Jeff Gawron, was a doctor of natural integrated medicine, loved to talk, had amazingly accurate accents and  an incredibly beautiful singing voice. Jeff was a natural storyteller and loved giving inspiring speeches at his Toastmasters Club, and loved to eat!

All these things Jeff loved to do the most were put on hiatus. A small cut on his tongue, believed to be an infection, was diagnosed on December 29, 2004 as an advanced form of aggressive tongue cancer. As someone who has never smoked or chewed tobacco the diagnosis was highly inexplicable.

Jeff chose to seek out alternatives to the conventional chemotherapy and radiation treatments and received treatments that were very successful in regenerating his health. He made remarkable progress towards recovery considering what he had gone through. At least three doctors had given him a bill of clean health, but in June of 2005 Jeff experienced an allergic reaction and went into hospital with the strongest of hopes.  A secondary infection returned and was followed by the aggressive cancer, which was at too late of a stage to be treated any further.  On August 13, 2005 Jeff passed peacefully with all the surrounding love of his family and friends.

Please don’t feel sorry for Jeff though, because he viewed the cancer as a gift ……. a gift that gave him clarity and a new purpose in life. The experience has inspired him to create a resource foundation called Integrative Choices for Cancer Treatment, to make it easier for other cancer patients to get the information they need, quickly and easily, to make the treatment choice that is right for them. He also started writing a book about his experience hoping to educate people that they do have a choice in cancer treatment.
The love of Jeff's life, Terri plans to finish his book and continue his dream.

Jeff always had such a strong belief in others and himself and it is this conviction that will allow the Integrative Choices for Cancer Treatment foundation be such a success to help others.