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Spandana Foundation is providing support to medical treatment for Mohan Krishna Jadhav, who is suffering from Colorectal Cancer. The details of the case have been enlightened:

Mohan Krishna Jadhav's Medical Care

Spandana received a request to support Mohan Krishna Jadhav for his medical treatment to Colorectal Cancer. Mohan who did his engineering from KSRMCE, Kadapa in Mechanical discipline has been working in IBM , Bangalore as a software Engineer. Mohan was diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer in Oct-2008. The cancer spread to his lungs and liver too. He is receiving chemotherapy treatment at Bangalore Institute of Oncology (BIO). Now the disease is cured up to 60% including the lungs part. He is recovering fast and is out of danger for now. He has to undergo another 9 weeks of chemotherapy for curing the remaining cancer and then a surgery. Post-chemo surgery might occur in January 2010.

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 The treatment of this deadly disease is too expensive to afford as each chemotherapy session costs Rs.80,000 per week. So far, Mohan Krishna spent 32 Lakhs on the treatment during this one-year (Oct'08-Oct'09). He ran out of his personal savings, used the medical insurance maximum limit of Rs. 10 Lakhs. So far he raised loans of 12 Lakhs from Banks, friends and relatives. Now he is struggling to meet weekly chemotherapy expenses and looking for loans/help. Further treatment (including chemotherapy and post-chemo surgery) costs another Rs. 10 Lakhs. Mohan has been working for IBM, Bangalore that is going to stop his salary from Dec of this year.


Spandana Core Team decided to support Mohan Krishna for his rest of the medical treatment. Please Email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for further clarifications.

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To have a brief on the happenings over the past one-year, here is a gist:

September 2008

  • Had severe anal pain and bleeding while passing stools
  • Consulted a local physician in Bangalore and took pain-killers and laxatives
  • Visited the family doctor in my hometown (Kadapa, A.P.) and had a diagnosis

October 2008

  • Had a biopsy test in Chennai after my family doctor referred the case to a specialist
  • Diagnosed with colo-rectal cancer (CRC)
  • Decided on taking radiotherapy in VS Hospitals, Egmore, Chennai
  • Had a prognosis test in the form of KRAS, which showed that the tumor is gene-mutation negative
  • Did semen banking in Prashant Hospitals, Chennai, since it is the prerequisite and recommended step prior to taking radiotherapy
  • First PET CT scan done to know the extent of the disease (it was at Stage IIIb)
  • Started radiotherapy in the mid-October with 5 daily doses of radiation for 6 weeks coupled with Oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy every week

November 2008

  • Returned from Chennai to his hometown for taking rest for 2 months. (This rest was necessary after radiotherapy before further treatment).
  • Suffered with proctitis

December 2008

  • Stayed at Kadapa, his hometown for post-radiotherapy rest

January 2009

  • Returned to Bangalore to plan for a permanent colostomy surgery at Apollo Hospitals
  • A PET CT scan confirmed the metastasis of the disease with its spread to liver and lung!
  • Dr.Bapsy of Apollo Hospitals recommended Avastin-based chemotherapy along with 5FU and Oxaliplatin

February 2009

  • Started chemotherapy at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore

March 2009

  • Continued chemotherapy at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore
  • Had another PET CT scan after 3 cycles of chemotherapy. The scan this time shows improvement in the recession of the disease though not remarkable. Dr.Bapsy advised to continue the chemotherapy with the same protocol.

April 2009

  • Had Salmonella bacteria infection and admitted to the Apollo Hospitals for a week. Survived with severe symptoms of diarrhea and fever
  • Chemotherapy stopped because of infections. (It is not advisable to have chemotherapy when body is infected)

May 2009

  • Admitted to Apollo Hospitals due to an abscess in the rectal area
  • Got the abscess drained. Doctors, Vijay Kumar and Nawab Jaan of Apollo Hospitals advised at least a four-week rest before the surgery so that the drained abscess would heal.

June 2009

  • Not convinced with the Apollo's team of doctors on the state and curability of the disease, took the opinion of Dr.K.S.Gopinath of Bangalore Institute of Oncology (BIO)
  • Had a temporary colostomy surgery by the team headed by Dr.K.S.Gopinath

July 2009

  • Consulted Dr.Niti Narang, a medical oncologist with BIO on further chemotherapy
  • A PET CT scan showed a progressive disease
  • Started chemotherapy at BIO, the protocol including Cetuximab, Irinotecan and Xeloda

August 2009

  • Started chemotherapy at BIO, the protocol including Cetuximab, Irinotecan and Xeloda
  • Admitted once to the BIO for cure of low neutrophils in the blood and got administered Neupogen

As recent as last week, he had another PET CT scan which showed good response to the chemotherapy and the disease got reduced by at least 60%!  Dr.Niti advised continuing the same protocol of the chemotherapy.

Mode updates from Mohan Krishna by him self at his blog. Click here