAM KEVIN rocks the Panasonic NYC Triathlon In just over one month TEAM KEVIN will swim the Hudson and run and bike through New York finishing in Central Park. We cannot begin to express our gratitude to this team - Suzie Baer, Jill McConnell, Susan Clifford, Duncan Wilson, Rob Doolittle, and Jenny Godnick - for
#CelebrateLife #DonateLife Yesterday I had the honor of participating in the NJ Sharing Network’s 5th Annual 5K as part of TEAM SUSIE. NJ Sharing Network is an organization dedicated to organ and tissue donation. I joined Susie’s family and friends to honor her gift of life as an organ donor along with thousands of other