{"id":3572,"date":"2022-12-24T03:19:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T10:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekdesigns.us\/arizona\/from-patient-to-donor\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T03:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T10:19:22","slug":"from-patient-to-donor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amissionofmercy.org\/arizona\/from-patient-to-donor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From Patient to Donor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><em>MOM helps Paul Treadwell with skin cancer diagnosis<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>As part of MOM AZ\u2019s 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary celebration, we\u2019re visiting with past and present volunteers, patients and community partners who have been integral to MOM\u2019s mission over the years. Today we connected with Paul Treadwell, who was a MOM patient for a decade and now gives back to the organization when he\u2019s able.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3573 \" src=\"https:\/\/ekdesigns.us\/arizona\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Patient-Paul-Treadwell-8.17.22-scaled-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A KTVK <em>Good Evening Arizona <\/em>news segment about Mission of Mercy\u2019s (MOM) work in Arizona may have saved Paul Treadwell\u2019s life. Back in the summer of 2003, he woke up to a drop of a blood on his pillow and he felt a scabbed, raised bump on the back of his neck that he couldn\u2019t quite see.<\/p>\n<p>That news story combined with his concern about the bump motivated him to call MOM. He found out that he could visit the organization\u2019s North Phoenix clinic location the very next day on a walk-in basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was serendipitous really. I got there early before the clinic was set up and oddly enough, there was a volunteer dermatologist there that week,\u201d Paul recalled. \u201cDr. Rosemary Geary saw me and told me that it looked like skin cancer, and she took a biopsy. Two days later, I had the results that it was basil cell skin cancer and I needed to come in to get it removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Paul was an on-call banquet server for the Arizona Biltmore and he did not have healthcare insurance through his work since he wasn\u2019t employed full time. He spent just shy of 25 years working for the Biltmore in that capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my time with MOM, I visited the clinic every few months for checkups with Dr. Geary. I\u2019m fortunate that I am otherwise healthy,\u201d Paul said. \u201cIn total, I had three or four surgeries to remove skin cancer thanks to MOM, one of which was melanoma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MOM served as his medical home for 13 years until he qualified for AHCCCS. Today, Paul is 65 and eligible for Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two years, he\u2019s made a year-end donation to MOM as a thank you to the health-care nonprofit that helped him in his time of need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone at Mission of Mercy from check in to the doctors, they are angels. It felt like a family. No one ever asked me to show a pay stub or a tax return, it was all based on trust and a desire to help,\u201d Paul said. \u201cThe clinic was inclusive, warm, welcoming, calming and assuring. 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