You said it so well Beth. Thanks. Jeanie ๐๐๐๐๐ My Motto: Faith and Pills With Love Jeanie ๐ free Christian Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015 15 mg New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann Moffitt Cancer center sept 2017 Dr Balducci retired Dr Gedia PCD 0 CBL. ABL July 2018 dx with thyroid disease tsh 13 T4-normal t3-normal
> On Nov 12, 2018, at 11:36 PM, bkbarney via CMLHope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > wrote: > > Dear Shelly and Shaun, > > When I read your email to all of us my heart broke. I thought of you today at > the funeral and said prayers for each of you as well as all the members of > our group here. We are all in shock. I share the sentiments of everyone who > has already written to you expressing their deep sadness and grief. > > To love and be loved by Marty was a gift I shall cherish all the days of my > life. He was always a ray of sunshine, in a sometimes very scary and dark > world. He pushed each of us to be our best selves, to fight a good fight, to > live life to the fullest. The packed he made with his God when he came out of > " the bubble" post his bone marrow transplant so many years ago...he > fulfilled a thousand times over. He helped anyone and everyone wherever and > whenever he could. His generosity of spirit, joy of life, good humor, > compassion and humor will never be forgotten. He grounded us, inspired us, > even scolded us when needed, He was our chief, our friend, our cheerleader > and our faithful companion in navigating CML. He was a lover and a fighter. > It is hard for me and others to comprehend what happened the last weeks of > his life. What made him surrender. I trust he knew when it was his time. > > He always spoke of his love for his family. May each of you find comfort in > knowing how loved he was and what a difference he made in the world. The > light in his light house went out, but his spirit will continue to light our > paths .... > > Love and a big hug to all of you... > > With tears and 18's, > > Beth > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Jeanie' via CMLHope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > To: cmlhope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Mon, Nov 12, 2018 8:26 am > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Update on Marty G > > I am so shocked and upset as I read this. I have been waiting for an answer > to a question I had about my thyroid and since he didnโt answer I knew > something was wrong. > He was a true fighter and kept us going in our horrible journey with > leukemia. He must have been in a lot of pain to give up. > I am in pain daily so I know whatโs it like to just want it to be over. > He was the leader of our pack and Iโm > So sorry for your loss and ours. My prayers go out to you and family. > Our list will never be the same. > Love๐๐๐๐ > Jeanie > > My Motto: > Faith and Pills > With Love > Jeanie > ๐ free > Christian > Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia > Started Gleevec 2/2004 > Started Tasigna 9/2009 > Started Sprycel 11/2009 > Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015 15 mg > New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann > Moffitt Cancer center sept 2017 > Dr Balducci retired > Dr Gedia PCD > 0 CBL. ABL > July 2018 dx with thyroid disease tsh 13 > T4-normal t3-normal > > On Nov 11, 2018, at 6:34 PM, 'Marcie Goodman' via CMLHope > <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Dear Shelly and Family, > > My deepest condolences on Martyโs passing. As so many of us in the group have > expressed, Marty was our head cheerleader, a constant source of inspiration, > support and love. He gave us a roadmap to navigate not only our illness but, > more importantly, our lives. And he shared his challenges with honesty, > facing each one with a strength of spirit that was unique. Marty let us know > how much he loved you and your children and I know you feel a huge void now > that he is gone. > > Please know that your family is in my thoughts and prayers. May warm memories > of happier times comfort you in the days ahead. And may you all be comforted > among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. > > Marcie Goodman > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 11, 2018, at 4:24 PM, rszim0702 via CMLHope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > wrote: > > Dear Shaun and family, > > Would like to comfort you as your dad so often comforted each one of us. No > words except what a marvelous, godly and extravagant legacy he left for you. > He left it for the cml group as well! The time spent with each of us was his > ministry of joy over us all. He will surely be enjoying many rewards in the > afterlife. May each of us in this group strive to leave even a portion of > such a legacy at our passing. > > Our immediate reaction is to know what a huge hole will be left in the group > and in our hearts. We called him our leader. Please know you are in my > prayers. We will remember 18 stands for life and every day is a gift. Wish I > could attend his services. I will be thinking of you all. > > 18's, hugs, bigger hugs, > Susan Zimmerman > > On Nov 11, 2018 1:54 AM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone - > > This is Marty Gartenberg's son, Shaun. It is with great sadness for me to > say that my father passed away this past week, on Wednesday, November 7th, > after having entered hospice care the previous Friday, November 2nd. I know > many of you were good friends with him and that he helped a lot of people > through this support group. > > This all started with a bad fall over 7 weeks ago on September 15 in his > garage where he fractured his left femur. He subsequently underwent surgery > to get a rod implanted in the bone to help it heal. After a few weeks of > physical therapy, a checkup showed that one of the screws needed to be > adjusted, so he had a second surgery for that to adjust the rod, and add a > plate. After having more therapy, a MRSA infection was discovered in the > incision wound. He also contracted pneumonia. In order to combat the > infection, he had a third surgery on the incision to perform a debridement of > the wound and was put on course of several antibiotics. He was admitted to > the ICU to be treated for the complications of the infection. > > Unfortunately, all of this became just too much for him to take. While he > did show improvement medically, and eventually went from the ICU into a > regular hospital room, he was in a lot of pain, which got progressively worse > each day all over his body, and discomfort from the effects of the > antibiotics. Eventually, he began denying his food and medication and > reached a point where he did not want to continue to fight. > > Moving to hospice was a painful decision to make, especially knowing how much > of a fighter my Dad was through all of the struggles he's been through in his > life. But, those were his wishes and we didn't want him to continue to > suffer. The hospice care did make him comfortable and he finally passed > Wednesday afternoon. After not having had his heart medicines (and others) > for so many days, his heart rate was in the 160's, and I guess it finally > gave out, but we don't know the exact cause. I believe he passed peacefully, > though. He was 74 years old. > > I am so grateful and blessed to have had my Dad in my life, and I know he > touched countless others lives all over the world. His altruism inspired me > throughout my life. Please keep him in your prayers and thoughts. > > His funeral will be this Monday, November 12th at 11:00 AM, at the Beth > Israel Memorial Chapel in Boynton Beach, Florida, followed by burial at the > Eternal Light Memorial Gardens cemetery at 12:15 PM, also in Boynton Beach. > My family and I will be sitting Shiva (a Jewish mourning ritual at home) > Monday evening and Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and evening. > > Regards, > Shaun > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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