Cancer experts alarmed over 'gut-wrenching' Trump plan to cut research spending by billions

[bmichaelh]

10. Lymphoma survivor

I am a lymphoma survivor.

I was first diagnosed in 1990.

I have been living with lymphoma for 35 years.

However, this administration will make it more difficult.

The problem with my cancer is that it transforms every time it returns.
It gets more aggressive and not the same place and previous therapies do not work.
First time, it was follicular lymphoma.
When it returned in 2002, it was as diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma (DLBCL); That time in my left femur.
When it returned in 2019, it was DLBCL; that time near my spinal column.

I was able to beat it this time based on three factors.
Trump's ACA repeal failed; 4 treatments over 2 years failed. ACA protects me against lifetime limits.
A new drug worked that was approved by FDA in 2020.
My provider successfully appealed denial of drug by my healthcare insurer.

So cancer research saved my life.

I have family members that are MAGA that defend Trump.
Trump is a horrible human being.

Trump was already ranked worst president for his first term.
He could have pursued a new legacy in cancer cures; but he has decided to take a different route.
There are promising cures using mRNA vaccines in cancer treatment.
But his administration distrusts mRNA vaccines and science.