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Question for the Dkos Hive Mind: Creating a nonprofit [1]
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Date: 2022-09-27
Books have truly been a formative part of my life.
Hi folks! I have a question for folks that may be “in the know” about setting up a nonprofit, specifically a nonprofit charity. This would be in Iowa, for locational context.
I’ll throw a few why’s and wherefore’s about what I’m thinking and why, and folks can chime in in the comments below as they like. Thanks in advance for any advice and suggestions.
Being diagnosed with a potentially (probably?) terminal condition sharpens the mind a bit, and and some Kossacks already know, about a year and a half ago I was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer and was given 50/50 odds of making it 2 years.
Obviously, I’m still around and intend to be so for many years yet if I have any say in the matter. I had major surgery earlier this year that removed all of the known tumors in my colon and liver, but sadly, a recent MRI has revealed I have new tumors in my liver again and so I’m back on a new chemo regimen.
And I’m due soon for a consult on my eligibility for having a HAIP (Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump) surgically implanted. It’s a relatively new procedure (approved by the FDA in 2020 IIRC), but the nub of it is that a pump is surgically implanted in the abdominal wall and connected to the hepatic artery, the main artery feeding the liver. Since all of my known current tumors are in the liver, this will deliver small consistent doses of chemo to the liver 24/7. Advantages are that since it’s delivering the chemo directly to the affected organ, much smaller doses can be used for potentially greater effect, plus can administer it around the clock. The smaller doses also means likely reduced side effects. Downsides is that it does involve a bit of surgery (but hey, been there, done that for a lot worse), and having to drive about 3 hours each way to Mayo every two weeks to have the pump refilled (the pump includes a port that can be accessed just like the one currently in my chest for my regular chemo).
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