Jazzmoose

Alright, but neither Matthew nor I have ever won this before; do we need to get agents to handle the inevitable endorsement deals, or does the league take care of that?

See, that's the thing...I'm not that knowledgeable in any field, but I can take tests with the best of them. It was a useful talent in school, but now it's only called on when threads like this are posted...

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Damn. Should have changed it four times...

Six inches of snow on the ground, and a high of 17 (-8 for those not living in anti-intellectual societies...) later this week. Oh boy.

Well, yeah, at least one person is...

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;Damn. Well, I guess nine years of no one noticing was a nice run, anyway...

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Mine is gooder than yours!

Good news for Matthew and Vajerzy: I'm officially in full choke mode now. I've changed my pick on the Chargers/Chiefs game three times.

Great. We'll be a troupe of traveling Milton Berles...

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Well, that and he has some pride...

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14/15; I think I read "object" as "subject" on one. The only one I was unsure of was the lesser/fewer one, which I got only because I know what grammar nazis howl about.

Entertainer. Apparently they left stable boy out of the list...

Well, I'm doing pretty well right now. My protein levels are all okay, my (if I remember the term right) monoclonal spike is pretty much nonexistent. So I'm fine for now. My oncologist says we'll just stick with the chemo I'm on now, and if it starts to lose it's efficiency, we'll switch to, of all things, thalidomide. Then when all else fails, it's the stem cell transplant in the spine. The problem is, that operation is limited to those 65 or younger. So, I can see myself in a bit of a dilemma in seven years or so, if the chemo is still keeping things in check. Of course, with cancer research, I probably shouldn't worry about seven years from now; who knows what could happen between now and then.

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Wow. Great news! I also have multiple-myeloma, but am not as far down the road as you. Now I see why my oncologist gets upset if I try to drop a few pounds. Wow. You are the sixth person I know who has the disease or knows a relative who does. Tom Brokaw has it, too. More widespread than I thought. How long have you been battling it? For me it has been four years, but in earnest the last year has been more agressive treatments with radiation and chemo. Just hang in there and do what the doctors tell you. They sent mevup to Stanford University which is a four hour drive, but it helped immensely. Our small city just doesn't have the talent needed or access to treatment. Good luck! Stay positive....you can beat this thing. It's been two years now for me. So far, it's been pretty easy. The first three months were kind of rough, when I was getting chemo twice a week. But now, it's only once a month, and it seems to be keeping the disease in check. So the surgery you mentioned; was that the stem cell transfer thing? How was the operation and the recovery? I'll admit, I'm a bit nervous (okay; scared shitless!) about that.

Oops; cancel my comment-the version I saw had Raymond Burr.

Wow. Great news! I also have multiple-myeloma, but am not as far down the road as you. Now I see why my oncologist gets upset if I try to drop a few pounds.

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