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Defying the Odds
When Tim McDonald, a Tampa area resident, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer with metastasis to his liver in November of 2020, he was told that his life expectancy would be three years. And he was also informed that until his death in 2023, he would need constant chemotherapy.
Always believing in himself, and not what others told him, he knew there was another way and he explored options that would dispel this prognosis. Tim was grateful to be accepted at Moffitt Cancer Center.
And following aggressive chemo treatment, and exceptional care and support, the treatment killed all the cancer in his colon but did leave some in his liver.
Not eligible for mainstream treatment options, he learned about the living liver donor transplants for metastasized cancer patients and got in touch with Dr. Hernandez at the University of Rochester Medicine in NY.
This is one of only 14 centers in the US performing this type of transplant and Tim never gave up as he never accepted the death sentence he was given. His oncologist at Moffitt sees this procedure as an “outside of the box” treatment and has supported Tim throughout this journey.
