Cancer Survivor To Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro With Surgeon Â« CBS Chicago
Ken Brown
During a post-cancer checkup at Northwest Community Hospital in April   68-year-old Ken Brown  learned  his  oncology surgeon was planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro  which is a dream Brown has had since 2011.
 He  initially turned down Dr. Malcolm Bilimoriaâs invitation to join  him   but  Brown âs daughter-in-law had  him  rethink it.
âWhat better opportunity to go ahead and fulfill one of your dreams â a longtime dream â and do it with a doctor who was instrumental in helping you get to this place â  Brown  said. âI said  âMalcolm  you canât go without me.'â
â Ken  had the most common cancer of the pancreas called adenocarcinoma. Itâs a cancer that 55 000 people a year get in the United States. Itâs the devastating cancer that we think about when we hear about pancreas cancer â Dr. Bilimoria said.
But after chemo  surgery and another round of chemo   Brown  beat the odds.
âTo be able to be here today  and to try to fulfill another goal  I feel very fortunate â  Brown  said.
 Brown  leaves for Tanzania on Thursday  and the group will begin their climb on Sunday. If all goes as planned  it should take six days to reach the summit.  Brown  says  he âs not concerned about whether or not  he  will make it to the top  as  he  said  he  believes  he âs already hiked the tallest mountain anyone can with Dr. Bilimoria.
âI am perfectly envisioning that  Ken  is going to be carrying me up to the top of the mountain â Dr. Bilimoria said.
During a post-cancer checkup at Northwest Community Hospital in April   68-year-old Ken Brown  learned  his  oncology surgeon was planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro  which is a dream  [TGT]  has had since 2011.
  [TGT]   initially turned down Dr. Malcolm Bilimoriaâs invitation to join   [TGT]    but  Brown âs daughter-in-law had  him  rethink it.
âWhat better opportunity to go ahead and fulfill one of your dreams â a longtime dream â and do it with a doctor who was instrumental in helping you get to this place â  Brown  said. âI said  âMalcolm  you canât go without me.'â
â Ken  had the most common cancer of the pancreas called adenocarcinoma. Itâs a cancer that 55 000 people a year get in the United States. Itâs the devastating cancer that we think about when we hear about pancreas cancer â Dr. Bilimoria said.
But after chemo  surgery and another round of chemo   Brown  beat the odds.
âTo be able to be here today  and to try to fulfill another goal  I feel very fortunate â  Brown  said.
 Brown  leaves for Tanzania on Thursday  and the group will begin their climb on Sunday. If all goes as planned  it should take six days to reach the summit.  Brown  says  he âs not concerned about whether or not  he  will make it to the top  as  he  said  he  believes  he âs already hiked the tallest mountain anyone can with Dr. Bilimoria.
âI am perfectly envisioning that  Ken  is going to be carrying me up to the top of the mountain â Dr. Bilimoria said.