tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post7959567216309197077..comments2023-10-07T07:52:24.587-07:00Comments on CLL Diary: A lymphomaniac in the White House?David Arensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13876562687586184006noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-1809193646260032572007-04-18T21:02:00.000-07:002007-04-18T21:02:00.000-07:00"PS, your writers who compare this to CLL are quit..."PS, your writers who compare this to CLL are quite mistaken. The diseases are not at all alike, except superficially in that they involve B lymphocytes. The disease is one of the lymph nodes, not the bone marrow, which is the hallmark of CLL."<BR/><BR/>Er sorry, marginal zone lymphoma refers to the marginal zone of the spleen or mucosa. Nothing to do with lymph nodes. It is still a non hodgkins lymphoma as is CLL. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-90652721697285479952007-04-17T11:04:00.000-07:002007-04-17T11:04:00.000-07:00My candidate: Bill Clinton. Though he might blam...My candidate: Bill Clinton. Though he might blame it on a sexually-transmitted disease.<BR/><BR/>David, you brought this on yourself by writing, "I am not rooting for Fred Thompson to win, since I think we desperately need a break from Republicans."<BR/><BR/>Obviously, this is a political statement!<BR/><BR/>PS, your writers who compare this to CLL are quite mistaken. The diseases are not at all alike, except superficially in that they involve B lymphocytes. The disease is one of the lymph nodes, not the bone marrow, which is the hallmark of CLL.<BR/><BR/>I hope Thompson runs and wins. He seems to have more 'gravitas' than Clinton or Bush the younger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-52367740058519889222007-04-17T08:43:00.000-07:002007-04-17T08:43:00.000-07:00Folks, this is not about Republicans and Democrats...Folks, this is not about Republicans and Democrats and the lengths of their jaws or the horns growing out of their heads, it's about the profile of CLL among the public at large.<BR/><BR/>Publicity can, of course, be a double-edged sword. Imagine a high-profile CLLer who is so long-lived and functional that the public gets the idea that the disease is nothing more than a minor nuisance and not deserving of attention (funding). What we need is a high-profile CLLer who struggles with unmutated CLL, perhaps with some difficult FISH results. And one who has lots of money to throw into research. I wouldn't wish CLL on anyone, but the ideal candidate would be Oprah Winfrey or Bill Gates or maybe Bono.David Arensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13876562687586184006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-61153297040154702552007-04-17T08:37:00.000-07:002007-04-17T08:37:00.000-07:00The only way America will be 'brought to her knees...The only way America will be 'brought to her knees' would be by hand-wringing, shrill-voiced, whimpering liberals. <BR/><BR/>America is the greatest nation on earth, the greatest nation ever, and will remain ever so, if real men and women are kept in charge.<BR/><BR/>The liberals are in a contest to see who can surrender the fastest to Islamic terrorists. What they and the defeatists in this country fail to understand is that the war against radical Islam has been going on since the Crusades. The radical elements of Islam believe they can wait Christianity out. <BR/><BR/>The slack-jawed Democrats certainly lend support to this belief. <BR/><BR/>America and the West must be aware of the strategy of the enemy, understand him, and defeat him as he seeks to crawl into a cave on his belly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-10468152991704260732007-04-16T10:29:00.000-07:002007-04-16T10:29:00.000-07:00When I first heard about this - these things poppe...When I first heard about this - these things popped out: indolent, Rituxan, Bruce Cheson and I immediately said to my husband - "I'll bet it's CLL but since they are virtually the same disease, Lymphoma is a better word to put out there than Leukemia."<BR/><BR/>On the list we hear from many who view our disease differently depending on how it is reacting. Those with more aggressive disease want more publicity and action and $$ - totally understandable. At the other end there are those whose path is slower and consider that they have time to learn, live and, possibly, never need treatment and who will, indeed, die of something else. <BR/><BR/>Many want publicity to show how horrible this disease can be, others want to have big names who show that we can continue to be productive human beings. The larger issue may be that vast land which falls in between. We don't get the funding we would like but considering this is frequently still labeled an older person's disease it is likely to remain underfunded. If more testing is done and more people are proven to have CLL or similar diseases (I think it's bigger than we realize) then perhaps we'll see some action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-85109176014199877502007-04-16T07:10:00.000-07:002007-04-16T07:10:00.000-07:00America is entering 50 years of torment as it trie...America is entering 50 years of torment as it tries to switch from oil to other energy sources. It was oil that made the U.S .great and it will be the lack of oil that will bring the U.S. to her knees.<BR/><BR/>Now is not the time to pursuit the "cult of personality" but to select someone with a clear, strong vision of how to deal with the rising star of China, fight terrorism and deal with the social upheavals that are developing in the homeland.<BR/><BR/>What is needed is an FDR or Kennedy, even a Barack Obama perhaps. Fred Thompson is a visionary light weight with or without CLL or NHL.<BR/><BR/>Never mistake motion with action. (Albert Einstein)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-17794814424558663032007-04-15T18:14:00.000-07:002007-04-15T18:14:00.000-07:00That's funny, I thought Fred Thompson was a Republ...That's funny, I thought Fred Thompson was a Republican?<BR/><BR/>I don't know about anyone else, but I'm voting for whoever the Democratic party nominates, be it Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, or even Dennis Kucinich.<BR/><BR/>The last thing this country needs is another right wing conservative ideologue sitting in the white house, no matter how good a DA he may have been on Law and Order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-46878205186624512102007-04-15T13:37:00.000-07:002007-04-15T13:37:00.000-07:00I don't know how the path of indolent MZL compares...I don't know how the path of indolent MZL compares to the path of indolent CLL/SLL. And I understand that the Rituxan that Fred Thompson had 2 1/2 yrs. after diagnosis was at his behest and not because Dr. Cheson thought he needed treatment then. But for a SLL/CLLer to have treatment only 2 1/2 years after diagnosis would belie a slowly progressing disease course. I believe Dr. Cheson is well respected, though, so his words leave me wondering.<BR/><BR/>LynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19102494.post-7280263686303600132007-04-15T12:50:00.000-07:002007-04-15T12:50:00.000-07:00I'm pleased that you are continuing the lymphoma d...I'm pleased that you are continuing the lymphoma discussion here and the Forum. This is a good opportunity to increase public awareness of CLL: most times when I have said "CLL", the response back was first a blank stare. Well, except for the one time when the response was the phrase we hate to hear: "Oh, you mean, the good cancer". <BR/><BR/>Clearly, in our society, we've moved beyond a president needing to hide the disabling effects of polyomylitis. Now decades later, FDR is often regarded with fondness and respect but could he make a bid for the presidency from a wheelchair in 2007? I don't think so.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352803363425803168noreply@blogger.com