Press release:
May 9, 2011 - Marin IJ marinij.com
May 11, 2011 - Novato Advance marinscope.com
May 17, 2011 - San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce Newsletter sananselmochamber.org
June 5, 2011 - San Rafael/Terra Linda News Pointer marinscope.com
December 27, 2011 - Marin IJ marinij.com
San Rafael small business owner and Novato resident, Jon Gerhard, suffered a grande mal seizure on March 4, 2011. The incident changed his world in all facets; he was diagnosed with a high grade glioblastoma grade IV cancerous tumor located at the right frontal lobe of his brain. Jon underwent surgery at UCSF on March 22, 2011. Dr. Mitchell Berger successfully removed 95% of the tumor. The remaining 5% will be treated by 6 weeks of radiation with chemotherapy followed by chemotherapy 5 days a week, every week, for a year. They will do scans regularly to make sure the tumor isn't growing back.
Jon Gerhard was born in San Francisco in September 1968. In 1989 he moved to Marin County and attended College of Marin. On May 11, 1997 he married the love of his life, Jacqueline. After living in San Rafael for several years, in 2001 they moved to Novato. Jon opened his first tattoo shop, Lucky Drive Tattoos on 4th Street in San Rafael, on July 16, 2005. The Gerhard’s have 2 wonderful kids; Olivia (7) and Dean (11). Both attend San Ramon Elementary School in Novato.
Thank you to everyone who is supporting Jon and his family.
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