{"id":6630,"date":"2015-04-10T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T16:53:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-04-10T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T16:53:08","slug":"callers_share_their_cancer_stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/04\/10\/callers_share_their_cancer_stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Callers Share Their Cancer Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/videos\/37\/65502\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to it Button\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/radiothon.org\/rush\/\">Twenty-fifth annual Cure-A-Thon Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society<\/a> exclusively on the EIB Network, 25 years you\u2019ve raised over $40 million.  Note that I said &#8220;you&#8221; have, not me.  All I\u2019ve done is sit here and give you the phone number and the address.  You\u2019ve done it.  And you\u2019ve done it every year.  I can\u2019t tell you, just me personally, how blown away I am. <\/p>\n<p>I said to Snerdley today, Snerdley will back me up, he walked in here about a quarter \u2019til 12, and I said, &#8220;I don\u2019t know how much longer, we\u2019ve gotta be tapped out, Bo. I mean, 25 years, how much do people have left?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;No way, you wait.  No way.&#8221;  He said, &#8220;What are you afraid of?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I said, &#8220;I\u2019m not afraid of anything.  I\u2019m just &#8212; 25 years is a long time.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/radiothon.org\/rush\/\"><img id=\"eZObject_104590\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/RUshOpenLineFriday-4-10-15.jpg\"\/><\/a>He said, &#8220;Yeah, but you only do it once a year.  You\u2019re not beating people up over the head every day.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s true. But still, 25 years and over $40 million.  And it\u2019s all you.  As I say, folks, we don\u2019t do this for any reason other than the cause.  You never hear about what happens on this program regarding this, do you?  You don\u2019t see anywhere reporting on what happens on this day, on this program, do you?  Oh, yeah, you\u2019ll hear about all the other supposed controversial things that say I shouldn\u2019t even be on the radio. You\u2019ll hear all about that, but you will not hear about what happens on this day.  I\u2019m not complaining about it.  I\u2019m making a point. <\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t buzz about it.  We\u2019re not doing it for that.  We\u2019re not doing it for recognition.  We\u2019re not doing it for praise.  We\u2019re not doing it for attaboys.  We\u2019re doing it for the cause, that\u2019s all.  This program is real.  Everything here is devoted to substance.  There\u2019s no symbolism over substance on this program about anything.  It\u2019s real.  The cause is the thing. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll get very personal with you.  Kathryn and I have been living &#8212; sorry for this expression, but it\u2019s the best way I can explain it to you &#8212; since last October we have been living under a cloud of death and sickness.  Her best friend just died five weeks ago, one of her best friends just died with this kind of disease.  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7248\">Kit Carson late January<\/a>.  There doesn\u2019t seem to have been a break from it.  It\u2019s devastating, and you just wish with every bit of your heart these people wouldn\u2019t go through it. <\/p>\n<p>In the case of Kathryn\u2019s friend they told her that &#8212; well, I don\u2019t want to get too personal &#8212; but six months, so they started making some plans to do some bucket list things.  She didn\u2019t get five weeks.  I\u2019m telling you, it is devastating and anything that anybody could do to see to it that it becomes less suffering, less profound on the way to a cure, that\u2019s what this is all about here.  That\u2019s why we\u2019ve been doing it for 25 years.  877-379-8888 or RushLimbaugh.com. <\/p>\n<p>On the phones we\u2019ll start with Jim in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  Great to have you, sir.  Hello.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Rush, pleased to talk with you.  This was meant to be.  I was riding down the road listening to you on the radio, talked with my brother Ed, and I said, &#8220;I got to call Rush and tell him thank you.  I\u2019m a three-year survivor of acute myeloid leukemia. I spent 50 days in the hospital over a four month period, and had seven blood transfusions and just felt dreadful for a year, year and a half, before that \u2019til they figured out was wrong with me.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  See, three years ago this would have all been just something I would have had to imagine, but now I\u2019ve seen it. I\u2019ve been in the hospital room. I\u2019ve been where this is happening. I know what you\u2019ve gone through now.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/radiothon.org\/rush\/\"><img id=\"eZObject_104583\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-CureAThon-585-AD-25th-Annual-4_10_15.jpg\"\/><\/a>RUSH:  Three years.  What\u2019s your status?  You\u2019re three years &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Well, I\u2019m in full remission. My doctor says, &#8220;You\u2019re cured,&#8221; even though, you know, he said you\u2019re not really cured, but you\u2019re cured.  He said the chances of it coming back are so minimal &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Yeah, but you always live with the possibility that it could recur, but it\u2019s still gotta be great to have the doctor tell you what he told you.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  My blood tests were every three months.  They\u2019ve pushed it out to every four months now. So all is good. My blood tests come back, I feel great.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  What was the treatment for you that everybody thinks worked?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  It was induction chemotherapy, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For the first week it just decimates your immune system, and then you have to worry about getting infections and things like that. So I spent a full month in the hospital the first round. And again, you have to watch out for infections and so forth, so they can\u2019t let you out. You\u2019re in isolation pretty much.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  I know.  See, I know all of this now.  I\u2019ve been through all this with other people.  Jim, thanks for the call, and congratulations.  I appreciate it.  Thank you very much. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Connie in Beverly Hills, Florida.  Great to have you on the EIB Network.  Hello.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Oh, my gosh, Rush, it\u2019s such a pleasure to talk to you.  Oh, I\u2019m almost speechless.  Almost.  I\u2019ve been listening since 1989.  You\u2019re my hero.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Well, you\u2019re almost a lifer.  Wow.  Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah.  All right.  I\u2019m a nurse of 35-plus years, and I\u2019ve been an oncology nurse for most of those years, and I have observed over the years something that I felt would maybe be helpful for your audience, \u2019cause dealing with family members is a big part of this terrible disease.  It isn\u2019t just the patient going through it; it\u2019s the family as well, and friends, like you were with your friends.  And they find it so difficult to see the patient. Not all, but many find it difficult to go in and see the patient or they\u2019re afraid they\u2019re going to tear up and cry and then make the patient cry. Or they\u2019re not gonna be able to speak and say anything that makes any difference, and I have tried to help so many people figure out, &#8220;No, this is what you need to do.  Don\u2019t worry about it if you tear up.  It\u2019s okay.  If ever you had a good reason to tear up, it\u2019s okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  This is true, folks.  People don\u2019t know what to talk about. <\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  They don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  You walk into the room, it could be your friend, best friend, an acquaintance, a friend of a friend, family member, and you don\u2019t know what to say. You\u2019re afraid of being negative so you don\u2019t want to go on that route.  I have developed, to deal with this, I\u2019ve found my own ways of communicating with people now that seems to work for me and them and I\u2019ll share that with you when I have more time here.  But it\u2019s an excellent point, Connie.  Your point about it being harder on the family sometimes than the patient, that sounds kind of hard to say, but it can be true.  I saw that, too. <\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Oh, absolutely.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Harder on the families, particularly when the patient reaches a certain stage.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  That\u2019s right.  And they do go through all of those five stages of death and dying, and many of them don\u2019t have enough time to get to the last stage of acceptance.  But a lot of them do.  The family members and loved ones, it\u2019s harder for them, because they just feel so frustrated and so helpless. It is a hard thing, but having done this, and I\u2019ve given the chemotherapy, and I\u2019ve held emotional support groups, and I\u2019ve talked with more patients and family members and loved ones that you can shake a stick at, and I have seen this so much, and I guess I kind of wanted to say, you know what, just take a deep breath, take a big swallow &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  And be real.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  &#8212; and go in and say, &#8220;I just love you so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  I hate to have to stop you, but I\u2019ve got no time.  It\u2019s real, and this is what the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/radiothon.org\/rush\/\">Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society<\/a> also offers, assistance for people in dealing with it.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  It\u2019s the 25th annual <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/radiothon.org\/rush\/\">Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society Cure-A-Thon<\/a> to cure the blood cancers here on the EIB Network and RushLimbaugh.com.  It\u2019s easy to donate there.  By the way, we are, as I mentioned, we\u2019re up in every meaningful way.  We\u2019re up in number of donors.  We are up in total donations.  Last year was a record year, and we\u2019re a little bit down in per capita, but that\u2019s cool. That\u2019s fine.  That\u2019s actually ideal.  The more people donating, the better.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t require a lot. If everybody in this audience gave a dollar, a buck, we would set a donation record.  Now, that\u2019s obviously not gonna happen, but it illustrates the point.  And, you know, have you heard people say they want to make a difference, do something to make a difference?  This does.  This actually does. <\/p>\n<p>You know the odds that you\u2019re gonna run into somebody someday in your life with blood cancers. If you donate to this cause and try to cure the blood cancers, at some point the odds are good that you\u2019re gonna know somebody, somehow who gets it. Maybe directly or indirectly at a distance, you\u2019re gonna know somebody affected by this disease.  When that happens to you, it brings it all home.<\/p>\n<p>The blood cancers are a little different because there\u2019s nothing you can do to avoid them.  They do not discriminate.  There isn\u2019t one group of people more susceptible to them than others like there are in certain diseases.  There\u2019s nothing you can do in a preventative way. &#8220;Don\u2019t eat that or don\u2019t drink that or keep your weight in control.&#8221; None of that matters.  If your number\u2019s up, your number\u2019s up.  And dealing with it, if you donate, if you help, you will make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>You already have. <\/p>\n<p>You are making a difference. <\/p>\n<p>One of the ways is the Patient Services program.  Patient Services program.  Now, this is not research.  This is nothing that leads to a cure.  But the society is all-inclusive.  The Patient Services program is designed to help patients on their journey, and it offers a variety of programs, including every bit of information about the disease.  Patients want two things. <\/p>\n<p>They want the doctor to be entirely honest with them.  They want the nurses, everybody in the medical side, to give total honesty.  They want honesty from family members.  And they want hope.  I know this now, because I\u2019ve been with people who have the disease.  Now I know this firsthand personal experience.  As far as Kit was concerned, he loved talking about it.  He was not&#8230; He didn\u2019t have the attitude, &#8220;I\u2019m not gonna talk about it; I don\u2019t want to be negative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t mind.  If you had questions, he\u2019d be glad to answer them.  No matter how deep.  No matter how shallow.  Whatever the questions, if you wanted to know how he was dealing with it &#8212; what kind of thoughts he was having, what was he going through &#8212; he\u2019d tell you.  Patients want honesty from everybody they\u2019re dealing with, and they also want hope. <\/p>\n<p>They want to believe that there\u2019s hope, that medical research is at that point where it can help them.  They want honesty combined with hope.  And it is this ongoing research, and the patient services program, that helps patients, helps families provide this hope.  It is a key element.  Nobody has made a direct correlation or direct link to a positive mental attitude and getting better, but it can\u2019t hurt.  A positive mental attitude cannot hurt. <\/p>\n<p>Whereas a defeatist attitude can hurt. A defeatist attitude can lead to the patient not being vigilant, and it can really sadden the family.  So Patient Services tries to keep everything realistically positive.  And even when the medical news is not what people want to hear, the hope is where that slack is picked up, because everybody involved is hoping, maybe for a miracle, maybe for something else.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever it is, however they categorize it, they\u2019re hoping for dramatic improvement. They\u2019re hoping for the disease\u2019s spread to stop.  They\u2019re hoping for anything that would constitute good news, because what they\u2019re ultimately hoping for is just a little more time.  Every patient in every family involved in this, the honesty coupled with that is crucial.  And everybody who\u2019s been involved in this will tell you that those things are accurate. <\/p>\n<p>The more honesty, the better.  The Patient Services program offers in some cases financial aid, family support groups, referral to other local community resources that offer assistance.  And all of that is free, because of donations made by people like you and me.  The Information Resource Center stands out among health organization call centers because of the depth of individual attention that\u2019s offered. <\/p>\n<p>Now, this started in 1987.  More than one million callers have benefited from this.  It\u2019s staffed with masters-level health care pros, and their hours have been expanded now from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.  This is the Information Resource Center. The Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society exists to fund cures and its advocacy and policy efforts committed to ensuring sustainable access to the best available treatments for all blood cancer patients.  Yeah, it\u2019s expensive. <\/p>\n<p>Not everybody has the kind of insurance that is gonna cover it all.  Everybody involved does their best to see to it that patients receive the best.  When you make a donation to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/radiothon.org\/rush\/\">Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society <\/a>at 877-379-8888 or at RushLimbaugh.com or on our Facebook page (and, yes, even our Twitter page for today), you are dedicating dollars toward funding blood cancer research and providing education, and as I just said, Patient Services to people in need. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to your generous support, there are more tools now to deal with these cancers.<\/p>\n<p>But the fight is ongoing, and one way you can keep that fight going is by participating today by sharing what you can.  The website is the easiest and quickest way that you can be involved, and we\u2019re set up today to take donations at RushLimbaugh.com or you can call 877-379-8888.  I want to remind you that you: No matter if you call or go online, your information\/personal data is secure and will not end up on a mailing list.<\/p>\n<p>You will not be hounded by anybody as a result of participating today. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Mike in Wilmot, Wisconsin. Thank you for calling, sir. It\u2019s great to have you and I\u2019m glad you waited, hello.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Hi, Rush.  How are you today?<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Great.  Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  I\u2019ve got a story I wanted to share with you and your listeners.  Last year on July 11th, my 10-month-old grandson was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukemia.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Ten months?  What were the symptoms?  Why would anybody even look for that?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Well, he wasn\u2019t feeling well. We thought he had the flu. We took him to his pediatrician, and they took a blood test, and that same day they shot him up to Primary Children\u2019s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, and sure enough that\u2019s what he was diagnosed with. He went through four bouts of chemotherapy, spent eight months in the hospital, and ended up having a bone marrow transplant that came from umbilical cord stem cells. He just got his hundred-day workup, and he\u2019s disease free; 100% of his bone marrow is donor bone marrow, and ten years ago the stem cells from umbilical cords wasn\u2019t even available. So I just want to encourage all your listeners.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  You know, I am glad you mentioned that.  I neglected to mention the bone marrow transplant.  That research has provided more weaponry, more ammunition for other cancers in addition to the blood cancers.  The bone marrow transplants have just been phenomenal in fighting this disease, and you mentioned these are umbilical cord stem cells.  They are not embryonic.  It\u2019s a significant difference. <\/p>\n<p>The cord stem cells are a major, major difference as opposed to embryonic, and they are proving miraculous.  But in addition to Gleevec, you are absolutely right.  The bone marrow transplants are just phenomenal.  In some cases, they\u2019re miraculous, like in the case of your son.  But at 10 months, what in the world did you think?  What were you feel, at 10 months?  I mean, you go from thinking maybe it\u2019s the flu to some sort of early pediatric fatigue to leukemia?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Devastating.  Devastating for the family.  A 10-month-old baby, it was a nightmare.  But the research works, man, and I just want to encourage all your listeners to dig deep, \u2019cause it\u2019s doing great things.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Ten-month-old baby.  I mean, that\u2019s the sense of innocence.  Everybody is, but a 10-month baby.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Your baby had no idea. At what age did your baby actually found out what all has happened, or has he yet?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  This is actually my grandson.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Oh, your grandson.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yes.  And, you know, he\u2019s oblivious to the fact.  He thinks this is normal for him, but his young parents &#8212; my son and my daughter-in-law &#8212; just lived through hell.  I tell you, if it wouldn\u2019t have been for the umbilical stem cells, our little guy might not be with us today.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Yeah, you know, that\u2019s its own story.  It\u2019s not embryonic.  You know, that was a big cultural dispute and fighting ground, but the cord cells, that\u2019s a different matter, and there\u2019s magic in there, as well as the bone marrow transplants.  I\u2019m so glad you reminded me of that.  Mike, I appreciate it.  I gotta take a quick time-out. 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