[fat_wilhelm]

Originally Posted by Klotz

Did you decide on a 2008 charity yet?

Not yet. We're still going on Colitis right now. Maybe we can set a date to take that through, then talk about switching it up. I've got one I'd like to give to, but I don't want to make the decision on my own.

[fennway4414]

Originally Posted by fat_wilhelm

Not yet. We're still going on Colitis right now. Maybe we can set a date to take that through, then talk about switching it up. I've got one I'd like to give to, but I don't want to make the decision on my own.

Which one were you thinking about?

[JRT6]

My bench replacement: 2-3 reps every 30seconds for 12-15 sets. I'm wearing two 50lb vests and if I get stronger I'll add a mini band. If you look at my right elbow you'll notice that that's as far as I can straighten it. Getting old fucking sucks.


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[bacon]

I've been doing ring pushups for awhile now. They ain't easy. Did you buy those things or make them?

[fat_wilhelm]

Originally Posted by fennway4414

Which one were you thinking about?

I was thinking about something to do w/ pancreatic cancer since my aunt has gone through a lot w/ that lately. We shall see.

JRT, nice vid!

[liquid!]

Yeah, pancreatic cancer is hard to catch early and has a low survival rate. Very rough diagnosis. Sorry to hear about that Fatty.

[fat_wilhelm]

Originally Posted by liquid!

Yeah, pancreatic cancer is hard to catch early and has a low survival rate. Very rough diagnosis. Sorry to hear about that Fatty.

Thanks. We actually got her into a very progressive clinical trial last fall when she was diagnosed with stage 3B cancer and couldn't even stand up due to the pain. The tumor was inoperable and wrapped around her blood supply. Her blood screens showed cancer levels so high that her doctors didn't think she would make it through treatment.

Today, after some very hard months of treatment and lots and lots of weight loss, she is in remission, thanks to the gene therapy trial she enrolled in. The main cancer level reading has gone from 19,000 at diagnosis to 240 this past Friday and it continues to drop. She looks great and has returned to a healthy weight. Even her doctor is giddy-ecstatic.

As you probably know, there is rarely any such thing as remission w/ pancreatic cancer. 99% of the time, you get it, then you die, so this is the best result we could have hoped for, regardless of what the future brings.

[fennway4414]

That's awesome Fatty. We all hope for the best man.

[bacon]

Sounds like a worthy cause to me.

[liquid!]

Wow, that is amazing outcome. My wife is a cancer epidemiologist and she explained to me just how grim that diagnosis is when it was found that Patrick Swazye had pancreatic cancer. I wish your Aunt and family the absolute best in the future. May her stars remain aligned.