'I'm angry at the Ontario government': Ottawa couple pays $80,000 out of pocket for cancer treatment
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An Ottawa couple say they have spent nearly $80,000 of their own money for cancer treatment, which they say the province covers for other people.
An Ottawa couple say they have spent nearly $80,000 of their own money for cancer treatment, which they say the province covers for other people.
Linda Guttilla is a determined fighter, who is not giving up.
"I’m not ready to leave," Guttilla says.
Diagnosed with colon cancer in 2019, Guttilla endured nearly two and a half years of chemotherapy. When doctors said that stopped working, she was placed in palliative care.
"Wasn’t much hope for me."
But, Guttilla and her husband Michael Darch did find hope through a new immunotherapy treatment, which she says is working and keeping her alive.
“I have no side effects at all, I’m back to my hyper-self. I’m doing everything and then some, and I feel wonderful,” Guttilla tells CTV News Ottawa. “If I don’t get the treatment, I know what the outcome will be and I’m not ready to die.”
