Well I have said that I was never that impressed with either of the presidential candidates
but I tend to vote democratic and I must say that I am hoping that the choice made will improve the racism problem in this country. I am pleased with the outcome
and even though I would vote Republican if I liked the candidate, I felt Palin was a huge error
made by the Republican party. I think most people shivered at the thought that she could wind
up being our commander in chief if something happened to McCain. SCARY stuff!! I actually felt
bad for McCain because I think he had a chance prior to her arrival on the scene. I think his hard work was all for nothing now. I am such an overempathizer. I feel sorry for everyone. Anyway,
I will say as far
as racism goes, Morgan Freeman said something in an interview that struck me and I always
think it of when the racism subject comes up. The interviewer was asking him a question about
him being the first black man to get an oscar or something like that(maybe he was not the first
but I think he was) and Mr. Freeman said very pointedly that racism is alive and well in this
country until people start referring to him as just "A MAN" and not a black man. It was one
heckuva point and the interviewer was a little taken aback if I remember correctly since he had just referred to him several times as a black man(OOPS). That simple
statement was a lightbulb moment and so true. Unfortunately racism is still rampant. I don't know if it will be otherwise in my lifetime but any improvement is better than none.
So onto myeloma news. I went to a Gilda's Club last night to hear Tim's doc give a speech. Dr.
Siegel actually treated Gilda Radner when he was at Sloan Kettering years ago.
I am so glad I made this meeting. I did not think I would learn too much but I did learn some things that put
me at ease. I wish I did not have to learn about this disease but I have to say I find it fascinating.
I was literally on the edge of my seat soaking up everything he said.
It is exciting to see the rapid progress being made and interesting to hear others' stories. It
gives me hope. Tim's doc is a great guy and smart as heck without having a huge ego. I have said
that he does shoot from the hip though and at times that is rough. The last talk he gave that I
attended had us all wishing we had swallowed a handful of Prozac before we arrived. He can
be a little pessimistic. But last night was different. It was plain to see that he feels all bets are
off when it comes to those old short life expectancies. He feels the staging systems have nothing
to do with outcome which I knew but for people who were diagnosed at stage III and obsessing,
they were obviously relieved. I left this speech feeling very hopeful as did a lot of other attendees. He admitted that there is so much that is not known about MM but we are making
progress bigtime. I think it must be exciting too for the doctors treating MM now that they can
really extend lives for long periods and in some cases cure folks. That's a good thing because excited doctors and researchers make big strides. Of course it helps alot too when drug companies see huge dollar signs, doesn't it. Whatever it takes, I say. As long as it keeps us
moving towards "manageable chronic disease" and eventually a cure.
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Amen, amen, and amen! Glad to hear the cheery news on myeloma. I agree, the stats from the old studies are irrelevant now. They are doubly irrelevant if you are young and tough and have a great daughter and wife and a full head of curly hair (Miss A wants to know how tim got back that full head of hair, by the way, because mine came in (or didn't come in) looking exactly like my dad's on top. At this point, we can't blame the chemo. Sigh. She's a lot more upset about it than me, though.)
I like the Morgan Freeman quote.
And I got to agree with you about Palin--that pick enraged miss A so much that she got interested in politics for the first time ever. I'm a little more enthusiastic about our President-elect, though--even if one disagrees with his politics and policies or worry about his inexperience, which a lot of people do for good reasons, he seems very competent. And competency seems all too rare these days in people of all colors.
Tim is blessed with great hair. I never realized how many men his age are balding. So many shave their heads because they've got the old horseshoe pattern going on.He hated losing his hair but we were always confident it would return. Losing the gray was a perk but it's a riot that people think he is actually coloring it due to the darkening of it. What's starting to be not such a riot(to me)is how much female attention he's getting!! ;) The boy is aging like a fine wine and I had the shelf life of a banana in summertime.
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