Anniversary dates

[Guest guest]

Dear Group,

Last month I celebrated my CML 15th anniversary. This is a powerful tribute

to all our warriors. I want to thank everyone who has supported me in all my

times of sickness as well as times of wellness, you have been encouraging and

understanding. I cannot leave out our members who have passed the 10-yr. mark.

If you haven't been mentioned, it's because we don't know about your success

yet, but we want everyone to know who you are, so just let me know and I will

add you to the list, you are all important. You don't have to have a Zero

number, that's Zavie's department, but I volunteered to do this one.

Skip Duffie - 12/77 - Canada

Judy Telford - 3/92 - Australia

Bobby Doyle - 5/95 - Ohio

Len Paschal - 7/96 - USA

Lottie Duthu - 7/96 - Louisiana

Bob - 5/97 - Indiana

Virginia Garner - 8/97 - USA

Margot Menfee - 3/98 - USA

Ellen Somerville - 8/98 - USA

Cogan - 9/98 - Oregon

Sue Armour - 12/98 - New Jersey

Gay Bratton - ?/99 - Texas

Fran Maiuri - 5/99 - USA

Zavie - 8/99 - CANADA

Orenstein - 8/99 - Florida

Beverly Blair - 9/99 - USA

Chelsea Chamness - 1/00 - USA

McLeod - 3/00 - Washington

Gale Bacon - 3/00 - USA

Giora Scharf - 3/00 - Israel

Ruth Marcon - 4/00 - USA

- 6/00 - USA

Belcher - 6/6/00 - USA

Bartlett - 7/00 - Wyoming

Congratulations to everyone!!!!!! Have you noticed, we had a banner year in

2000 with 8 members, what a coincidence. Five in 1999 follow with the most

numbers after that. The one we need to be most proud of is Skip, no one will

ever top him, because he will go on ad infinitum.

Let us keep in mind our long time members, Bob and Margot Menfee who are

getting treatment for secondary cancers, that they can get through these dark

days. We miss not seeing them post regularly, but we wish them well and

remember them in our daily prayers, they are not forgotten. I pay tribute to

you all, you are all winners to me.

Remember that when we were diagnosed, five years was the max for most of us, so

we haven't done too badly. Praise the Lord and pass the Gleevec!

If you would like me to announce our BMT patients, I will begin with Don Atkins

who was transplanted in 9/04. The rest of you can chime in with your name and

date of transplant and I will add you to the list. I know Judy Telford is one,

but I don't have her BMT date. Also if you want me to write in your state

instead of your country of origin, I can do that, too as I already started with

those whom I knew where they lived.

Carpe diem,

Lottie Duthu