When someone is sick, their number one responsibility should be getting better.
Unfortunately, we know that’s not the case. There are real life barriers that get in the way, including transportation.
However, a special program organized by the American Cancer Society helps cancer patients get to their treatments for free.
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I met Marlaena Horn, who is a volunteer driver, and Michael Struble, who is a patient using the program.
Struble has non-Hodgkin lymphoma is his esophagus and signet ring cell carcinoma in his stomach. He was diagnosed in February and needs a ride to his weekly treatments.
“I lost my car and had no way of getting [to treatment] other than putting my daughter out, and she’s got a job and she’s got two kids to take care of,” Struble says.
Horn on the other hand is retired, has time to give and a car. So every month, she picks up Struble and brings him to Chesapeake Regional’s Cancer Center.