A lot OT, but I’m going through some sh*t right now. If you’re into prayers or good vibes.

[j. spilotro]

I have CLL. My father and his sister had CLL. When he had it in the 1960's and 1970's there were few treatments. Like I mentioned I've had it for 17 years. I started out with three full cycles of chemo and now I simply take pills. I am very fortunate because they really have made a lot of progress in the disease' treatment.

Glad to hear you are keeping it in check. Smudge cells is a key for us in the laboratory when we look at it under a microscope.

A lot of advances made with leukemias. Most people don’t realize there are several types, probably about 20 different ones. The ALLs were the ones that wreaked havoc among children back in the 40’s and a couple decades beyond, took my moms brother when he was 6 or 7. It had a real impact on my mom who was a couple years older. Thankfully those advances have been really great.

Still sucks and I’m sorry to hear about it. Glad you have doctors you like and trust with your health.

 

[ckfitz]

Glad to hear you are keeping it in check. Smudge cells is a key for us in the laboratory when we look at it under a microscope.

A lot of advances made with leukemias. Most people don’t realize there are several types, probably about 20 different ones. The ALLs were the ones that wreaked havoc among children back in the 40’s and a couple decades beyond, took my moms brother when he was 6 or 7. It had a real impact on my mom who was a couple years older. Thankfully those advances have been really great.

Still sucks and I’m sorry to hear about it. Glad you have doctors you like and trust with your health.

Thanks a lot. But back to the important subject. GO REBELS1

 

[reagan21]

My wife goes to El-Eid. She is excellent. Regarding Diabetes 1, I've noticed that over the last two years, doctors have made a lot of progress in its treatment. Kind of like the blood cancers. My leukemia which in the recent past was treated by chemo injections, now most of the treatment is through daily oral pills.

We just switched to Dr. Reese. Not with Comprehensive Cancer but El-Eid was taking too long. Dr. Reese is a friend of ours and I bet he'll have us in by the beginning of September instead of the end of November

 

[reagan21]

Wife had surgery a couple weeks back and starts radiation today. Doc was nice enough to just squeeze her in so she can get her 20 sessions in before 1/1. Our deductible would have started over and we would have come out of pocket. We hit our out of pocket max like 2 months ago. I've been looking for surgeries and treatment for the family to do.

My daughter got her pump 2 weeks ago. It's essentially a cure for diabetes. We have to change the needle site every 3 days and her Dexcom tracker every 10, but that beats 4 shots/day.

Thanks for all the well wishes, prayers, and good vibes. Also for discussing the Rebels so my mind can have a bit of a respite.

 

[RebelScrub]

Wife had surgery a couple weeks back and starts radiation today. Doc was nice enough to just squeeze her in so she can get her 20 sessions in before 1/1. Our deductible would have started over and we would have come out of pocket. We hit our out of pocket max like 2 months ago. I've been looking for surgeries and treatment for the family to do.

My daughter got her pump 2 weeks ago. It's essentially a cure for diabetes. We have to change the needle site every 3 days and her Dexcom tracker every 10, but that beats 4 shots/day.

Thanks for all the well wishes, prayers, and good vibes. Also for discussing the Rebels so my mind can have a bit of a respite.

Super Prayers for you and your family.

I cannot imagine what you and your loved ones are going through.

Type 1 diabetes is rough. That’s really rough to manage compared to type 2.

hang in there. If you ever wanna hang out (no hookers or regular hoes) to get your mind off things and grab a bite to eat.. lemme know.

I still remember when we took the bus to watch a basketball game with your son..

Did we really go on a semi road trip? I can’t remember..

 

[reagan21]

Super Prayers for you and your family.

I cannot imagine what you and your loved ones are going through.

Type 1 diabetes is rough. That’s really rough to manage compared to type 2.

hang in there. If you ever wanna hang out (no hookers or regular hoes) to get your mind off things and grab a bite to eat.. lemme know.

I still remember when we took the bus to watch a basketball game with your son..

Did we really go on a semi road trip? I can’t remember..

we did. You also hung out with the same son at a send off at the T&M for March Madness. I can't remember if it was the Colorado or Illinois years. I think it was Illinois. Kruger's last game as a Rebel? That little kid is now 18 and a freshman in college. You gave him a bag of chips and Orange Soda. When we see you at football games he always says, "there's Scrub." Hahaahaha. You made quite the impression