PS: Did you have any hesitation about sharing all of it or were you happy to share with the public?
GC: With my daughter's permission, I did ask first, we're very open as a family and part of that openness was me standing up and saying, "I have cancer," which is a really risky thing in today's world because that can affect a lot of different things. It's one of the reasons why I'm so happy to be a Patients Like Me member, because that's part of the same thing. Me standing up and saying, "This is what I've got going on in my life, here are the side effects, here are the symptoms I have, here are the medicines I'm taking, what can I do to help the next patient?" The whole idea [of the organization] is, how can we better help our medical community and how can we help the patient community treat ourselves? It's very empowering.
You don't have to have a serious illness to donate your medical data and help the cause overall, either. Anyone can participate through Patients Like Me's "24 Days of Giving" campaign.
![PS: Did you have any hesitation about sharing all of it or were you happy to share with the public?
GC: With my daughter's permission, I did ask first, we're very open as a family and part of that openness was me standing up and saying, "I have cancer," which is a really risky thing in today's world because that can affect a lot of different things. It's one of the reasons why I'm so happy to be a Patients Like Me member, because that's part of the same thing. Me standing up and saying, "This is what I've got going on in my life, here are the side effects, here are the symptoms I have, here are the medicines I'm taking, what can I do to help the next patient?" The whole idea [of the organization] is, how can we better help our medical community and how can we help the patient community treat ourselves? It's very empowering.
You don't have to have a serious illness to donate your medical data and help the cause overall, either. Anyone can participate through Patients Like Me's "24 Days of Giving" campaign.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/RY_i2LCh5BYhpNhnZYc9SZZ3dGg/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/12/18/684/n/24155406/6ab6819443b52155_10710740_338714452968710_8310590202130429840_n/i/PS-Did-you-have-any-hesitation-about-sharing-all-were-you.png "PS: Did you have any hesitation about sharing all of it or were you happy to share with the public?
GC: With my daughter's permission, I did ask first, we're very open as a family and part of that openness was me standing up and saying, \"I have cancer,\" which is a really risky thing in today's world because that can affect a lot of different things. It's one of the reasons why I'm so happy to be a Patients Like Me member, because that's part of the same thing. Me standing up and saying, \"This is what I've got going on in my life, here are the side effects, here are the symptoms I have, here are the medicines I'm taking, what can I do to help the next patient?\" The whole idea [of the organization] is, how can we better help our medical community and how can we help the patient community treat ourselves? It's very empowering.
You don't have to have a serious illness to donate your medical data and help the cause overall, either. Anyone can participate through Patients Like Me's \"24 Days of Giving\" campaign.")
