full-blown, multiple myeloma. >> steve asked him at one point, what are our options? and he said, you need to start this drug immediately. >> or? >> or you will die. >> he said you would die? >> absolutely. >> before starting chemotherapy, booked a vacation to costa rica. >> we just needed to get away and regroup and come back and start our life of cancer. >> how was that trip? >> it was fabulous. >> wonderful. >> but in the back of your minds was, we get back, here we go, i'm going to be on chemo. >> right. >> yeah. >> monica had her frustrations with dr. fata and his aggressive style of treatment, but decided to stick with him. after all, he was considered the best cancer doctor in michigan. and very hands-on. there were two other oncologists working for him. but monica was always treated by dr. fata personally. >> it seems like it's very simple. >> he worked under dr. fata in an outer suburb an hour away from the main hub near detroit. dr. fata was so hands-on, that he even personally treated than where dr. maunglay works. >> he dislocated me from his patients all

. >> diagnosed with multiple myeloma and had bone marrow transplants. a life-changing phone call from his doctor. >> would you like to climb mount kilimanjaro for research foundation and i said yes, i am in. >> they joined a team in their journey to east africa. >> there is a lot of fear because you have no clue. how are you going to be at 19,000 be. will you be able to summit or finish. >> we started out in the rain forest and it is hot. >> seven-day climb was underway. >> the fourth day there was heavy downpour. >> you are living in the dirt and it is wet. it is called. it is a nice trip. >> they hiked eight hours a day. >> i hoped and prayed i would be able to be as strong as he has been. are dehydrated but you keep moving. >> the event became a moving meditation. doctor berryman . >> my mother had multiple myeloma and she died in 1997. >> to the ups and downs the group hiked all night to summit i debris. >> it was 10 to 15 degrees on the summit morning. about 30 to 50 mile-per-hour winds on the top. it was amazing. >> they made it and together about

>> multiple myeloma is a cancer of the blood that can be fatal. but dr. fata explained that he would try to keep her alive with a lifetime regimen of chemotherapy, a toxic cocktail of drugs that can cause irreversible side effects. sadly, we all know people who have gone through chemotherapy. when you were told you were going to need it, but for your lifetime, how did you process that? >> it brought back a lot of -- i had a sister that had breast cancer. and the horror that she had to go through. and then i had a brother die of lung cancer. >> and you knew exactly what chemotherapy was. >> i knew what was in store, absolutely. you have cancer -- she prepared to start chemotherapy, putting her trust and life in dr. fata's hands. >>> coming up, something puzzling inside the clinic. >> he had cameras and microphones placed in the ceiling and walls. >> wait a minute, you're saying there were cameras to keep an eye on what people were doing? >> yes. >> and another doctor makes an alarming discovery. >> he kept looking at me strangely. >> i could not believe wh

year's event, raising $3.2 million for the fight against leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma when i was young, 13, a close friend of mine's younger brother was diagnosed. i happened to be spending the night the day he was diagnosed. six months later he was gone. and today the cure rates are leukemia. and why is that? because of the dollars that go into research that lead to drugs and cure. >> money is raised through ticket sales and a vast silent auction as of last year there were more than 240 medicines in the development pipeline to treat blood cancers. medicines are what save lives and allow some of the night's attendees to actually make it to this ball. >> i'm 11 now and i was five years old when i got diagnosed. it was hard. i had a lot of pain to go through and people like me would have a cure finally and people would have to stop going through all of that pain. >> our assistant news director has been fighting leukemia for i believe it's seven years and her inspiration to me and to the station and our employees is also what drives us. tonight is just an unbelievable nig

you can actually see the empire state building in red tonight myeloma awareness week. keep that in mind. our temperature right now is at 51 degrees. a west wind at 16 is gusting to 39. the pressure is on the rise and the high today in when the sun came out. so above average tomorrow, we won't get to average. i think we'll be in the low 50s and will feel like 40s. rainfall is about .4 of an inch. sunrise and sunset times for your tuesday. we had had as much as .8 but that dried out quickly. winds can be damaging across the area right through the day tomorrow and it's chilly, really through wednesday morning now with these gusty winds. a late week warmup is coming in but that will end with wet weather later thursday in to friday. our numbers are still up there. 37 in monticello. we'll see more cooling overnight. these wind gusts hit in the middle of the night. wind gusts above 40, 45 miles per hour. we could have wind gusts that touch 50 tomorrow. there will be delays because of the wind. wind gustess to 35. 7:00 in the morning, partly sunny in the day. gusts should peak

multiple my myeloma myeloma research. kathy is one of the women that i most admire, i think, because of her dedication, her fight for her sister and all she's done for cancer research. so beautiful here on the upper west side. check out this on the gwb looking at the hudson. wow, what a start. a little bit of haze out there. it's not bad, though. once we get into the afternoon, beautiful blue skies. 38 degrees for the temperature right now in central park. humidity northeast winds at 12. the northeast winds are kind of important because we're looking at potential cloud cover we could have for the easter sunrise service. first we'll look at the numbers and the change that this easterly wind has brought in. upper 30s for long island right now. 37 in commack, which is pretty nice. though these temperatures do look mild. the 24-hour difference is dramatic. the warmest ever 1976. we had 96 degrees. we had a cold one in 1923. we can have showers, snow, and last year we had sunshine and 61. the average high is 64. it's hard to c

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