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Justin's Story Justin is 29 years young, and from the Raleigh/Durham area. Justin has been married to his wife, Kristy since 3/29/03. Together they have a precious 3 year old son Jeffrey. UPDATE: Justin’s miracle was already working on his behalf four days following his diagnosis when he received the opportunity
On 9/5/08 their lives changed forever. Here is Justin's story...
Justin started smoking when he was 14 years old, and on his 28th birthday (4/22/08) he laid them down and never looked back. Ironically that was around the time when the strange symptoms started. In mid-July Justin insisted on a MRI of his neck due to pain so severe he was loosing range of motion in his neck. The MRI revealed a soft-tissue mass in the upper neck area about 1" in diameter. Justin was immediately scheduled to see a Neurosurgeon at Duke, and another MRI (this time with contrast) was scheduled. The day after the contrast MRI, Justin's Neurosurgeon called asking for more tests. He said that he found "abnormalities" in the bone. He scheduled Justin for a bone scan, a CT scan, and another MRI (MRI images were then taken of his brain, neck & shoulder). Our follow-up visit with the Neurosurgeon on Wednesday, August 27th was when Justin & Kristy were hit with the bad news. Justin has two tumors in his neck, two in his left shoulder, a large mass in his left lung plus multiple malignant nodules in the right and left lung, and a spot on his liver. There are also signs of malignancy tumors/lesions (cancer) in his ribs, sternum, hips, and so many spots down his spine that we lost count. On Friday, August 29th they biopsied his hip. Biopsy results were received on Friday, September 5th that a malignency is present, and Justin has Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (large cell) that has spread to the bones and liver.
** Justin's first follow-up scan since going into remission was on November 3, 2009. He is still in remission! Scans look great - liver still clean, bones all stable, and the primary mass which is just a big glob of dead cells and scar tissue has even shrunk another 25%. JUSTIN IS DOING FANTASTIC!!!

Justin & Dr. Jeffrey Crawford at Duke on 5/12/09 - we just found out that Justin's scans are almost clean!

CT scan after 2nd failed treatment. Tumors are circled... CT scan after six weeks on new treatment... scans almost clean!!!