WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

In 2014, Frank’s wife Susan, a nurse, noticed unexplained bruising on his hands and body. Frank was ultimately diagnosed with APML and his wife wanted him to be treated at Dana-Farber. His treatment has included chemotherapy. He also has bone marrow biopsies every 6 months. Frank is a senior network engineer for Staples, Inc. Frank's hobby is carpentry. He met his wife 28 years ago when he cut off his thumb with a saw and she was his night nurse. Dana-Farber treated Frank and also treated his whole family—providing caring support to his wife, and most importantly, his boys. The day after he arrived for his 31 day stay in the hospital, his sons received backpacks with books, journals, stuffed animals and a guide for he and wife to help the family through this journey. His family will be forever grateful to Dana-Farber for making sure all of them “survived” this life-changing experience. Frank and family are a tighter, stronger family unit…ready to take on whatever else comes their way.

Assistant hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers and former Red Sox shortstop John Valentin checks in with Mikey and Joe Castiglione

Mikey and Joe Castiglione wrap up the 2015 WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

Two Joe Castigliones join The Jimmy Fund

JD was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 29. He was having groin pain he thought was a hernia and went to the ER. He had surgery to treat the cancer, and it came back six months later, spreading to his chest, lungs and brain. JD had 1/3 of his right lung removed and 10 percent of his left lung removed. During treatment, he had a bicycle brought into his hospital room on his first day of chemo and rode during his treatments. He went to Dana-Farber for a second opinion and started chemo. JD recently rode in the PMC, which marked one year, cancer-free. He is a police officer in Worcester and served in Iraq with the U.S. Army Reserves.

Steve joins Mikey and Joe Castiglione to talk about his career as an umpire and how cancer affected people that he worked with

Dominic's Domino's franchises have been very involved with giving to the Jimmy Fund and raising awareness for cancer treatment and finding a cure.

Anthony was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2013. He spent 4 months in-patient, and was treated with chemo and radiation. He still receives chemotherapy at the Jimmy Fund Clinic.

Mitch joins Joe and Dave to talk about Lexus being active in the local community and parfticipating in the WEEI Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

Amanda was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in 2012.Doctors found a malignant tumor in her lower back area. She got chemotherapy at Dana-Farber, and later took part in two clinical trials, one which referred her to the National Institute of health in Maryland where she goes every couple of months for checkups. Amanda currently attends Springfield technical Community College and hopes to go to nursing school after that.