BTAO: Heads Up To Heroes
David Welch, founder of 38 Lemon (www.38lemon.com) was diagnosed with a low grade astrocytoma in December 2004 and immediately began journaling his experience online. While his tumor was considered inoperable, David has now had 2 surgeries, over 2.5 years of chemotherapy, and radiation. David is still a Warrior in the battle against what has now become a fast-growing Grade IV GBM.David truly found a way to turn his adversity into action by sharing his brain cancer experience from a patient's perspective. 38 Lemon has always been noted for its raw courage, candor, and visual realities -- but also for his personal sharing through what he found to be a healing and important activity called journaling, which he has done daily since 1982.
Los Angeles Times: Brain cancer portrait of courage
In "Patient and Portraitist" on Public Radio International's Studio 360, writer and filmmaker Karen Sosnoski talks with brain cancer patient -- and determined blogger -- David Welch, along with artist Rosemary Feit Covery, who has created a series of portraits of him called "Tumor Art."
38 Lemon Supported by Highwinds for Video Delivery
David Welch, Brain Cancer Survivor, Leverages the Highwinds CDN to Deliver Educational Videos to a Growing Global AudienceHighwinds Network Group, Inc., a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, today announced that it is contributing to 38 Lemon’s mission of raising brain cancer awareness by providing video hosting and delivery services for the organization. Highwinds is supporting Welch in his efforts by contributing its CDN (Content Delivery Network) services for the delivery of several videos over its high-performance RollingThunder™ network.
38 Lemon on NPR's Studio 360
Patient and Portraitist. David Welch blogs about living with brain cancer. On his site, you’ll find a section called Tumor Art with a series of striking portraits of him in different stages of treatment, by the artist Rosemary Feit Covey. Karen Sosnoski talked to Welch and Feit Covey about their unlikely collaboration. Cadets Alumni Select Hall of Fame Winners
Four remarkable individuals who carry within them the passion, ethic, discipline and timeless honor of being a Cadet have been selected for the 2008 Class of the Hall of Fame. Alan Chez, Dr. Joseph Cinzio, Jeff Sacktig and David Welch will be inducted into the Hall on July 5th during the Cadets home show, Music In Motion, in Clifton, N.J. The four winners were chosen among a field of 13 extraordinary individuals, all of which have contributed to the corps in countless capacities.
David Welch's Journey: From Grand Mal Seizure and Brain Cancer to 38 Lemon
Revolution Health is a trusted source for brain cancer information, covering symptoms, causes, risks, treatments and types. Here is a well-done featured cover story on 38 Lemon, from December of 2004 to present.
Cadets Hall of Fame Nominations 2008
The Cadets Hall of Fame began with the Class of 1984 induction of honorees and is the highest achievement for individuals who have made a substantial and positive impact upon the corps.
The Brain Tumor Foundation: News Update - Spring 2008
"I have dedicated my career to healing those with brain tumors and have strived to find ways to prevent this disease from causing any more suffering and death. So, in 1998 I established The Brain Tumor Foundation to help and to teach people how to confront the disease." -- Dr. Patrick J. Kelly, founder of the Brain Tumor Foundation.1st MRI Day was designed by 38 Lemon to completely support the efforts of the Early Detection Program of the Brain Tumor Foundation. 1st MRI Day reminds people get an MRI for at least the first time. The Early Detection Program provides a way for people to do this in New York City, for free.
James S. Elkin Memorial Award for Humanitarianism
The James S. Elkin Memorial Award for Humanitarianism was awarded to David C. Welch for the creation of 38 Lemon (named for David's age at diagnosis and the size of his tumor) which educates the public about brain cancer and provides a platform for those with brain cancer to communicate with others suffering the similar diagnoses.
Prayers Sent for Garfield Cadet Alumnus
Cadets alumni gathered at the Church of the Most Holy Name in Garfield on Sunday, Jan. 20th to join in prayer for Garfield alumnus David Welch who is currently undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Welch was a Cadets mellophone player from 1984-1987 and the "This I Believe" Essay Contest winner for DCI World Championship finals night 2007.
Cadets Family Comes Together
Our thoughts and prayers are with David C. Welch, Cadets mellophone player from 1984-1987, and the "This I Believe" Essay Contest winner for finals night 2007. Welch is also the author of The Middle Horn Leader 2006, a chronicle of his 1984 rookie season with the Garfield Cadets.
Time Out Chicago - Rosemary Feit Covey Review
Rosemary Feit Covey’s powerful wood engravings have the morbid allure of a goth beauty. The 17 pieces in this show belong to three series Covey worked on from 1996 to 2006, each of which addresses illness from a different perspective.
Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research
David Welch speaking at the National Cancer Institute.
An outlet for creativity: The arts on campus
"There's a type of brain that comes with the ability to invent - a highly analytical one," says Kevin Dunetz (electrical engineering '89). "Music provides a balance for that analytical side and an outlet for creativity," David C. Welch (industrial and systems engineering '91) agrees, noting, "I think a lot of engineers on campus feel the same way."
NBTF Angel Adventure
Steve Hamill’s family has been struck twice by brain tumors. They have chosen to fight back by getting involved in the cause, in the hopes that others will not experience what they have been through.
Internal Medicine: The Medically Related Art of Rosemary Feit Covey
The first advertisement for the opening of an art show called, "Internal Medicine: The Medically Related Art of Rosemary Feit Covey." This is the art based on my experiences with brain cancer. The opening reception will take place at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, and it will happen the evening of November 2, 2007.2007 Drum Corps International Summer Music Games
A scan for the 38 Lemon Amazon.com book called the The Middle Horn Leader 2006. This was shown in the 2007 Drum Corps International Summer Music Games Souvenir Yearbook.
National Winner for This I Believe Essay Contest
A year-long essay contest with The Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps was held on the subject "This I Believe." In the end, David Welch was selected as the overall winner. His essay and the other top two essays are shared.The reward for winning the contest was to walk onto the field with The Cadets at their final performance of the year at the 2007 World Championships, which was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Reason: Dying for Lifesaving Drugs
An article from Reason Magazine called "Dying for Lifesaving Drugs: Will desperate patients destroy the pharmaceutical system that produces tomorrow's treatments?" Senior Editor Kerry Howley interviewed David Welch after hearing him speak at the FDLI Colloquium on Expanded Access to Unapproved Drugs. This article demonstrates the diversity of issues surrounding Expanded Access to Unapproved Drugs, revealing many of the complexities of this overall issue. This is an issue which can impact cancer patients across the spectrum, including brain cancer patients.
WTOP Interview
I never quite know how a live radio interview will go, simply because I am not the host. Instead, the host fires away questions and I respond. It's sort of like meeting someone for breakfast and just chatting over coffee (only a lot of folks are listening in). Do you know how those conversations will go? Can anyone predict? Well, the same is true of such a radio interview.
PC Magazine en español
Another article on hypergraphia, which is clinically defined as an overwhelming urge to write. This time, a 38 Lemon article was published in PC Magazine en español and was written in Spanish. This article leads to the questions, "What are they doing for brain cancer treatments in other parts of the world? How does quality of care compare to the United States?" These questions are linked to epilepsy, which is directly linked to David Welch's brain cancer. Hypergraphia seems to be linked to epilepsy in the part of his brain where the tumor is located.
Psychology Today: A River of Words
A publication in Psychology Today magazine based upon an interview of David Welch about hypergraphia, which is "an overwhelming urge to write" which "can be associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy."Making a Lemon into Lemonade
At the start of a national week of remembrance and awareness about brain cancer, an article from Connection Magazine about the 38 Lemon story. In this particular story, Aranya Tomseth links the roots of this story back to David Welch's local community of McLean and Great Falls, Virginia, where he has had many musical experiences since graduation from Virginia Tech. Perhaps the locality of this unusual medical story will cause readers to get a 1st MRI. After all, "if it can happen to that horn player from the 4th of July picnic each year, can it happen to me, as well?"
Survivorship Award
Three local recipients were honored at the Cancer Survivorship. In this ceremony, David Welch received a "Spirit of Survivorship as Survivor" Award.
CR Magazine: Portrait
A particular piece of Brain Tumor Art by Rosemary Feit Covey that is attracting attention across the nation. Upon commissioning this art work, it was thought that getting the topic of brain cancer into the hands of a world-class artist could break a lot of boundaries and increase brain cancer awareness in unusual and unexpected ways. But how? Well, the answer to that question is playing out in real time, as shown in this feature coverage by CR Magazine.
Born in 1984
This article originally appeared in the April 2007 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 36, Number 1). David has occasionally written for Drum Corps World. He is now dealing with serious health issues involving a brain tumor. He is one of the most courageous people I know and I am pleased that he re-published his book in 2006 ("Middle Horn Leader 1984") using original artwork that Don Daber produced years ago to appear in my newspaper that illustrated much of the book when it was first released. David is now undergoing additional treatments. Recently the Holy Name Cadets Alumni held a mass at Holy Name Church in Garfield, NJ, as a demonstration of support for his fight against cancer.
Cadet #40 Review of MHL2006
A review of The Middle Horn Leader 2006 magazine by the 40th member of the Garfield Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps, Mr. Dave Shaw (1950-1958). Dave created the website for The Holy Name Cadets, where he writes extensively. Dave's writings consistently get to the heart of what can be brought to fruition with innovation, thinking outside the box, and teamwork taken the highest possible levels -- even as applied to the world of brain cancer.
Reaching Out in Time of Crisis
An article by David Welch about "The Middle Horn Leader 2006" in Drum Corps World Magazine. Ostensibly a story about drum & bugle corps, this article also tells the story about how the underground world of drum corps is connected to brain tumors and brain cancer in unexpected ways, perhaps serving as a microcosm of how other close-knit communities reach out and help each other in times of crisis.
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
"FDA has recently issued proposed rules that make it easier for dying patients to get access to unapproved drugs. FDA's move comes in the wake of the May 2006 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. von Eschenbach, which held that terminally ill, mentally competent adults, with no reasonable alternative to government-approved treatment options, have a constitutional right to access potentially life-saving drugs."These developments have made the issue of access to unapproved drugs one of the mostly hotly debated topics in food and drug law, regulation and policy in decades. The FDLI Colloquium Series kicks off with a discussion of this thorny issue. Representing government, industry, academia and the legal profession, seven panelists will interact with Colloquium attendees at this landmark food and drug meeting." David Welch served as one of these panelists for the Food & Drug Law Institute (FDLI) and wrote the following White Paper in advance.
FDA Primed to Help Dying Patients
A published article by the Food & Drug Law Institute (FDLI) in anticipation of the 2/27/07 FDLI Colloquium on Expanded Access to Unapproved Drugs. David Welch was interviewed for this article in early January of 2007. This article answers many questions. Key issues are explained well. It also generates more questions, such as how key players fit into the issue of Expanded Access to Unapproved Drugs.
Journal Links Cadets Across Years
An enhanced version of one of The Middle Horn Leader's most popular issues is being made available for purchase in paperback by its author, David Welch.In 1994, David Welch allowed The Middle Horn Leader to publish a journal he kept as a performer with the Garfield Cadets in 1984.
2006 Brain Tumor Awareness Day
Scan of the program from the 2006 Brain Tumor Awareness Day. For the second year in a row, David Welch was asked to speak as a patient at this event.
Fanfare: Burn no bridges: the David Welch story
Doug Rutherford, long a drum corps fixture and a co-founder of Rivermine Software submitted the following remarkable story. The drum corps connections of everyone involved play strongly throughout.
WTNT, AM 570 Interview
John McCullough invited several people to be guests on his radio program on 10/21/06. The Washington, DC radio station is WTNT, AM 570, and it is geared towards executives in the business community. John invited Doug Rutherford (co-founder, Rivermine), Rosemary Feit Covey (artist, "Brain Tumor Series"), and David Welch (co-founder, Rivermine) to appear on his radio talkshow.There are 4 segments to this hour long audio recording. Each 15 minute segment breaks down as follows:
• Part I: Diagnosis
• Part II: How this impacted professional lives
• Part III: Brain tumor art
• Part IV: General brain cancer awareness.
City Paper: Sense of Tumor
An article in Washington's City Paper about artist Rosemary Feit Covey's "Brain Tumor Series" celebration. This article by Karen Sosnoski is entitled, "Sense of Tumor: Brain growth turns into art project." Brain cancer is a difficult topic, no matter what. At the same time, the art covered in this article helps to provide a great language that needs few words. This article provides insight into how this project developed over time, which is all the more interesting since Rosemary and David happen to have known each other for 30 years.
Speaking & 1st Pitch for 2-YF Wiffle World Series
On August 19, 2006, the Eleventh Annual Northern Virginia WiffleBall World Series was held at Waters Field in Herndon, VA – the same field at which Brian grew up playing sports.2005 Brain Tumor Awareness Day Video & Program
6 months after brain surgery by Dr. Patrick J. Kelly, this video shows David Welch speaking at the 2005 Brain Tumor Awareness Day. This was hosted at the NYU Hospital where David had his surgery on 5/5/05. This was an opportunity to discuss his perspective as a patient, which was followed by a question and answer session by an audience of patients, caregivers, and doctors. The entire program from this event is also shared.
PurpleTrunk Awareness Effort
The Brain Tumor Foundation, www.braintumorfoundation.org, PurpleTrunk and David Craig Welch are working to increase awareness about the early detection of brain tumors and brain cancer.
