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    CobraEarl, 44 Months with Pancreatic Cancer

    Hi this is Earl Groce AKA CobraEarl, 44 month survivor of Stage Four Pancreatic Cancer. I was last published by PanCan in January of 2018 and Lets Win PC in May 2018. This is an update to my story.

    Life continues to be GOOD!!!!!! I still get chemo every two weeks. Right now, Im in my 81th round of Folfirinox PLUS the experimental drug CPI613. I still 100% credit CPI613 for saving my life. My Wife and I still visit our grandkids in Canada multiple times each year. I always drive the 735 miles each way. I continue to work around the house and yard. My wife and I bought a SMALL condo at Carolina Beach back in October of last year. We are still decorating the condo. We visit the beach across the street from the condo often.

    December 28, 2018 Juanita and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with about 70 of our family and friends. My new stage four Pancreatic Cancer friend David Wingo, who will celebrate 5 years in June 2019, since being given two weeks to two months to live celebrated with us. David was patient #5 in the 20 person phase I dosing study. I was patient #18.

    Last August Juanita and I made it to our FOURTH Burning Man festival. Burning Man has been important to us because we had just returned from our first Burning Man a couple of weeks before I got my AWFUL diagnosis… Stage Four Pancreatic Cancer also in my lungs, liver and fatty tissues. Juanita told me then that we would go back. I seriously doubted I would ever return but WE DID, Three Times…


    LIFE IS GOOD. About 2 days during chemo every other week, I feel about like I have the flu but I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. I’m still convinced that CPI613 helps me and other phase I study patients that I met tolerate the Folfirinox. Rafael does not make this claim BUT, I DO.

    IF you get a chance to tell someone my story of if you need help for a Stage Four Pancreatic Cancer patient, PLEASE CONTACT me at [email protected]

    Below are four articles about David Wingo, Me and CPI613:
    May 22, 2018; https://letswinpc.org/my-treatment/2...reatic-cancer/
    May 19, 2018; https://www.pancan.org/stories/survi...econd-opinion/
    Jan 22, 2018; https://www.pancan.org/stories/survi...inical-trials/
    July 17, 2017; https://www1.cbn.com/content/new-hope-cancer-patients
    Last edited by cobraearl; 05-20-2019 at 07:07 PM.

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    Glad To Hear Some Your Very Encouraging Update!

    Good Luck & God Bless You & Your Family!

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    That's great Earl!
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    Awesome story, Earl. Glad you're still with us and enjoying life. Prayers for your continued progress against the big C.

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    Earl, your story is truly inspiring. Thank you for what you're doing to advance our knowledge of how to beat pancreatic cancer. I hope you have many more happy, healthy years ahead of you.

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    What an incredible story! Great to read you’re still fighting Earl, keep it up and CPI613 sounds like a wonder drug.
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    To my young traveling buddy still doing "marvelously, marvelous"!
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    Great news Earl! Very happy to hear from you again. Joann was just asking me about you last week.

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    God bless Earl and keep him safe ....and Earl...about that makeup.....are you sure it was professionally done????

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    Stay positive Earl, your doing great!

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    OLLI, show Joann my video...…

    and to Jetfuel, the makeup girl WAS in training....

    ONLY TIME in my life I ever wore makeup...… SERIOUSLY..... "not that there is anything wrong with it"

    OH YEAH, Raceral and Jeff Collins were at my 50th wedding anniversary.
    Last edited by cobraearl; 04-03-2019 at 07:31 PM.

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    God Bless you, Brother. Life is uncertain, but you are making the most of what you have. Best of health, Anthony

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    Congratulations Earl and keep spreading the word. You are helping to change and save lives.
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    Amazing story, Earl! It is so great that you are doing what you are to help others as well!!!
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    Great to hear Earl! Continued success!
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    Great to hear Earl. Keep fighting my man!!!!!!
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    As others have said, keep up the good fight Earl, I'm sending prayers to you and your family.

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    Way to go Cobra Earl! Think about you often when I look at the "Cobra Earl" improvements to my 21 year old FFR and the good times we have had.

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    Earl, First I would like to say.....DAMN GOOD TO HEAR FROM YA SON ! B. So thrilled you're on this side of the dirt fighting a good fight and having great results. 4. Gongrats on the 50Th !!!(God bless that woman's soul from here to infinity for putting up with you that long. ) D. I thought that was you at Burning Man but you were naked and I just couldn't look that long to be sure...…..NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT !!! BEST WISHES, HAPPY THOUGHT AND WARM HEART FOR YOU AND YOURS...Da Bat

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    This is the feel-good story of the year. You're amazing and I love that you're still all about enjoying life while trying to give back. Let it roll...
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    Great news!
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    Awesome news. Glad to hear your still doing well. Keep up the fight.

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    Keep it up Earl! After a bout with acute pancreatitis a couple months ago, I've come to conclude there is no sentence that pancreas goes in that gives people warm feelings. It's one of those things that no one thinks about until something goes wrong, and when it goes wrong it goes way wrong. So I'm very happy that you are successfully fighting the good fight! Good luck, God bless, and prayers coming your way for 51 years of marriage!

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    Earl-

    Such awesome news; I am so very happy for you and your family! It is such an amazing story, and you are a testament to the fighting spirit and being the hero of your own story.

    Thank you for your updates, and I look forward to a whole lot more!

    All the best.

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