I agree, Phil.  Until there is a cure, the cancer meds available are a life line to us and the cause for a cure cannot be relaxed.  For years I have been the neighbor hood fund raiser for LLS, which I started participating in when my friend died with lymphoma.  Little did I suspect that I would ever be the recipient of their services.  Imagine how thankful I am that I was already aware of some of the services.  If Mr. Jabbar can raise money for research, he has my support.  Public figures generate private funds.

Now if he would just get his facts right and the journalists would do their research.

Kay

While I'm pleased to see Abdul-Jabbar share his message of hope, I can't help but wonder if Novartis had something to do with that - having him as a paid spokesperson.  Would he have said anything without Novartis on his side?

Just a thought.

Wednesday evening I saw Keith Olbermann of MSNBC "interview" Kareem, not knowing that the former Lou had CML.  Was, at first, glad that such a name could be in front of CML.

Then, of course, Keith did his job and compared CML to "managing high blood pressure".  I can't really say how disappointing that was to see and hear.  That'll damage a lot of currently struggling CML'rs like mine and it is just not fair at all.

Kareem mentioned Novartis, but not Gleevec, which I found odd.

And then today I read that he is a paid spokesperson for Novartis?

Is this it?  Is this how hard they are willing to work and how far they are willing to go, paid spokespersons?  We'da done it for free, Novartis.  But oh yeah, we'd have to mention that it isn't, you know, like, not at all like managing high blood pressure, since we've known lots of people doing that and it isn't the same at all.  Not even close.

I'm pretty sure the CML'rs lost in the last year would pretty much still be here if it was just like managing high blood pressure I guess.

Good luck to all of you, I think of you all the time.  I am sorry for yet another dis-service to the effort it takes each of you each day.

rct