In Newport Beach, California, two people were brought together by some very unfortunate circumstances: cancer… in both individuals. And what could have very easily been a sad story has turned into an almost miraculous one.
Both Cindy Godshall and Mark Franklin were diagnosed with the same deadly form of brain cancer, glioblastoma. His tumor was large, on the left side of his brain. Hers was just a little smaller, but on the right side of her brain. Diagnosed just six months apart, they underwent almost identical treatments, chemotherapy, and surgeries. And both attended the same cancer support group as strangers.
And that's where Cindy and Mark fell in love and both survived their cancers, beating the odds almost miraculously. Their neurosurgeon, Dr. Christopher Duma, says that the chances of surviving three years after the disease are very slim, hovering around 3 percent. Unfortunately, many, if not most patients with glioblastoma don't survive beyond 14 months.
Dr. Duma performed a newly patented procedure on the couple, called Leading-edge. It uses pinpoint radiation to treat the tumor in the areas where it microscopically invades the brain.
Now, three years after their diagnoses, Cindy and Mark are both alive and cancer-free. And the couple is thankful for every day they spend together.
“It’s so perfect for both of us. We don’t have to explain to anybody what our situations are, and every day you wake up, you just say, ‘OK, I’m alive for today,’” Mark says.
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