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Boston Red Sox Kike Hernandez & Xander Bogaerts join OMF for Red Sox talk

Carrigan was initially diagnosed just after her 18th birthday. She was misdiagnosed with a sports injury for about 6 months. She had been feeling lethargic and had pain in her leg. The pain worsened over time and swelling began to develop just below her knee. She had been training for a Tae Kwondo Tournament when the pain became severe, she could no longer walk. Her primary doctor sent her for sca...

Prior to Easter 2020, Sydney’s parents noticed she was not acting like herself, she had fevers and was not being her usual outgoing self.  She did not participate in the egg hunt and slept most of Easter Sunday. Due to COVID, Lyndsey was hesitant to take her to the local Emergency Room, so she went to a walk-in clinic. The walk-in clinic wasn’t able to do the bloodwork and other t...

Dave Bancroft with Sweepnman The Chimney Experts

Hanna was diagnosed on Father’s Day, June 2019. Hanna had begun to have severe migraines that would not go away, no matter what her and her family tried. She also had petechiae running down her legs and had no idea what it was. Hanna was also very tired and knew something was wrong with her body. Hanna kept telling her mom " I know my body and I know that something is wrong." Then her neurol...

Dr. Cleary is an oncologist who specializes in gastrointestinal cancers. In addition to treating patients with neuroendocrine cancer, he treats malignancies including pancreatic, colon, rectal, biliary, and liver. He was awarded a Lustgarten Foundation/Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) grant in support of his work developing new therapies for patients with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Cleary has published over...

After swimming one day, Mike felt strange so went to see his nurse practitioner. She could not hear any breath sounds from his left lung and X-Ray showed a totally collapsed lung and enlarged right lung compensating. Mike was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2018. He chose Dana-Farber for his treatment because it is world-renowned and just hours away by car, Mike has completed multiple treat...

ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter joins Gresh & Keefe to discuss the Patriots

Shelby was diagnosed with ALL in October 2019. Shelby had fevers for about 2 weeks. She had bad headaches and severe bloody noses. Her breathing was off, and she had an incredibly high heart rate. After a stop at a local urgent care center, the family was immediately sent to Boston Children’s where Shelby was diagnosed and stayed for 3 weeks. Shelby’s treatment includes weekly chemothe...

Kerry is a 4th-grade teacher in Taunton Public Schools Kerry was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, or kidney cancer, on her birthday - September 11, 2019. Earlier in the spring, she developed an annoying cough. It at first was attributed to asthma, reflux or allergies. She then lost her appetite and ended up losing about 30 lbs. and became very tired. By August, she developed a fever with sweat...

 Former Red Sox Dustin Pedroia joins Gresh & Keefe

Bill was a Quincy fire fighter for 32 years.  He once when he responded to a fire at Home Depot and learned that what was burning was a mixture of pool chemicals, fertilizers, defoliants and insecticides that were all stored together for the upcoming Spring and Summer season.  The fire consisted of a toxic compound to which all the firefighters who were in the area of the fire were expos...

Over a couple of months, Reylyn's family noticed she couldn't smile. The pediatrician sent her to an oral surgeon who thought it could have been an abscess from just getting her braces on and didn’t see anything concerning. They sent her to an ENT where they did a CT scan and noticed a growth in her sinus pocket around her eye socket. In order to get a correct diagnosis, she needed to have h...

Big Papi joins the show to discuss the Dana-Farber center, Jimmy Fund Clinic, as well as deliver some advice to this year's Red Sox team

Sarah had a history of cancer in her family, her mom was diagnosed with cancer twice in three years, first with breast followed by uterine cancer. One of the doctors treating her mother suggested she might have a hereditary condition known as Lynch Syndrome that predisposes individuals who carry this genetic mutation to a variety of cancers. A common and underdiagnosed genetic condition, Lynch syn...

In 2017, Rachel was driving home from school in Ohio and had a seizure. Luckily, she wasn't hurt (except for some bruises and other small cuts) and no one else was injured. At the hospital, doctors found a tumor during a CT scan. Once Rachel and her family realized that surgery was going to be the best option, they decided to go to Boston Children's for the surgery. The surgery was extremely succe...

At age 50, Jonathan's wife Nicole was giving him a hug when she felt lumps in his neck. That night he had a stomach ache but they never connected the two things. Shortly after that, he had excruciating stomach pain. He went to the emergency room and test showed a tumor in his colon the size of a grapefruit. He was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Since then he's lived with the disease. He unde...

In December 2019, Rosemary was exhausted and unable to focus on her schoolwork or activities. She fainted 3 times, both at school and at home. She didn't have enough energy to make it down the stairs from her room on the 2nd floor. She had a high fever, so she went to see her pediatrician, who thought it was some sort of virus Her fever wouldn't go down and she started seeing dots in her vision. S...

Dr. Glimcher is a distinguished immunologist, widely renowned for her work in one of the most promising areas of cancer research. Dr. Glimcher speaks nationally and internationally on cancer, immunology, and translational medicine and has contributed more than 350 scholarly articles and papers to medical literature. Aside from her research efforts, Dr. Glimcher has been a staunch proponent of impr...

Magnolia Contreras, MSW, MBA joined, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in 2007 and is the current Vice President of Community Health. In this role, she is charged with helping the Institute carry out its community benefits mission through the delivery of evidence- based cancer prevention, screening and early detection programs. She is also a leader in Dana-Farber’s efforts to fight cancer care di...

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker joins the show. 

Lisa has worked in the Jimmy Fund Clinic for 30 years. Lisa and her team are responsible for the programs that help take the patients and their families minds off of the treatment. In the past, they have hosted a Summer Festival, Winterfest and Teen Red Sox Spring Training, Trips and Girls Weekend. Due to COVID, they had to pivot the programming and create new programs -- ask her about their Zoom...

In 2010, Grace started feeling short of breath during her soccer season, so she went for some tests to see what was going on. Her heart looked great, but the doctors saw some abnormal abdominal spots and her blood work also came back with very concerning levels of anemia. After an endoscopy and some sample testing, it was revealed that Grace had a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, a type of soft tis...

Founder and President of Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy joins The Greg Hill Show.

Former Boston Bruin, and current Chief Commercial Officer of the Florida Panthers Shawn Thorton joins the show.