Jeremy honorably served in the U.S Air Force from 1990 until he retired in 2012. Since retiring, he and his family have made their home in Boise, Idaho. Jeremy was an athlete: running, cycling, softball, scuba diving, and he had always been physically active.
In the summer of 2013, he began having problems that he thought may be kidney stones. After months of waiting and several tests, it turned out he had a bladder obstruction. While doing the CT scan to find out what was causing the bladder obstruction, they also found the cancer. From that point, there were still more tests over several weeks to determine what type of cancer it was, and just what kind of a future he and his family were going to have, and for how long. Finally, it was confirmed that he has Appendix Cancer that advanced to Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) Cancer. PMP is an extremely rare, (occurring in about one person per million per year) slow-growing cancer of the appendix which ruptures and spreads a cancer mucus throughout the abdomen. Jeremy was advanced stage IV by the time it was discovered. For more information on this type of cancer, please click here.
In the summer of 2013, he began having problems that he thought may be kidney stones. After months of waiting and several tests, it turned out he had a bladder obstruction. While doing the CT scan to find out what was causing the bladder obstruction, they also found the cancer. From that point, there were still more tests over several weeks to determine what type of cancer it was, and just what kind of a future he and his family were going to have, and for how long. Finally, it was confirmed that he has Appendix Cancer that advanced to Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) Cancer. PMP is an extremely rare, (occurring in about one person per million per year) slow-growing cancer of the appendix which ruptures and spreads a cancer mucus throughout the abdomen. Jeremy was advanced stage IV by the time it was discovered. For more information on this type of cancer, please click here.