Hans’s Story

Site created on October 19, 2022

Welcome to Coach Hans's Caring Bridge website.  We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting! 

As most of you are aware, Hans had kidney cancer in 2018. After surgery, chemo, and radiation, he has been in remission for the past four years. On October 17, he realized something was wrong with his motor skills. Unfortunately, the tests at Stanford Hospital showed his cancer had metastasized to his brain. The doctors have determined the best treatment would be a new type of focused radiation. This treatment will begin on Monday, November 14.

Because Hans will need extensive and expensive care over the extended treatment period, we are opening GoFundMe .  Coach Hans has helped and supported all of us throughout the years, so we invite you to support him through journal entries on CaringBridge and donations on GoFundMe as he begins his battle with cancer.   
  
Thank you! 


To go to Coach Hans' GoFundMe, click on "ways to help" above or use this link:  https://gofund.me/60d081d3

Newest Update

November 13, 2022

Journal entry by Barb Wakefield —

Hans has one Stage 4 pea sized tumor in his brain.  Fortunately, the cancer has not metastasized to his blood.  Hans will be undergoing SRS (Stereotactic Radiation Surgery) treatment on Monday, November 14.  You can find out more about SRS at this site:

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007274.htm#:~:text=Stereotactic%20radiosurgery%20(SRS)%20is%20a,not%20made%20on%20your%20body

Hans will be independent after his surgery, will be able to drive and even have a drink or two! He will not need care or assistance.  After the treatment he will have an MRI every 2-3 months. 

 

 We will keep you posted after the treatment on Monday!

 

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