Bruce Allen seems to confirm this at BSMW.dirtynine said:Rich seems to be one of the nicest, most genuine and most enthusiastic guys around, let alone in sports media.
Before we get to everything WEEI and Glenn Ordway, I would like to take a moment to send my thoughts and prayers to Rich Shertenlieb and his wife, Mary, who was diagnosed with leukemia. As his co-host on the morning drive show, “Toucher and Rich,” Fred Toettcher, pointed out several times, Rich is truly a great person. Most know of his workdeveloping the Miracle League in Massachusetts; but, in my opinion, his involvement isn’t extolled as much as it should be.
On a personal note, next to Rob Bradford, I owe much of my own success to Shertenlieb. Two years ago, shortly after I started writing at BSMW, I reached out to Rich to come on my podcast. There was no benefit to him — no exposure bucks and certainly no financial compensation — yet, without hesitation, he came on and spent an hour talking to me about work ethic, failures, triumphs and how he always tries to raise the bar in sports radio. Since then, even while working with WEEI, I’ve exchanged occasional emails and caught up with him at Celtics games. Rich, as he’s wont to do, is always gregarious toward me, and seems genuinely interested in me “making it.” A good dude in a cynical world. That’s all. And as Toettcher alluded to this morning, he feeds off his listeners; if you have a moment, shoot him an email or a tweet. It will mean a lot to him.
Oh yeah, well fuck you too.The Allented Mr Ripley said:For clarifiation, Ryan Hadfield wrote that piece about Shertenlieb on BMSW, not Bruce Allen.
wutang112878 said: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.
Patriot_Reign said: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.
I don't see it on ItunesGambler7 said:FYI Rich is calling into the show in a minute
Edit: FYI Fred just said they did put up Hour 3 on the podcast now from yesterday.
She's 37. Rich's agedoc said: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.
https://www.facebook.com/ToucherRich/posts/10151294558740913Hello everyone. This is Rich with an update on Mary. Today is the last day of Mary's 7 day long chemo treatment and she is doing fantastic. She's very sleepy and exhausted, but that is to be expected after the 7 day butt-whooping she just went through.
For the next 7 days, Mary will be in the "nadir" period which lasts 7 days. It's a waiting period where the hospital sees how Mary's body reacts to the chemotherapy. During that time, we will get the results of her bone marrow test and find out if she needs a transplant.
Tomorrow we will be having a small party in the hospital room, not only to celebrate finishing her chemo, but also to cut her hair for the Locks of Love charity, so she can donate it to sick children before it falls out.
Mary's friends and family have been amazing. Since the moment she arrived last Thursday, Mandy has not left her side once. Every night she has slept next to her and there is no one who knows more and has more info about what Mary is going through than her sister Mandy. Mandy feeds her, makes her laugh, motivates her, inspires her. Mary truly could not do this without her. She is a godsend.
Mary's mother has been in Boston and watching our boys before Mary was even admitted to the hospital. Her boundless energy is no match for even our 2 year old Max.
My parents have been amazing with Mary, helping me behind the scenes to get our lives organized during this time of temporary chaos.
And this bump in the road has truly shown us just how many friends we have. So many friends volunteering to watch our boys, setting up care websites, making dinners for the family, so many big and great gestures to name...Mary truly thanks you all.
(Mary told me to add the following) "My husband has been unbelievable, running back and forth between the hospital and watching the guys, getting the housing situation set up for family. And because I can't see the guys for at least a month, he's been giving the little guys much needed hugs."
Mary is the toughest person I know. Yet she is handling this with such positivity and grace. Thank you so much for all of your emails, thoughts, & prayers. They help more than you will ever know.
-Rich & Mary
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:That's great news.
Hopefully Lil' Poopy gets some good news today too!
steveluck7 said: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 Poopy
steveluck7 said: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 Poopy
Haunted said:Gerry Callahan was doing on about how despicable Fred was for glorifying Lil Poopie. "Aren't they a sports station" was one line I heard.
They were trashing it on WAAF as well.
I agree. Considering both are Entercom stations (and share a PD), is there a chance that it was a Wolfe directive to talk about it?HomeBrew1901 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.
steveluck7 said: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 Poopy
Haunted said:Gerry Callahan was doing on about how despicable Fred was for glorifying Lil Poopie. "Aren't they a sports station" was one line I heard.
Today at 5PM, all of our prayers were answered. Mary’s Doctor delivered the amazing news that the chemo worked, there is no more cancer in Mary’s body, and she is officially in REMISSION!
Adding to the great news, they informed Mary that she would be able to go home in one to two weeks and for the first time since her diagnosis, will be able to finally see Hank and Max.
As soon as her numbers rise to acceptable levels, she we be able to journey home. What will follow is six to seven months of outpatient chemotherapy which will comprise of six “sessions”. A session is basically one week in and out of the hospital of chemotherapy (not nearly as strong as the one she just endured) followed by about three weeks off. If everything goes as planned, this will all be over by the end of the Summer.
Since Mary’s hair was already falling out in bunches (one bunch that she has formed into a very strange “hair gerbil” named “Ferbie” that sits on her shelf), Mary decided to go ahead and shave off the rest of her hair. And unlike her husband, her head is perfectly shaped and she looks gorgeous.
It would be an understatement to say that this is the best news I’ve ever received. I just watched my beautiful wife endure something that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, and she did it all with a smile, sense of humor, and grace. Throughout this process when I started to feel even the slightest bit upset, I would think about how Mary has been through hell and back and never once kept anything but the most positive of attitudes. I’d think to myself “If Mary can endure this, than I can endure anything.” She truly is an inspiration.
The fact that Mary came in to the hospital 16 days ago with what the doctors were calling one of the highest blast cell counts they had seen, and is now cancer free, is truly nothing short of a miracle. I hope and pray that if anyone has to endure what Mary went through, that they have the same amazing love and support from their family and friends that Mary has had.
We thank you all for your prayers, they worked. They really worked. Mary is cancer free, and soon she will be back home with the little guys she loves so much.
steveluck7 said: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