MGH helping DJ with rare disease beat odds

[Lester]

Lacy Neff arrived at Massachusetts General Hospital nine months ago with a heart resembling shattered glass, a trail of baffled doctors behind him and, by some estimates, a matter of weeks to live. “There were times when they said, ‘You might make it two weeks,’ and then there were times they said, ‘You might make it to a year,’” said Neff, a DJ for Morgantown, W. Va., radio station WVAQ. “They just didn’t know.” Neff had been diagnosed with amyloidosis — a rare disease that creates a buildup of proteins which interfere with the function of vital organs. In Neff’s case, his heart was under attack.

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[Rock]

Glad to hear things are improving!