'Really bad timing': How an Alberta cancer patient has been riding the waves of COVID-19
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Battling cancer is never easy but for Grande Prairie resident David Taylor, COVID-19 has delayed treatments, cancelled surgeries and allowed the disease to spread.
Now as the fourth wave of COVID-19 washes over Alberta's hospitals, Taylor is also starting to lose hope for a much-needed surgery to remove a tumour from his leg — and a chance to get his life back.
Taylor was diagnosed in May 2019 with penile cancer — which commonly starts in the skin cells of the penis — that has metastasized into his lymph system.
"I've kind of had really bad timing. As soon as I needed surgery was kind of when we were going through wave one," he told CBC's Radio Active on Friday.
"It seems like every wave here, I need something done and it gets delayed."
By early 2020, he started chemotherapy with an expectation to have the tumour surgically removed in the spring. Due to the pandemic, that operation was delayed for several months as hospitals prepared for a surge in patients.
The delay gave the cancer a chance to spread and doctors weren't able to get it all, said Taylor. By fall, he was once again waiting for an operation when the second wave of COVID-19 crashed over Alberta.
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