12 Years Since my SCT – Happy Thanksgiving!!!

11/27/25 – It just seems so appropriate that the day of the 12-year anniversary of my SCT is Thanksgiving. I am so blessed to have experienced many wonderful things in life over these last 12 years. Certainly, at the very top of my joyful list is the birth of my 4 grandchildren. Overall, I am in good health and enjoying life... again... I am so blessed.

It’s crazy to think back when I was first diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma in 2008, my prognosis was pretty grim. This was, of course before I was introduced to Dr. Goy. Now all these years later, mantle cell lymphoma is no longer the death sentence it once was… and it is now something that is very treatable.

On this Thanksgiving Day, I truly have so much to be thankful for.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and friends.

Here is a link to a song called “Thanksgiving Prayer” by the great Johnny Cash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egIB7tYW80M&t=1s ENJOY!!!

"I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving." Psalm 69:30 

More to come…

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A Happy 17 Year Anniversary

 07/17/25 – Just a quick post. Today marks 17 years since that I was first diagnosed.

I have nothing to give you as far as medical update go. All I can say is it’s good to be alive!

I do recall when I was first diagnosed, my co-workers gave me a number of gifts as I was getting ready to take a leave of absence to begin treatments. One gift I recall was a T-Shirt, that all my co-workers signed, that had the words: “Nothing’s gonna change my world”. This is a line from the Beatle song, “Across the Universe”. I figured that this was a perfect song to share with you today.

Here is a YouTube link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T7cyHwlfFQ&list=RD6T7cyHwlfFQ&start_radio=1

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

More to come…

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