My name is Teana Liles. Andy and I are raising funds for our friend Stephen Smyers.
Stephen is a big supporter of the local music scene.
Ok, here is all the info that we have.
Steve has at least 6 areas of cancer on his brain. Four are marble-sized, the other ones smaller. They have suspended the radiation and chemo treatments for now due to a problem with an area on his intestines that has become infected. He had to go to the emergency room last week due to the pain. He has been fighting now for a year since they cut all the cancer from his neck, which was skin cancer. They did cut out 30 or so lymph nodes.
They haven’t told him what stage he is in.
He is doing a blood transfusion Wednesday because his iron and red blood cell counts are very low due to all these treatments he has taken.
He, of course, has thousands of dollars of medical bills.
He was off work for a while after his neck surgery, but when he healed enough, he went back to work.
He had said that it’s difficult to work because he is very weak and tires out quickly, and he says he sometimes feels confused and foggy.
He is going to ask the doctors some questions about his prognosis and what stage he is in after his transfusion.
He will not go see his cancer doctor until late July due to his intestines issue, which is probably a side effect of the radiation and chemo treatments.
Please donate anything that you can and share this post.
Keep prayers coming for our brother.
That’s what I have for now.✝️