Going Under the Knife

[tirolski]

I'm praying for Remission this spring and polishing my clubs up

Keep swinging Warp.

 

[Warp daddy]

You are an inspiration, Mr. Warp.

Thank you kind sir , you all are an inspiration to me .

Always have been but now I take great joy reading about your various adventures .

I so miss this wonderful sport we collectively have in common. So now I'm living vicariously thru each TR

So is the going good in the Hinterlands? And is Moira i and Blue toes s still sharing the fun ??

 

[Warp daddy]

Keep swinging Warp.

Thanks Tski I am hoping and praying that I can do it this summer

 

[Warp daddy]

 

[Warp daddy]

Me and the Queen of The Hop outside America Cancer Society Hope Lodge where we stay whenever in Burlington. This was late October

 

[gorgonzola]

Glad to hear things are going well Dubya-D, keep on keepin' on my friend!

 

[wonderpony]

I was just thinking about you yesterday, WD. Thanks for the update and keeping rocking it!

 

[Warp daddy]

Boy got some wonderful news last night.
My former evening school dean at the college who has been suffering the same rare blood cancer as mine for SEVENTEEN years recently underwent an experimental last ditch style effort involving cloning T cells then injecting them in the bloodstream to kill cancer cells.

This costs roughly a million or more. so insurance companies balk ( bastards )at this until several lower cost protocols ( think 17 years of suffering ) are exhausted inspite of the high degree of success and efficacy of this C-ART treatment .

Well he called me last nite and he was skiing Whiteface Monday !!!!! He feels CURED

Ron was a ski racer at the Face for years and former ski school director at Titus. I used to ski with he and his wife at Tupper for years

It was uplifting to hear the joy and giddiness in his voice . At 76 he has the zest of young dude and after 17 years of suffering we all are so happy and thankful for his good fortune

Hopefully this persists

 

[Warp daddy]

More good news my White blood cell count is up in the normal range .Well known issue thatTreatment affects it .

so after 5 booster shots last week and the coach took me off the bench and put me back in the game yesterday

More good news the most critical benchmark the blood viscosity index or IgM is down 67% from when this was diagnosed in late July and I have 4 more cycles to go till May so we are making good progress according to both local and UVM oncology docs

Praying for remission by June if not more cycles till we get it done

More good news: I've had 2 external ports hanging off my chest since July they are test tube size these were there IF I needed more ;"oil changes " apheresis.

Well the Igm indicates much less blood density so they can remove those damn test tube's and implant a subcutaneous chemo port . So I can shower like a normal human NOT having a plastic covering on half my chest .

Yo ever try holding a bar of soap in one hand and shower extension in the other and trying not get those damn things wet While lathering it's a shitshow ?

So I'm meeting with a surgeon 2/7 to discuss this outpatient procedure :

bottom line No More "Stink Weasels " on Morris Street

Thanks again guys for pumping up my sneakers

 

[tirolski]

More good news my White blood cell count is up in the normal range .Well known issue thatTreatment affects it .

so after 5 booster shots last week and the coach took me off the bench and put me back in the game yesterday

More good news the most critical benchmark the blood viscosity index or IgM is down 67% from when this was diagnosed in late July and I have 4 more cycles to go till May so we are making good progress according to both local and UVM oncology docs

Praying for remission by June if not more cycles till we get it done

More good news: I've had 2 external ports hanging off my chest since July they are test tube size these were there IF I needed more ;"oil changes " apheresis.

Well the Igm indicates much less blood density so they can remove those damn test tube's and implant a subcutaneous chemo port . So I can shower like a normal human NOT having a plastic covering on half my chest .

Yo ever try holding a bar of soap in one hand and shower extension in the other and trying not get those damn things wet While lathering it's a shitshow ?

So I'm meeting with a surgeon 2/7 to discuss this outpatient procedure :

bottom line No More "Stink Weasels " on Morris Street

Thanks again guys for pumping up my sneakers

Attaboy