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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 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, dawn stensland, dawn stensland mendte, leukemia & lymphoma society, Lls, team in training, tnt Comments closed
De-Portation
Yesterday I was officially de-ported as my chemo chest port was no longer needed. My port was inserted on July 15th after which followed four rounds of chemo that proved very effective. I made it a point to try to remain as active as possible around treatments since I believe cancer has a tough time [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, motivation Also tagged bendeka, leukemia & lymphoma society, Lls 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, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, 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 [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, motivation Also tagged chronic lymphocytic leukemia, radiomd, which way is life Comments closed
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 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, ethan zohn, grassroot soccer, nyc marathon, shep messing Comments closed
Who Knew
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a very slow moving disease. So much so that people can be diagnosed in the very early stages but not need treatment for years. When I was diagnosed 10 years ago the disease could have been progressing for years prior to detection. One of the first questions that my doctor asked [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, running, survivor Also tagged chronic lymphocytic leukemia, crozer keystone, leukemia & lymphoma society, team in training Comments closed
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation Patient Conference
On Sunday October 30th I will be speaking at a patient conference held by the Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation and hosted by Columbia University. My presentation on Sunday is entitled “Living Above Chronic Cancer” and will focus on some keys and critical choices that I’ve made in ten years of living with chronic lymphocytic leukemia [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, survivor Also tagged chronic lymphocytic leukemia, columbia university, cutaneous lymphoma Comments closed
I’m All DONE
I am extremely happy to say that I am all finished with my chemo treatments!!! I had my check up this morning and the decision to stop was a pretty easy one. My labs all came back normal and my lymph nodes have all returned to normal size. There is no reason to continue. I [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, survivor Also tagged bendeka, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, leukemia & lymphoma society, rituxan Comments closed
It’s a Feeling
When you live with a chronic disease like leukemia you have very heightened intuition. You develop a honed sense of self and learn how to analyze and differentiate between the little systemic bugs, chinks, and cliches that “normal” people face, and those that may be disease related. That skill becomes more advanced the longer you [...]
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Teva Pharmaceuticals Presentation