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| Singer Jack Jones In Remission After six months of intense treatment, singer Jack Jones is in remission. Renowned two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, Jack Jones announced today that he is being treated for Acute Leukemia. In a statement the beloved and revered Jones revealed his recent diagnosis. This news comes on the heels of the release of his latest album ARTWORK featuring the late jazz great Joey DeFrancesco. "Dear friends, one year ago, this coming Thanksgiving, (not long after we finished the album ARTWORK) my wife, Eleonora, tested positive for Covid. I then hunkered down and waited for it to get to me and it did. As the days went on we both got over our Covid symptoms. I, however, started having feelings of extreme tiredness and weakness, and after a blood test, my primary care doctor told me to go right to emergency at Eisenhower (Palm Desert, CA) as I was losing mucho blood. "They gave me a transfusion and performed every possible test on me. They found no reason for any major loss of blood and I was released. I then went to my oncologist, who was not connected with Eisenhower, and he discovered cancer in my bone marrow (Acute Leukemia). He then told me there was nothing he was able to do, and that I was going to die. Hello! "A Very dear friend of mine, and a fabulous contributor to our city, Dick Oliphant, told me about a doctor at Eisenhower named Dr. Constantin Dasanu Md./Phd. He was able to accept me as a patient and I followed his advice from then on. Since that time, after some hard work and brilliant guidance, I am cancer free, and in remission. There is still much work to do to keep it that way but well worth it obviously. I can't rave enough about Eisenhower Hospital and their Lucy Curci Cancer Center and Dr. Dasanu. The nurses are all empathetic, kind, and extremely educated in their fields. "I have been a fan of this hospital ever since (around 1990) Bob Hope asked me to come down from Los Angeles and participate in a fundraiser for the hospital with he and Rosemary Clooney. Now that's a great memory and I'm very grateful to be able to have it! I've decided to make this public to give other people with the same condition, some hope for the future. If you get the right doctor it is possible to live your potential for a full life, " the legendary singer concludes. write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |