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And there was quiet, all through the house

The news has been relatively quiet so I have not reported.

As we head into the holiday weekend and the week before New Years, let me add my holiday wishes to you and yours.

And I thank you for clicking through on the Amazon links when you shop online. This time of year it brings in a little more referral income and helps pay the web hosting fees.

An Extreme Makeover - Website Edition Blessing

If you have a web site that is 12 years old and you haven't had nearly enough time to keep it up and add info, then the bare spots will show. When I was starting the site, web encoding, HTML, was centered around a now almost forgotten browser, Netscape. Screen sizes were 800x600 if you were lucky. Each Christmas break I would put in a mad rush to update the site to get pages into a more modern era but given I have a career with daily responsibilities, I have fallen behind year by year.

Information Streaming Forth

As expected, there is a number of significant lymphoma related releases coming from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting in Florida this weekend.

- New abstracts on romidespin for Cutaneous T-Cell lymphomas (CTCL)

Calendar Fundraiser

At Christmas a year ago, Heather was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Her friends gave her love and support, but when the cost of her medication exceeded what her insurance would cover, they knew they needed to do more. Their idea: they developed Limesuckers, a benefit calendar created entirely through donations with every penny of profit going to Heather. If they can sell five hundred calendars they will have completely covered all of her outstanding medical expenses. They're now half way there.

On a trip

I'm on a business trip to Washington this week with my first head cold of the season. To shake off jet lag I'll try to get alot of sleep.

Speaking of sleep - everyone needs it. Whether you're fighting lymphoma or not, get plenty of rest. It seems like they find more and more problems that people have if they don't get a good night's sleep.

If I cannot get to the computer to post this week, no worries. I am hoping you all are entering a hopeful holiday season.

Lymphoma Survivor chosen as Seattle Cancer Care Alliance advocate

Last year, I posted about Pamela Clark who is a pro surfer and Hodgkin's Lymphoma survivor. The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) has chosen Pamela as their cancer advocate. She appears in a full page ad for SCCA in three magazines - Sunset (Nov), Seattle (Sept), Horizon Air (Oct), and Alaska Air (Oct).

The ad starts out with:

Serious surfer

Substance abuse scientist

Dedicated do-gooder

Loving Wife

Hodgkin's Disease survivor

Quietness

I've been searching for days for new news for the blog - it's been very quiet out there. The researchers apparently are gearing up for the annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting. This year it will be held December 9-12 in Orlando, Florida. If you are interested in more information on this event, visit http://www.hematology.com.

Lymphoma Patient Weds in Hospital Chapel

After learning he had lymphoma, James Burns of Lanarkshire, UK proposed to Grace Campbell. The couple has been together three years and has a one year old son Aaron. She says "As soon as we were told there was a chance James had cancer he turned to me and asked if I’d marry him — it was a complete surprise."

The couple had wanted a large wedding in the Motherwell Civic Centre but doctors told the couple they did not want James to leave the hospital where he had started chemotherapy.

Google Co-op - Customized Search Engine

Google has come up with yet another feature to their search engine. With their Co-op program, they let you make a custom search engine.

I have crafted a Lymphoma Search Engine (not much of a surprise in that name:-).

Computer Manufacturing Employees and Cancer Risk

Cancer-related mortality is considerably higher among people who work in computer manufacturing industry, says a report in the journal Environmental Health.

Similar findings have been reported among employees who work in plants that manufacture computers, semiconductors, integrated circuits and other components, Dr. Richard W. Clapp, an epidemiologist at Boston University School of Public Health, has found.