The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is – and I mean this seriously – the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been,
— Fidel Castro -January 25, 2012
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I <3 Lanikai…and its sand :P
See the guy with towel wrapped around his shoulders? That’s how you know it’s winter in Hawaii.
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Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on with me.
WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
- 8/1979: Born. Grew up in CT, built a killer eraser collection, fell in love with computers.
- Left college to start a company. Fell hard. Fled to India for 3 months.
- Started 2nd company. Learned to be an adult. Fell in love with NYC.
- Moved to SF, discovered burritos & some of my fave people on Earth.
- 9/2011: Got diagnosed with Leukemia!
- Cried. Went through 3 cycles of chemo. Hurt. Thought hard about what I want out of life. Grew up a second time.
TODAY
… After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor!
You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.)
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks.
First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try and eradicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed.
Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start on immunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world.
Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own.
This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening.
AFTER THE TRANSPLANT
Recovery to a new state of “normal” takes about a year, but there’s a few storm clouds hovering:
- My immune system is new, like a baby’s. I’m prone to getting sick.
- Just as with any organ transplant, there’s a chance of rejection. Except in this case, it’s my blood that’s the foreign body, and it touches every organ. They call it graft-vs-host-disease and it can cause health issues and organ complications for the rest of my life.
- Successful transplant or not, Leukemia can relapse. Stubborn mofo.
Overall, 75% of AML transplant patients survive year one, 50% make it through year five. My odds are a little better since I’m young.
THE GREAT NEWS
I’ve got a long road ahead. But I’ve got a donor & amazing family & friends. A few months ago I didn’t have many options. Today I have a plan.
I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Thank you.
this.
cried all the tears on muni.
good news.
Keep fighting! Millions of people survive and you’ll be one of them. I am too.
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Lackluster Lovers: Rick Perry: ”I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian, but you... →
Rick Perry: ”I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian, but you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. “
As hurtful as that…
I don’t agree, you are probably too young to remember prayers in school. Rick Perry is talking about Christian ONLY prayers in schools.
I can remember the day starting with morning announcements that began with the “Our Father” prayer and ended with a Psalm from the bible. It’s not a choice but indoctrination of young children. If they come from a Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Atheist, Agnostic or whatever family is was always an uncomfortable moment. It led to questioning your families beliefs and heritage and made you feel “less than.”
If they want to rotate prayers from all religions, or study all faiths in social studies, that’s different, but to compare the fight for equal rights of the gay community to the freedom of religion is a mistake. There is no law against praying to your personal God or being whatever religion you choose, but in a state/federal funded institution Christian prayers have no place in our increasingly diverse population.
You can say Merry Christmas all you want, there is no law against it, but for Gay and Lesbian couples it is not legal to marry in many states, they can’t file a joint federal tax return even if their state allows a form of civil union or gay marriage. There are a million other examples I could give you but my puppy is indicating that he need to go outside. so I’ll close with this——Tolerance is something you are not yet fully aware of.
Aloha
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Reblog, go on your blog, click the triangle, wait for 5 sec, and press skip.
I JUST SPENT LIKE AN 1 HOUR OF MY LIFE ON THIS, GENIUS
this is legit so sick.
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