No Treatment Options Left: Fighting and Surviving Inoperable Cancer

by Mike Snyder, Sarah Snyder

After facing the pain and turmoil of losing his left leg to a rare bone cancer called chondrosarcoma, Mike Snyder and his family thought their cancer battle was over. But their triumph would be short-lived. The cancer kept coming back even after the treatments offered by his doctors. After several futile surgical attempts to remove the cancer, doctors found it had metastasized to Mike's lungs. They gave him less than five years to live and recommended hospice-type palliative care to keep him comfortable. Unwilling to accept his doctors' diagnosis, Mike and his family began researching clinical drug trials in hopes of finding something that would stop the cancer and save Mike's life. Finding the right treatment through clinical trials is hard enough with more conventional cancers. But chondrosarcoma accounts for only 250 of the approximately 1.6 million new cases of cancer diagnosed each year; less than one-one thousandth of one percent. Mike and his family knew the statistical odds were against them. But they knew they had to try. For Mike, there were no treatment options left. Here is the story of their journey.

164 pages, Paperback

Published May 27, 2018

Reviews

[Rosanne Perricone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

Very well written. I felt all the emotions through his writing. Having lost my mom to AML, I knew the true horror his family was dealing with. I must commend Mike for continuing to push forward and not crawl in a hole to die. I felt the utter hopelessness in hearing his tumors were back, or were growing again! The fact that he continued to work is amazing also! Most people would have gone on disability and given up. I really enjoyed this book and pray for his continued good news with this drug. God Bless

[Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fair

This book is ok. Not great. I was annoyed with the author at times. The segments about clinical trials was interesting.

[Barbara Franks · Rating 5 out of 5]

never say never

What a journey

But a journey of journeys because the best medicine ever was his family, absolutely beautiful

Thanks for sharing your story

[Paula · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty good, but…

Just couldn’t deal with the blasphemy…I know he went through a lot but had to quit about 30% through…too bad; I would have read and finished it straight through but for that.