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Hi all, just had to share the great news...this past weekend in our area we held the 2006 Relay for Life for Cancer..it is an event held at various locations(schools) that runs from 12 noon on Sat. to noon on Sunday,,,someone from each team must walk the track continuously during that time.....,our Team raised $3, 600 and was voted Rookie of the Year....overall the school I attended raised $119,00....Chris was part of the entertainment.....I met as I walked the track a young man named Liam who was about Chris' age....he was wearing the Lance Armstrong Shirt that quotes "We are the Lucky ONes'...I asked him if he had TC cancer.... he is dealing with a germ cell cancer in the brain for the last three years...TEam Liam raised $15,000 on their own...the weekend was emotional, but very inspiring.....thanks for listening...Mary Ellen
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Mary Ellen:
Thank you for your continuing efforts to raise funds for cancer research. It may not happen in our lifetime but how wonderful if our children can see a world that is cancer free. Again thank you.Son Jason diagnosed 4/30/04, stage III. Right I/O 4/30/04. Graduated College 5/13/04. 4XEP 6/7/04 - 8/13/04. Full open RPLND 10/13/04. All Clear since.
Treated by Dr. Rakowski of Midland Park, NJ. Visited Sloan Kettering for protocol advice. RPLND done at Sloan Kettering. -
Thats really great Mary Ellen! Good job!!Diagnosed 10/03/03
I/O 10/15/03
RPLND 1/21/04
Completed the Boston Marathon 4/19/05
Completed the Boston Marathon 4/17/06
Baby Riley born on 3/29/09
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Great work, Mary Ellen! I find events like this really renewing. I always come away wanting to do more.Scott
right inguinal orchiectomy 6/5/2003 > nonseminoma, stage I > surveillance > L-RPLND 6/24/2005 for recurrence, suspected teratoma but found seminoma, stage II > chylous ascites until 9/2005 > surveillance and "all clear" since
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That's great ours is this weekend at one of the local colleges.
I hope to be able to get there to support our team from work and maybe get some pics for the web, I have 2 things going on at the same time that night for work and I hope to be able to get to both of them with some quick driving
Our company besides having a team lets us buy jeans day stickers for Thursday for 3.00 very popular at work to wear jeans Thursday and Friday and a great way to raise money for the cure.
Thanks to all the walkers.
Brian5-1-2006 Right IO - Stage 1 Nonseminoma Embryonal and Yolk sac - Surveillance Baby on the way Born 7-20-07
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Great job Mary Ellen!!!!!! Good luck this week end Brian......Moffitt Cancer Institute
CANCER SUCKS
Diagnosed/Left I/O 9/18/2004--Non-Seminoma/Stage IIIC--3X B.E.P chemo--3X T.I.P. Salvage chemo---Abdominal [email protected] 34cmX 24.5cmX 17.5cm---4/19/2005 --RPLND/Left Kidney,8 1/2lb Abdominal tumor,42 nodes removed---7/16/2005 Remission/Surveillance---Severe Peripheral Neuropathy--Comment
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Brian...hope your Relay is successful....I left it with a great feeling and wanting to raise more money next year.....Mary EllenComment
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I am not on the team since I didn't know what was going on health wise 6 weeks ago
when they were signing people up, but many of my close co-workers are on the team and of course I will be supporting them since they all helped me while I was gone from work. Our whole company does a lot to support this and many other groups during the year. I am very lucky to work for a company that has done so much for the community and for all types of medical research. 
Brian5-1-2006 Right IO - Stage 1 Nonseminoma Embryonal and Yolk sac - Surveillance Baby on the way Born 7-20-07Comment
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Update form our work team they raised Little over 3300.00 for the cause and the total is still going up since more money was just dropped off this week. Next year I will be on two of the teams the one at work and the one at the Oncology Clinic that I go to. Just like to say GREAT JOB to my work team and to ALL of the teams accross the country.
Brian5-1-2006 Right IO - Stage 1 Nonseminoma Embryonal and Yolk sac - Surveillance Baby on the way Born 7-20-07Comment
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