Thread: Save Locky's Dad - Nick Auden

I don't normally get into this petition things, but this guy is a friend. He plays Aussie Rules footy for the Singapore Wombats, some of you may even know him. He's a goodfellow and a gentleman. If you feel inclined take a look, sign the petition.

If not, no harm done.

Thanks.

Save Locky's Dad | Nick Auden



Locky's Dad Is Nick Auden,

the dad of three little kids:
Lachlan ("Locky"), Hayley, & Evan
a loving husband
an athlete
a successful businessman

And he keeps surviving against all odds in his battle against Stage 4 Melanoma.

Nick is determined to be a survival case study for other advanced melanoma fighters.

But he needs access to a trial drug to beat this disease – for Locky, Hayley, and Evan to keep their dad.

Join us in making sure Nick wins this battle.

Save Locky's Dad | Nick Auden - Nick Auden

https://www.facebook.com/savelockysdad

http://www.change.org/petitions/merc...medium=website

Its sad to see a young fellow like that with kids with C, I spent most of my life sailing in southern latitudes to aware of the possibility of melanoma, I check my arms and back regularly.

Where can one get a decent melanoma check up in Thailand ? yes sad the bloke could be cut of in his prime

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Where can one get a decent melanoma check up in Thailand ?

Good point.

^^ Thanks for trying.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Or are all Europeans who live outdoors susceptible?

Particularly Northern Europeans.(I think)

^ but with the poms you have to make sure that the black spots are not just dirt

they are best checked after their yearly bath

3 more posts Baldrick, better make it a good one!

Signed

Thanks all, but to no avail.

Dad dies after missing out on cancer drug

Nick Auden, 40, had been given only months to live after melanoma tumours spread to his brain.
The father-of-three, who lived with his family in the US state of Colorado, qualified for a clinical trial to get a new cancer drug earlier this year — but he suffered a medical complication that then disqualified him.
His family started an online petition called "Save Locky's Dad" — named for Mr Auden's son, Locky — that received thousands of signatures in the hope of convincing high-end pharmaceutical companies Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb to offer him the experimental drug PD-1.
But both companies declined to provide the drug, which teaches the immune system to attack cancer, to Auden outside of a clinical trial.
Bristol-Myers Squibb cited safety concerns and Merck said it did not have enough of the drug to give to him.

November 25, 2013: After a family's campaign to have their dad placed on a trial-drug treatment for his stage-four melanoma, Nick Auden, known to viewers as 'Locky's dad' has sadly passed away.
Mr Auden is understood to have died overnight, TODAY reports.
He is survived by his wife and three young children.
Dad dies after missing out on cancer drug

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Nick Auden, 40, had been given only months to live

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Bristol-Myers Squibb cited safety concerns

A sad case.
With the drug company citing safety concerns about treating a man who was dying, makes me wonder if they were concerned about lawsuits.
If this was the case then it's a terrible indictment of the prevalent "sue everybody" mentallity.

RIP Aussie bloke.

A sad story all round - you did a good job spreading the word, Willie . . . but your FB story got more tread than here

RIP...Sad story...

Originally Posted by OckerRocker

but your FB story got more tread than here

True, but who can tell, and it wasnt just me who pushed it on FB.

Interestingly enough, one of my first girlfriends was introduced to her husband via Nick. Small world.