Hi Angie, Just want to comment on something that you posted about.
"This drug will probably be my last chance so pray that it keeps working". Angie, Angie what am I going to do with you? We are now living in so much of an advanced time concerning all of these new drugs floating around. What is your mind telling you? Please Angie you simply must take things one day at a time. I was the same way with thoughts paralleling your thoughts. You do remember what we recently spoke about? Well, it was the way that I used to be each and every time I would have to get blood tests and ymay 20thou already know what happened to me and now I also know what happened to you. Once that was over with as I mentioned my attitude changed because I wanted that for myself, and I had my wife beside me as well as our two small children, And I also want it for you as well and everyone here. I have been at this for a very long time and what I was able to learn is to never give up. How could I? I am no hero but a man on a mission as a promise to GOD. I wrote a poem a very long time ago and I will pass it along right now. You remember something Angie I wrote this when I was living in that 6x9 plastic bubble in a hospital way back in 1989. It was actually on the day of my bone marrow transplant May 21st 1989. My actual birthday was on May 21st 1944, and get this: My wife's birthday is on May 20th. So here is that poem that I wrote over a quarter century ago.. Please read it. Angie and come away with a better understanding what FOCUS is all about. This is coming from my heart because I have already been there. I love everyone here. Why would I spend so much time and energy going this? It is because I am compelled to do this 18's Marty *EXPECT THE BEST, MIND OVER MATTER. SUCCESS IS A FUNCTION OF SELF CONFIDENCE. TO HAVE SUCCESS AT ANYTHING YOU MUST FIRST LEARN TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. IF YOU EXPECT THE WORSE THEN THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL GET (MIND OVER MATTER) IF YOU EXPECT THE BEST THEN THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL GET.* *WHAT WE HAVE TO LEARN TO DO IS TO CHANGE OUR MENTAL HABITS, OUR STATES OF MIND. LEARN TO EXPECT AND NOT TO DOUBT. BY DOING THIS YOU BRING EVERYTHING INTO THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. WHEN YOU LEARN TO BELIEVE THEN WHAT YOU THOUGHT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE THEN MOVES INTO THE AREA OF POSSIBILITY.* *EVERY GREAT THING EVENTUALLY BECOMES POSSIBLE FOR YOU. MY BELIEF AT THE BEGINNING OF A DOUBTFUL UNDERTAKING IS THE ONE THING THAT INSURES THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME...* *FOCUS...* On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 1:26 PM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope < cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi Marty and thanks so much for the uplift. Yes I don't relax until the > doctor comes in and says my blood is ok. My blood pressure goes way up and > even after all these years it's still the same. > I too had to go once a week and sometimes more when I was first diagnosed. > My onc at the time had his own small blood lab so I would know right away. > My platelets were so high he once told me he couldn't believe it so he > counted them himself. He's the onc that put me in the hospital twice to > have my blood cleansed. Moffitt doesn't do that they depend on the tki to > work. > You have really helped me to see the positive even through the bad things > that I have been through. > I go to Moffitt next Thursday and am hoping this new drug will keep me in > remission. > This drug will probably be my last chance so pray that it keeps working. > I am still worried about John. He was on Ponatinib also and he hasn't > checked in for a while. > Blessings everyone. > My Motto: > Faith and Pills > With Love > 🐠18's > Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia > Started Gleevec 2/2004 > Started Tasigna 9/2009 > Started Sprycel 11/2009 > Started Ponatinib 1/2015 > Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > > On Jun 14, 2016, at 1:32 PM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Like I just said, Jeanie your heart and mind are very powerful tools so > please keep up to whatever you doing Try not to think about some of the > negative things in your life but rather some of the positive things in your > life. > > Hum, I see that you have been sporting among some other things at the end > of your posts the numbers 18's It is telling you something, isn't it? > > Do not worry, anything that you may go through in your life you will be > able to handle, just think about that. > > I already have when I got CML and had to go to my oncologist every week, > and sometimes twice a week for blood tests. After the test was completed I > was told to go back to the waiting room and would look at some of the > people there and would break into a sweat just waiting there and would > wonder what those other people were also feeling. Sometimes I had to wait > for about a half an hour just sitting there and wait to hear the results > and by the time I was called in to his office the back of my shirt was > soaked with my sweat. I will never forgot that, and I am also sure that > most of you if not all of you must also remember things like that. > > Well I was then confronted with the fact that this kind of behavior wasn't > doing my any good because of all of the stress that I was going through, so > I decided at that time no more anxiety that would put me in that position > and I finally decided to look on the brighter side of my life, and I did. > > Now, I am just a mortal human being, nothing more and nothing less with > feelings just as some of yours are as well, and I then decided that > whatever would happen I would no longer look at most of those bad things > anymore but just to go on, and so I did and still do. > > There were several exceptions that made me not as I would like to have > been. When my father died followed by two years later then my mother then > my sister eight years later who by the way was my bone marrow donor, then a > few years later later my brother died then that put me in a depression that > was just not me but I was also able to deal with it and after a period of > grieving for each one of them. I was able to finally come back to myself, > and that also made me into a much stronger person. > > These are some of my personal details that I usually don't discus with any > other people but I felt in necessary to post it here because I want you to > learn from me what went on with me at the time that I had CML. > > Also if you want, how many of you had this same thing happen to you > concerning the waiting for the results of your blood tests? And I also > know for sure that you Jeanie have some of the same feelings that I had > because your worried about the outcome of your last blood tests. > > Please Jeanie and everyone else that may be reading this you just have to > remember what I just wrote and learn that we all are the same and these > feelings are just human reactions or emotions as a better word may > describe, but when they continue to eat at you all that you need to do is > to simply change your attitude as I once did. > > I prefer to live my life as best as I can, no matter what I go through > because I never forget that there may be some bumps in the road but there > also some very good times going along that road as well. How about you? > > 18's, > > Marty > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:29 AM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope < > cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Hi Marty and so glad you are home and well. As you know I've been sick >> too but fighting it and pray it's not my leukies sneaking back in. Praying >> for you and all in need. Love you so very much ❤️😇 >> >> My Motto: >> Faith and Pills >> With Love >> 🐠18's >> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia >> Started Gleevec 2/2004 >> Started Tasigna 9/2009 >> Started Sprycel 11/2009 >> Started Ponatinib 1/2015 >> Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center >> >> On Jun 13, 2016, at 9:23 PM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Jeanie and everyone else. >> >> Just to let all of you know I had to go to the hospital for an infection >> on the lower part of my left leg, that I got I got last week. They had to >> admit me and I was started on Vankromycen IV for the last week and just got >> home today. >> >> Just another small bump in the road for me. >> >> I hope that everyone is doing well. >> >> 18's, >> >> Marty >> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:07 PM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope < >> cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> Our food today is full of junk. You would have to grow everything >>> yourself and use no fertilizer or pesticides. You can't even buy gum or >>> toothpaste without artificial sweetener. I was a health nut before I got >>> cancer. Go figure. I think moderation is the key and variety. Try to get >>> organic if possible. Blessings. >>> >>> My Motto: >>> Faith and Pills >>> With Love >>> 🐠18's >>> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia >>> Started Gleevec 2/2004 >>> Started Tasigna 9/2009 >>> Started Sprycel 11/2009 >>> Started Ponatinib 1/2015 >>> Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center >>> >>> On Jun 10, 2016, at 2:04 PM, 'Susan Zimmerman' via CMLHope < >>> cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> I still know that every bit of Marty's article is true re. avoiding >>> carcinogens. Snopes is not always right. Any naturopathic doc would agree w >>> the article. >>> >>> Susan F. Zimmerman >>> "All who humble themselves before the Lord shall be given every >>> blessing, and shall have wonderful peace." 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