Old saying

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Dear Anita,

It has been a long time since I heard the phrase, " right smack dab in the

middle " . I wonder where that originated. Any of our librarians know? LOL

Bobby is right, These are trials to find a cure. We are just around the corner

for a cure, but and the Arganauts have not arrived with the the Golden

Fleece just yet. Meanwhile, as Bobby said, we have options and lucky to have

better than what was available 30 years ago, just ask Skip. I was on the ATRA

trial with Hydrea for 4 years. This stuff is still being used to bring down the

wbc, but my blood vessels collapsed like dead flies when I was on it, they just

" rolled over " . Now they have a hard time finding vessels they can use and as a

result, one arm is dry and the other has been overused and pokes out like a

pebble.

Meanwhile the bunsen burners were going full speed ahead, with the little elves

working around the clock on the silver bullet, STI. That was all the buzz and

was as important to us as the first man on the moon was to the rest of the

world. We were waiting for our sustenance. Now our beloved Gleevec has

siblings and we have found ways to circumvent many of the side effects by

switching back and forth, if necessary. These are the good times, folks, revel

in it.

Hands & hearts,

Lottie Duthu