I’ve known Joe Begos for quite some time. We first started talking because of his 2013 The Thing-inspired Almost Human, but really got to know each other as we both shared the stage at last fall’s TIFF.
There, he blew heads wide open with his Fury and Scanners-esque The Mind’s Eye. Getting to know him as a person and filmmaker was inspiring, but it was painful knowing what his family has been going through.
His mother has been battling cancer for quite some time. And while it appeared to be gone, it’s returned in a bad way.
Joe is raising money to help his mom in these tough times. Below is only a fraction of his heartbreaking story, which explains what the money is needed for.
A few weeks ago, and about 3/4th through this second round of treatment, she felt another, new lump on her ribs. Upon receiving a new round of scans, the information was devastating. The cancer was continuing to spread while under rigorous chemo and radiation treatments, and there was nothing else the doctors could do. That’s it.
She was then taken off chemo.
Mom determined that answer to be unacceptable, as anybody in her situation would. After lots of research and meeting with people who offer various natural remedies, Ma decided to fight the cancer using various natural and experimental cures that have had varying levels of success. This is where we need extra help.
Mom hasn’t been able to work since the diagnosis, and her only income is in the form of Social Security payments, which is barely enough to cover her bills of living alone in a 1 bedroom apartment, let alone anything she actually needs to help combat this. I, along with various other family members have done everything we could to start her on this natural treatment, but it hasn’t been nearly enough.
This is the last route we can take, so we need to throw everything at it that we can. I can’t lose my Mom.
Joe is a close friend of Bloody Disgusting, and we consider him family. We know everyone has their own struggles in daily life, but if you’re in a position to help another in need it would mean the world to all of us if you could help out.
This pains me dearly to post this, but Mom's cancer took a turn for the worse. She needs help more than ever. https://t.co/T7Qt2XRKFR
— Joe Begos (@joebegos) March 24, 2016
