RIP Toucher and Rich Show ... It was fun while it lasted
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I had a hard time not tearing up myself when Fred was reading that. Best wishes to Mary, Rich, and family.
This just sucks so much. Rich seems to be one of the nicest, most genuine and most enthusiastic guys around, let alone in sports media. I don't know much about what he and his family will face but I really pray that they are able to come through with health and (if possible) good spirits.
Not that any cancer or leukemia is good, but does anyone know if this type can be treated effectively if caught early enough? I really do hope so.
For clarification, Ryan Hadfield wrote that piece about Shertenlieb on BMSW, not Bruce Allen.
No inside info on this case, but t twenty years ago I witnessed my dad lose a year long struggle with it. He died at 44. He was strong healthy in shape and ran forty to fifty miles a week.
In eleven months he went from prime of his life to it was a mercy he died. He had his care and bone marrow treatment out of new England medical center.we got to know a lot of families on that floor as many of the folks were preparing for bone marrow treatments. I would guess ten to twenty were still alive. This could be off but lets just say despite the statistics well over fifty percent died.
Chemo and bone marrow transplant prep mean eradicating your immune system.my dad spent weeks in a isolation room where only my mom was allowed in. We could only talk to him via phone art the door. I could tell lots of stories of the effect of this but I spouse every family has stories like this.
They basically told him he was in remission but a high percentage of adults fall out with in five years and the odds of getting back to remission then or having a successful bone marrow transplant were very low. They gave him eight percent odds on the bone marrow transplant. With four kids between twelve and seventeen go underwent the bone marrow transplant.
His body accepted the transplant but the transplant rejected his body something called graft versus host disease.five more months of isolation and no real immune system and he was killed by an opportunistic infection that turned into sepsis. The doctors were right he did not die from leukemia but he died nonetheless.
I would not wish this on anyone. The odds were not and as I understand are not super good for an adult.
In eleven months he went from prime of his life to it was a mercy he died. He had his care and bone marrow treatment out of new England medical center.we got to know a lot of families on that floor as many of the folks were preparing for bone marrow treatments. I would guess ten to twenty were still alive. This could be off but lets just say despite the statistics well over fifty percent died.
Chemo and bone marrow transplant prep mean eradicating your immune system.my dad spent weeks in a isolation room where only my mom was allowed in. We could only talk to him via phone art the door. I could tell lots of stories of the effect of this but I spouse every family has stories like this.
They basically told him he was in remission but a high percentage of adults fall out with in five years and the odds of getting back to remission then or having a successful bone marrow transplant were very low. They gave him eight percent odds on the bone marrow transplant. With four kids between twelve and seventeen go underwent the bone marrow transplant.
His body accepted the transplant but the transplant rejected his body something called graft versus host disease.five more months of isolation and no real immune system and he was killed by an opportunistic infection that turned into sepsis. The doctors were right he did not die from leukemia but he died nonetheless.
I would not wish this on anyone. The odds were not and as I understand are not super good for an adult.
wutang112878 said:
I'm not a doctor but the numbers (to me) look bad for this type of cancer. 5 year survival rate for people under 60 of 30% and >60 is only 5-10%.
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/hematology-oncology/acute-myelogenous-leukemia/
Prayers for Rich and his wife, I hope things work out for the best.
They didn't publish a podcast for hour three today, would've liked to hear the audio from Fred.
They didn't publish a podcast for hour three today, would've liked to hear the audio from Fred.
Patriot_Reign said:
No, you really wouldn't. It wasn't unreal / over the top, but I don't blame them for not putting it online. It was pretty sad.
I don't tweet, so I wanted to send Rich a quick email. I found it by navigating the labyrinth that is the awful 98.5 web site and figured I'd share in case anyone is interested in dropping him a note: Rich@985thesportshub.com.
Fred also tweeted this earlier fwiw
You can leave your comments for Rich and his family below, send him well wishes on Twitter @ToucherandRich, and visit the Miracle League Massachusetts
— Rich’s organization that gives children with disabilities the chance to play baseball — to show your support to the Shertenlieb family.
You can leave your comments for Rich and his family below, send him well wishes on Twitter @ToucherandRich, and visit the Miracle League Massachusetts
— Rich’s organization that gives children with disabilities the chance to play baseball — to show your support to the Shertenlieb family.
AML has a number of sub types with the best type having a 70% 5 year survival rate and the worst at 15%. She is what , only 29? talking 5 year survival rates with folk this young is awful. Jinocho is right, this is not a good treatment, it's definitely one where the treatment can be worse than the disease unless you get lucky and get to the other side intact.
Rich just posted this on the Toucher and Rich Facebook account
"I'm sitting here speechless after reading a letter Chuck Pagano just personally wrote my wife and me. Our friend Albert Breer when hearing about Mary's leukemia contacted him, and he wrote the single most inspirational email my wife and I could have received. Thank you Coach Pagano. You made my wife a little bit stronger today."
What a class act Pagano is.
"I'm sitting here speechless after reading a letter Chuck Pagano just personally wrote my wife and me. Our friend Albert Breer when hearing about Mary's leukemia contacted him, and he wrote the single most inspirational email my wife and I could have received. Thank you Coach Pagano. You made my wife a little bit stronger today."
What a class act Pagano is.
Wow, if you told me two years ago that the Colts would now probably be my non-favorite Pats team, I would have laughed at you.
Amazing news this morning guys- just found out that Mary will not need a bone marrow transplant, and that her numbers are looking much better!
We will know this weekend more info on how her body is responding to the first round of chemo, which will determine where we go from there.
Mary has been unbelievably strong through all this & has taken this thing head on. Couldn't be more proud of her.
Barring something unexpected, I will be back on the air with Fred, Jon, Adolfo, Dan, Mike & Boomer this Thursday morning. Can't wait to get back. Seriously missed talking with you guys.
We honestly couldn't get through this without you guys. We're forever thankful for your thoughts, prayers, love, and support. Keep those prayers coming, they're working!
-Rich
https://www.facebook.com/ToucherRich/posts/10151304004025913
We will know this weekend more info on how her body is responding to the first round of chemo, which will determine where we go from there.
Mary has been unbelievably strong through all this & has taken this thing head on. Couldn't be more proud of her.
Barring something unexpected, I will be back on the air with Fred, Jon, Adolfo, Dan, Mike & Boomer this Thursday morning. Can't wait to get back. Seriously missed talking with you guys.
We honestly couldn't get through this without you guys. We're forever thankful for your thoughts, prayers, love, and support. Keep those prayers coming, they're working!
-Rich
https://www.facebook.com/ToucherRich/posts/10151304004025913
What exactly was going on with that this morning? I was only in my car for a brief bit but it was when Fred was railing against someone for busting him for attempting to gets someone on the show. Before i got out, i gathered that it had something to with Lil PoopyNortheasternPJ said:
The gist of the Fred/Poopie story is that Fred found Lil Poopie somewhere on the interwebs a few weeks or so ago. He was excited because he found a kid rapper from the area with Poopie in is name.
I think on the day that Rich announced the news about Mary (before that news was broken) Fred was "excited" and announced that he had been in touch with Poopies people and he would be doing a rap for or about T&R. Never heard anything after then.
Poopie hits the fan the last few days and Big Poopie might lose Little Poopie to the State and it looks like D&C and Hillman were trying to link Fred to it which is pretty despicable if you ask me.
I think on the day that Rich announced the news about Mary (before that news was broken) Fred was "excited" and announced that he had been in touch with Poopies people and he would be doing a rap for or about T&R. Never heard anything after then.
Poopie hits the fan the last few days and Big Poopie might lose Little Poopie to the State and it looks like D&C and Hillman were trying to link Fred to it which is pretty despicable if you ask me.
Christ guys. Have some damn respect. It's Lil' Poopy with a "y", not an "ie". You're all as bad as Fred.
This sounds great, but the terms "cancer free" and "six to seven months of outpatient chemotherapy" seem to be at odds to me.
I wish her, Rich, and her kids all the best.
I wish her, Rich, and her kids all the best.
So Adolfo got punched in the face doing the drunken recaps after the B's game last night. He actually handled it fairly well... he didn't have the reaction you would expect him to when getting hit in the face
