Category Archives: health & fitness

Team In Training’s Stephen Brown is a Finalist for Health Hero Challenge

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) of Eastern Pennsylvania applauds Team In Training’s (TNT) coach Stephen Brown of Upper Darby for being one of the four finalists for Be Well Philly’s Health + Hero Challenge.
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Advancing to the Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge Finals

Just wanted to thank everyone for all of their votes and support during the Be Philly Health Hero Challenge. I am happy to say that we have advanced to the finals. More details to follow but here is the official announcement from Philadelphia Magazine. I am looking forward to one heck of a campaign from [...]
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Team In Training’s Stephen Brown is a Semi-Finalist for Health Hero Challenge

Conshohocken, PA (September 17, 2012) – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) of Eastern Pennsylvania applauds Team In Training’s (TNT) coach Stephen Brown of Delaware County for being one of the semi-finalists for Be Well Philly Health + Hero Challenge. In February of 2006, Brown was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Wasting no time, he [...]
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Health Hero Challenge Voting Link

Here is the complete contest info and voting button. Don’t forget, my voting week begins on 9/25. You can vote everyday that week, but only once per day. The overall winner will receive a very nice donation to the charity of the winner’s choice, which for me will be the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Help [...]
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REMISSION …Take Two

I had a great surprise this morning when I checked in with my Dr. right before my scheduled Rituxan treatment session. If you recall, today would have been my 4th treatment out of 6 that they ordered to handle my Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia relapse symptoms. When the Dr. walked in he asked me when I wanted [...]
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More Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge Info

Here is the interview and info that Philadelphia Magazine's Be Well Philly is running on the Health Hero Challenge.
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Round Three – Advantage BROWN

First let me share the good news. Rounds one and two were so successful that my Doctor gave the green light to administer today’s treatment as a “rapid infusion”. To give you some perspective, it took us close to 5 hours tocomplete round one a couple of weeks ago. Last week’s session finished in 4 [...]
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Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge

This is pretty cool… I have been selected as a semi-finalist in Philly Mag’s Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge.  I was nominated by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Marketing Manager, Gregory Seitter, for my efforts with Team in Training and LLS.  The Philadelphia Magazine editors then selected the top 16, one of which was [...]
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Round Two – ME Again

Just finished up the second of six rounds of Rituxan. All went very well this morning and we even finished up a little faster than last week. Midway through treatment I received an email from Ethan Zohn with some words of encouragement. He then asked the magic question…. “Are you running home”? I did the responsible [...]
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Net Impact Emmy Nod

I found out this morning that the feature story that Comcast Sportsnet did on me a few months back for their show Net Impact has been nominated for an Emmy. That’s pretty cool news. Winners will be announced on September 22nd. Kudos to Gregg Murphy, Neal Slotkin, and everyone at Comcast Sportsnet who played a part in the production.
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