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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: We're Number One! Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:06 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jerry Mayfield figures he has had two lucky breaks. <p>The first was after he was diagnosed with leukemia, and found a new drug called Gleevec, making headlines because of its astonishing effects in some cancer patients. <p>The second was after Gleevec failed him, and Mayfield enrolled in an experimental trial for the next-generation Gleevec, designed to help people precisely like himself. And he wants people to know about it. <p>His Internet diary is read by thousands of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, which affects about 4,400 Americans a year, 10,000 around the world.<p>***There is much wrong with these first four paragraphs, but I'll focus on this: We're meant to understand that 44% of all people with this disease live in the United States? On the off chance that this is true, it certainly warrants an explainer.***<p>[ July 18, 2004: Message edited by: Matthew Grieco ]</p>
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JonScribe	Post subject: Re: We're Number One! Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:14 pm
Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 356 Location: Everett, Wash.	So his first lucky break was that the first drug was ineffective?<p>What was his second? That he saved a bunch of money on car insurance?
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Powderhorn	Post subject: Re: We're Number One! Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:50 am
Joined: Fri Jun 07, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 840 Location: Ashland, Ore.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by JonScribe: So his first lucky break was that the first drug was ineffective?<p>What was his second? That he saved a bunch of money on car insurance?<hr></blockquote><p>LOL<p>(pointless post, I realize, but this one really deserved it)
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ADKbrown	Post subject: Re: We're Number One! Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:18 am
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by JonScribe: So his first lucky break was that the first drug was ineffective?<p>What was his second? That he saved a bunch of money on car insurance?<hr></blockquote><p>Reminds me of a passage in Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia." After he was shot in the neck, a doctor told him he was lucky to be alive. Orwell, of course, thought he was unlucky to have been shot.
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: We're Number One! Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:05 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ADKbrown: After he was shot in the neck, a doctor told him he was lucky to be alive. Orwell, of course, thought he was unlucky to have been shot.<hr></blockquote>Always look on the bright side of life<p>(Everybody whistle!)
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