In July 2015, a 32-year-old bright and budding L.A.-based comedian was told he had one year left to live. Diagnosed with stage 4 peritoneal mesothelioma, Quincy Jones, a name the comedian shares with the famous music producer, realized he couldn’t wait any longer to leave a legacy.
腹膜间皮瘤万博专业版像所有类型的间皮瘤一样，是由于暴露于和吸万博专业版入或摄入毒性致癌的石棉引起的。一种罕见的疾病，腹膜间皮瘤在薄腹膜中形成时开始，正如琼万博专业版斯很快了解到，没有治愈方法。
获得治疗和寻找希望
为了应对疾病的症状，琼斯一直在接受化学疗法治疗. As he states in a Boston Globe interview, “I feel nauseous. I feel sore. I feel tired.” However, he upholds a positive attitude, and feels blessed for the sense of community that surrounds him. “I know for a fact that I’ve never truly been alone through this.”
大多数间皮瘤诊断伴随的严峻预后促使许多患者不仅反映出他们的恐惧，而且反映了他们的希万博专业版望。像许多其他人一样，琼斯想知道他能够留下什么让他的朋友和家人记住他。
琼斯（Jones）出生于西雅图的职业生涯，在开放式麦克风之夜和无薪俱乐部演出中谦虚。为了努力，他决定搬到洛杉矶，在那里他担任咖啡师的日常工作。就在他得知自己的诊断之前，他签署了东海岸喜剧之旅。
在得知他的诊断后，一位朋友和喜剧演员妮可·布莱恩（Nicole Blaine）和她的制作人霍斯（Husband Mickey）决定帮助琼斯（Jones）推出一名Kickstarter，以资助他在一个小时的站立喜剧特别节目中主演的梦想。
随着消息开始传播，喜剧演员和脱口秀主持人艾伦·德杰纳雷斯（Ellen DeGeneres）很快就学会了琼斯，并邀请他参加她的表演，她以15,000美元的支票使他感到惊讶，而HBO同意播出他的特别节目的消息将在4月录制。第四。从那时起，筹款活动在筹集了超过50,000美元后就关闭了，超过了其5,000美元以下的目标。
琼斯继续执行,尽管以较慢的pace than his previous 1,000 shows a year that marked his 20s as he now fights to balance a heavy prognosis on one hand and a surge of success on the other. As for the future, Jones plans to keep on “living life. I didn’t choose to accept this prognosis and I still don’t. I’m going to keep fighting, I’m going to keep living my life. I’m going to keep doing comedy and spreading joy.”
