He wants to climb mount Everest despite a cancer of the skin

Carl Vaillancourt

Friday, 20 October, 2017 06:30

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A man of 39 years who has been close to death several times since he has been diagnosed with skin cancer in 2006 to live his dream of walking on the mount Everest.

Diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer, very aggressive, Montreal-based Sylvain Poissant has seven relapses, and the doctors believed that he was going to die several times.

Between the experimental treatments in the United States, the suffering, and fight the disease every day, who is a volunteer full-time for the canadian cancer Society has never lowered the arms over the past 11 years.

Nepal

Even if the doctors only gave her six months to live in 2006, it will fly this afternoon to Nepal to try to reach the base camp of mount Everest, at 5500 meters of altitude.

“I don’t realize yet that we are leaving. I was so concerned about to focus on one day at a time that I haven’t thought of. I look forward to the live, ” said Sylvain Poissant.

To achieve his dream, he will have to stop his immunotherapy treatments during the three weeks of the trip, which has not been the case her doctors.

The journey of 21 days that is going to live Sylvain Poissant is exceptional for the common man, but phenomenal for a man who fights on a daily basis cancer of the skin, and this, for the past 11 years.

The specialist physician in hematology-oncology at the jewish general Hospital of Montreal, Wilson Miller, has shared his concerns with his patient before his departure.

“He [Dr. Miller] had some concerns because of the research protocols that require schedules strict to follow. I’m putting in my body for more than 5,000 yards in addition to skip a treatment. They are concerned about, ” reported Mr. Poissant.

Source of motivation

Even if no doctor will accompany him during his getaway, the Québécois will be able to count on two of the 21 members of his group who exercise the profession d’ nurse.

“I’m going to listen to my body, I have trained and am in good shape, it is this that has allowed me to live so long. I’m not going to risk it. If I can’t, I’m going to stop with the feeling of accomplishment when, ” shared the man who trains every day for the last nine months.

The joint Sylvain Poissant since February of 2016, Martine Théorêt, confessed that the determination that showed her lover is a great source of motivation for those around her.

“When I met Scott at a conference in Sherbrooke, my life has made a turn to 360 degrees. His way of living in the present moment and do not torment them with tomorrow is remarkable. We forget to appreciate what we have, but not him, ” she narrated.

He amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars

For the past eight years, Sylvain Poissant has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in the fight against cancer in addition to raising awareness of the hundreds of teenagers against the dangers of exposure to the sun.

Lifeguard and boating throughout his teenage years, he is convinced that his nonchalance in the face of the exposure of UV rays from the sun has been the trigger of her cancer.

Ten years after the end of his career as a lifeguard, a biopsy of a mole on his shoulder revealed the presence of a melanoma, a skin cancer at an advanced stage and incurable.

It has defied all gloomy prognostications of the doctors, healing in each of its seven relapses.

Volunteer

Since 2009, Sylvain Poissant has taken the decision to engage in the community of the canadian cancer Society as a volunteer.

Becoming more motivated by the project, he eventually quit her job as technical coordinator at Sports Québec in 2012 to give full time to the cause.

It has even been named an ambassador and spokesperson for the awareness program about the importance of protecting oneself from the sun’s rays with young people in schools.

He has amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars for the non-profit organization through various fundraising campaigns.

Model

According to the spokesperson of the canadian cancer Society Andre Beaulieu, M. Poissant remains one of the cornerstones of the organization since five years.

“Sylvain is dedicated 100% to the Company. He has organized many events and participated in so many conferences. It is a model of hope for all the teenagers in the schools who believe that sunscreen is not used for nothing, ” said André Beaulieu.