Dr. Eck Heads to Houston for Expert Opinions

After receiving a shower of support and well wishes, Doctor Cecilio Eck is embarking on his journey for medical treatment. Earlier this month, Eck was diagnosed with stage for cancer and has since garnered enough funds to begin the consultation process. This afternoon, Eck flew to Houston, where he will be meeting with several medical experts to deliberate the next steps of his treatment. We spoke with Doctor Eck before his flight, to hear what the game plan looks like.

 

Dr. Cecilio Eck, Cancer Patient

“Well, first thing is to get an opinion.  We’re still waiting on the biopsied results to come in, and when those come in, then I’ll send it to remember I studied in Jamaica and all with my classmates went all over the world and some of them are oncologists. Some of them know very good oncologists.  And so I have prepared a group of six independent opinions from independent oncologists throughout North America. So I’ll be getting those opinions and then deciding on, you know, which path to take. The person. The reason I’m going today is that I’m fearful that it will affect my mobility because if the tumor and I do have some in my, my hips, and my pelvis bone, if those would grow, then it would be much harder for me to move.  And because of that, I need to get to the first world where I could get the opinions and then hear what they think. And I’m going to Houston because my family’s there and the cancer center there is the MD Anderson. So I’m going there and I’m going to hear their opinion and their plan, what they would do. And then I’ll compare it to the others and decide the best pathway.”