Re: Re: Nomination

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Aren't we the lucky ones, to remember the running boards and the rumble seats? 

We had a neighbor who had a green Model T, I'll never forget him, when he drove

us to school he would cut across the fields and run over little pine trees! What

fun those days were, I remember when both his kids had their tonsils out IN

THEIR KITCHEN!  No kidding, the dr,. came to the house and did it on the

kitchen table, and we thought those kids were so lucky because they would get

ice cream as a treat!  When was the last time anyone reading this had a doctor

come to their house?  It was 1967 for me.  Woe is me !  those were the

days!!!!! 

a ( Bobby ) Doyle, dob 12/17/29

DX 5/1995

Interferon 9 weeks/Hydroxyurea 5 years

02/2000 to 06/2002 Gleevec trial, OHSU

06/2002 Gleevec/Trisenox Trial, OHSU

06/2003 Gleevec/Zarnestra Trial, OHSU

04/2004 Sprycel Trial, MDACC, CCR in 10 months

04/2008 XL228 Trial, U of Mich.

01/2009 PCR 5.69

04/2009 Ariad Trial AP24534

09/2009 PCR 0.01

11/2009 PCR 0.034

02/2010 PCRU

#840 Zavie's Zero Club

From: <dickie_64012@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Nomination

Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 11:03 PM

 

You have said it better than I could. Thanks. It was a long road for me to

" turn loose and let go of the stuff I had absolutely no control of. It is what

it is and only involve yourself if you can make a difference. I have really

ridden the running board of a Motel and loved riding a in rumble seat too. I

think that was a Packard coup with a teenage driver. What fun those olden days

were when you had to get out of the house between meal times so you weren't

under someone's feet.

H.

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> O.K. , I withdraw your name from the nominations. Yes, I, too have

been told that I would die of something else before I died of CML. When I went

for a second opinion, that is what I was told and was insulted when the doctor

said I had the best kind of cancer (the " good " kind) and would probably die in

my sleep. How dare anyone take something so serious so casually. I was not

amused, but as time emerged, I found out that she was probably right, it was her

expression that did not rest easy with me at the time. I suppose she was trying

to make light of the subject, since my eyes were still red from crying from the

first opinion. LOL If ever I had a one-two punch, this was it. You are in

denial, it can't be you, you keep telling yourself. A second opinion for CML,

how rich is that, faulty equipment maybe or a bad day at Big Bad Rock?

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> I have put all that behind me long ago and just live from day to day. No day

is really good, but certainly better than the bad days. I try to get the most

of every day. I no longer have knee-jerk reactions to every blip, instead I

tried to replace it with knowledge and a sense of humor. When a doctor recently

told me I could die at any time, I smiled and asked if I had time to get to the

lab. My condition has since improved, so I think there is no reason to freak

out. When I see some results that are troubling, I just shrug, there is not

much I can do about it anyway. It is what it is. You seem to have everything in

order and enjoying life the best as you can, as it should be. You make a good

renegade, riding the running boards on a Model-T. LOL

>

> Carpe Diem,

> Lottie Duthu

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