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bone marrow cancer. The only treatment is a stem cell/
bone marrow transplant, which he underwent at City of
Hope Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., in May of 2016. He
was there for four months.
About 10 days after the transplant, before the new bone
marrow had a chance to start working, he suffered a mas-
sive infection that caused respiratory, heart, kidney and
liver failure.
Forman wasn’t aware of how dire his
situation was because he spent more
than a week in a medically induced
LifeLinks helps those who have coma. His physicians and family had
a terminal illness and are not just about given up hope when, on the
18th day post-transplant, his bone mar-
ready for hospice, have dis-
row finally took hold and fought off the
tressing symptoms or progres-
infection. His heart, lungs, kidneys and
sive decline, require symptom
liver recovered.
management at home or
“Doctors who hear this story can’t
wherever they live and those believe I’m still alive,” he said.
who wish to avoid multiple
As he healed, Forman realized he
emergency room visits and no longer had the stamina to work the
hospitalizations. 60-hour weeks he’d put in as an oncolo-
The program helps home- gist, and he started thinking about
bound patients and their doc- alternatives. He remembered the young
tors manage active cancer; woman with Hodgkin’s disease he had
end-state heart, lung and met as a medical student, and realized
kidney disease; progressive that what had so touched him about her
neurological diseases such as was not so much that her cancer was
dementia, Parkinson’s disease, incurable but that she didn’t have the
MS or ALS. support she needed to find peace as she
neared her life’s end.
“She wasn’t being well treated because
There is no charge for help.
she
wasn’t getting the help she needed
To learn more about LifeLinks,
with
the process of dying,” he said.
call (248) 592-2687.
Forman had volunteered for Jewish
Hospice and Chaplaincy Network before
he became ill and thought end-of-life
care was an area where he could make
a difference. He talked to Rabbi E.B.
“Bunny” Freedman and Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, the pro-
gram’s directors, about expanding his role with JHCN.
“About a year ago, when he was beginning to feel better,
Dr. Forman approached Bunny and me and asked if we’d
be interested in deepening our relationship with him on a
more permanent basis,” Krakoff said.
He and Freedman were ecstatic, real-
izing that Forman’s presence would be of
huge benefit to the organization.
“We looked at each other in disbelief,”
Freedman said. “We couldn’t have even
dreamed such a thing would be possible.”

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MAKING AN IMPACT

Forman is the organization’s first medi-
cal director. When the program started
in May 2015, it had a handful of patients;
now LifeLinks cares for an average of 80
people a day. Most patients come to Jewish Hospice and
LifeLinks through physician referrals. Krakoff said before
Forman joined them they had little professional cred-
ibility with physicians, who saw them as kind rabbis who
wanted to help.
“With Dr. Forman, we have gained the medical exper-
tise that is extremely compelling to doctors,” Krakoff
said. Physicians are increasingly seeing JHCN as a way
to help their patients with incurable illnesses. “Not only
is [Forman] a mensch in every sense, but he is smart,
thoughtful and deeply respected throughout the medical
community.”
LifeLinks’ services are similar to those of hospice,

Rabbi E.B. “Bunny”
Freedman