A well-known metro area businessman is on the road to recovery after undergoing grueling treatment for an aggressive, and rare, form of cancer.
“The doctors had said to me, basically…that they were going to kill me, and bring me back to life.”
Scott Hillier of Coffee Matters credits his cancer care team for helping him through his treatment and recovery. The process started with a very aggressive surgical procedure that removed tissue and lymph nodes
He says undergoing the surgery alone was very hard and required a great deal of adjustment, but even then the cancer remained, and he entered into an aggressive round of chemotherapy.
Scott Hillier during Chemo Therapy (submitted photo)
He says the chemo he underwent was a type of treatment medical professionals no longer like to use.
“It’s a very harsh chemo,” says Hillier, “so much so..that I couldn’t take the chemo and go home.” He says in order to take the treatment he had to be admitted to hospital 24 hours in advance to get his body ready, undergo the treatment, resulting in five days in hospital, with another two days to recover, and then back home for 14 days before entering hospital for another seven-day ordeal. “That continued for a three month period.”
Hillier says the hardest part was being laid up and so sick that he couldn’t do anything. He thanks his husband for “being through more than I did” and running the business in Hillier’s absence. He also credits the support of his three children, and his staff for “being more like family.”
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