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Tag Archives: chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CLL Society
One of the connections I made while in Chicago was with the CLL Society. The CLL Society Inc. is a patient–centric, physician–curated nonprofit organization focused on patient education, support, and research. Dedicated to addressing the unmet needs of the CLL and related blood cancer communities, our goal is to develop real, recent and relevant [...]
Chicago Visit With Team Teva
I was honored to be in ChiTown this week as part of the Bendeka Patient Advocacy Groups Advisory Board hosted by Teva Pharmaceuticals. Some of you might recall that I was treated with Teva Pharmaceutical’s drug Bendeka last year with very positive results. While in Chicago I had the opportunity to meet with some of [...]
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Diagnosis Anniversary
Well here we are again… another February 24th. On this day in 2006 my wife and I sat in the office of an oncologist we had just met as we tried to wrap our heads around the diagnosis he had given me: chronic lymphocytic leukemia. This is the one date that is imprinted on my [...]
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Teva Pharmaceuticals Presentation
Last week I had the pleasure of telling my story to a group of Teva Pharmaceutical Oncology employees at their annual field meeting. If I could sum up the week in one word it would have to be “meaningful”. For those unfamiliar with the backstory, Teva manufactures the chemotherapy drug Bendeka. Bendeka was the drug [...]
Wide Open Doors
For quite some time now I have stood by the statement that my leukemia diagnosis has opened more doors than it has closed and created more opportunities than it has taken away. I truly believe that but thought it would be even more enlightening to write down just what some of these opportunities have been. [...]
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Dawn Stensland Mendte Interview
Check out this interview I recently did with my buddy Dawn Stensland Mendte.
Click HERE to watch.
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, motivation, racing Also tagged cll, dawn stensland, dawn stensland mendte, leukemia & lymphoma society, Lls, team in training, tnt Comments closed
Video Shoot Recap!
On Monday November 28th we opened our doors to a small army of people inclusive of marketing representatives, a film producer, and a band of video, sound, and production guys. We began filming at 8 AM at our house where my wife and I talked about my leukemia story and its impact on our lives. [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, team in training Also tagged bendeka, cll, leukemia & lymphoma society, Lls, team in training, teva pharmaceuticals Comments closed
Which Way is Life Podcast Interview
Back in September I did an interview for the RadioMD podcast “Which Way is Life?”. You can check it out here. Realize though that when we did this in September I was still undergoing treatment. As we all now know; I am FREE and CLEAR of disease and treatments are all DONE.
Which Way is Life
Which [...]
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2016 NYC 26.2 and Grassroot Soccer (and Shep)
So, here’s the thing…
For the past 7 years I have raced the NYC marathon with my good buddy Ethan Zohn in support of his charity Grassroot Soccer. A mutual friend introduced Ethan and I in 2009 knowing that we each shared a blood cancer diagnosis and we were both former soccer goalkeepers. What makes this [...]
Posted in cancer, charity, racing, running Also tagged cll, ethan zohn, grassroot soccer, nyc marathon, shep messing Comments closed
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