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Posted 6/17/2008 11:36 PM (GMT 0)
Gordy, I wanted to give you another WOOOOHOOOO!! It is so great to see the "undetectable" on your signature!! We truly celebrate with you!  Keep 'em coming! 
Posted 6/17/2008 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you.

I'm pedaling as fast as I can!

-Les
Posted 6/17/2008 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
I second the motion and, clink, cheer the emotion.  And vette on, brother!

Tony

Posted 6/17/2008 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you, my friend.
Posted 6/18/2008 12:33 AM (GMT 0)

Gordy said...
Thank you.

I'm pedaling as fast as I can!

-Les

"Life is like riding a bicycle. You won't fall off unless you stop pedaling."  Claude Pepper (late U.S. Senator)

Posted 6/18/2008 5:35 AM (GMT 0)

Great going Gordy.  Go gas the Vette...

Jim

Posted 6/18/2008 7:02 AM (GMT 0)
Yes! Same from me Gordy. Congratulations and may all you PSA tests be "undetectable".

Magaboo
Posted 6/18/2008 10:32 AM (GMT 0)
A heartfelt congratulations on the PSA front and may it continue to be so.
Bill
Posted 6/18/2008 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
We just caught up to your news yesterday! That's a big woohoo from us (as we find yet another excuse to bend our elbows in celebration!). It's a rollercoaster ride for sure and here you are at undetectable.
Posted 6/18/2008 11:57 PM (GMT 0)
Out freakin' standing tongue
Posted 6/19/2008 12:17 AM (GMT 0)

Gordy,

Kickin a?? and takin' names.....

Way to go.....

Posted 6/19/2008 1:02 AM (GMT 0)
You guys are all too much!!

Thank you.

-Les
Posted 6/19/2008 4:36 AM (GMT 0)

Gordy the man!  He takes no prisoners! tongue

Rock on, Les!

Barry

Posted 6/20/2008 12:08 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Barry. I appreciate it.

-Les
Posted 9/15/2008 11:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Les,

I hope you are hanging in there - that your confidence is still high. You never know which switch turns on the lights.

Jim
Posted 9/15/2008 11:44 PM (GMT 0)
way to go Les, I think of you often. I hope you have many more wonderful results.

peace and love
Dale
Posted 9/16/2008 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
I think of you every day, Les.

Every day!!!

Tony
Posted 9/16/2008 1:10 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Les

How many speeding tickets in the vette?

Mika
Posted 9/16/2008 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
Showin the love Les! Thinking of you!
Posted 9/16/2008 11:46 AM (GMT 0)
VERY COOL!! Keep up the good work my NJ homeboy!
Your friend,
Pete
Posted 9/16/2008 12:42 PM (GMT 0)
Great News Les,
Just caught the thread, and couldn't be happier! Don't slow down now!
Best,
Mike
Posted 9/16/2008 11:03 PM (GMT 0)
WHOA Kids! Jim thanks for the kind thoughts, but things have turned for the worse.

Just about the time of my, much regretted, rant which caused a mass exodus of most of the oldtimers, I was told that many of the nodules on my lungs and the lesion on my pelvis had grown in size and that the time for chemo was nigh. I opted for a clinical trial of the standard Taxotere with Prednisone and a new drug called Sprycel (generic dasatinib) made by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS). Sprycel has proven to be a lifesaver for folks with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) for whom the standard drug, Gleevic, has stopped working after two or three years. Because the cells of my tumors share a particular protein with the cells of CML sufferers, BMS is hopeful (as am I) that Sprycel will be effective against my type of solid tumor.

Needless to say, each of the drugs I'm taking has its own wonderful set of side effects and I've been given even more drugs to combat them. Talk about Catch-22!

And, for the icing on the cake, my wife Carol was diagnosed with breast cancer, had a lumpectomy and just finished ten sessions of a new kind of brachytherapy called MammoSite. (For those on the other side of my rant who might be thinking "I told you so", know that Carol is a believer.)

For those who expressed admiration for my "courage" before this latest turn of events (which I could never comprehend), I tell you that I am not courageous, and am very depressed.

-Les
Posted 9/16/2008 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
Les,
I was on the other side of the "rant" and know, I regret it because my point wasn't worth you leaving us. And everybody's back any how. And now you are too. You are most welcome. I am so sorry that you and Carol have to deal with this stuff. You ever want to chat you know you are very welcome here.

Les I have improved my depression issues. Plus I decided to stay here becuase these are very loving people.

This forum is about support. For the guys, the girls, and regardless of religous. I have no I told you so's in me. I just miss my friend.

Stay here, my friend. And try to stay positive!

Tony
Posted 9/17/2008 12:09 AM (GMT 0)
Les, We are with you man.....My husband wanted to blow his brains out when all the cancer stuff came back....BUT, he looked around and saw our kids and grandkids and all of our friends....Life is precious...no matter how much time we have ....We are dying from our first birthday.....Let's celebrate and try to be cheerful with each day........God...I know , it is hard....I was at the doctors today with my own problems...but, life goes on each day, in each family, in each city, state, country. We are all here for just our limited time....but we will forge ahead each day.
...and this is a great site....You can say whatever you feel, and someone will respond with a positive thought. Tony is just wonderful and so are the many others....
I have a wonderful quote from Samuel Beckett: What sky! What light! Ah in spite of all it is blessed thing to be alive in such weather... samuel beckett
Diane
Posted 9/17/2008 12:27 AM (GMT 0)

Les,

You and Carol are in my thoughts and I hope that the chemo trial is a success for you. The side-effects of chemo can be so frustrating, but it is so important to keep a positive attitude and to try to keep your body as strong as possible during the process. Sleep often, laugh more and love daily.

Karen eyes

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