Pierre the Great Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Speaking from experience from this kind leukaemia it is extremely cruel. Best of luck has he fights it. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/nhl_tor_blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonus Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 best wishes Mr. Blake. I hope that you pull through this is well as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 speedy recovery, man. all the best to you and your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cataclaw Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 That sucks. I will put asside my obligatory hatred of the Toronto Maple Leafs to wish Mr. Blake the best of luck... Get well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Boagalott Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Paul Maurice said "I'm not familiar with the condition so it was new that something like this would be as treatable and for such a positive sentence to come after such a negative sentence, it takes a little while to get your head around it." No doubt though. I've never heard of a cancer that isnt serious. How the hell could he not miss any playing time? Thats probably just the absolute best case scenario. Either way it sux0rs for Blake, and the Leaf organization. I hope he fights it off with his scrappy attitude just like he does in the corners with pucks. Best of health to you Blake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 It seems like he is going to play through it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 this form runs in my family. Its a white blood cell disease. It's absolutely horrible. 3 generations of PTG's have died from it. He's going to get really tired a lot, some days not be able to get out of bed or living room. good news its a very slow cancer bad news, its a very slow cancer He's in the chronic phase right now: Approximately 85% of patients with CML are in the chronic phase at the time of diagnosis. During this phase, patients are usually asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms of fatigue or abdominal fullness. The duration of chronic phase is variable and depends on how early the disease was diagnosed as well as the therapies used. Ultimately, in the absence of curative treatment, the disease progresses to an accelerated phase. Then it is: Accelerated phase Criteria for diagnosing transition into the accelerated phase are somewhat variable; the most widely used criteria are those put forward by investigators at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, by Sokal et al, and the World Health Organization. The WHO criteria are perhaps most widely used, and include: * 10–19% myeloblasts in the blood or bone marrow * >20% basophils in the blood or bone marrow * Platelet count <100,000, unrelated to therapy * Platelet count >1,000,000, unresponsive to therapy * Cytogenetic evolution with new abnormalities in addition to the Philadelphia chromosome * Increasing splenomegaly or white blood cell count, unresponsive to therapy The patient is considered to be in the accelerated phase if any of the above are present. The accelerated phase is significant because it signals that the disease is progressing and transformation to blast crisis is imminent. Blast crisis Blast crisis is the final phase in the evolution of CML, and behaves like an acute leukemia, with rapid progression and short survival. Blast crisis is diagnosed if any of the following are present in a patient with CML * >20% myeloblasts or lymphoblasts in the blood or bone marrow * Large clusters of blasts in the bone marrow on biopsy * Development of a chloroma (solid focus of leukemia outside the bone marrow) You die in Blast crisis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_myelogenous_leukemia It seems like he is going to play through it? He won't be able to, I doubt he'll be able to play through his contract. He'll have to retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Ouch, sorry to hear it affects your family. Best of wishes to PTG and his family and Jason Blake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan24 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Best wishes to Blake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Best wishes. No woner he admires Saku so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 Best wishes. No woner he admires Saku so much! who me? Saku is the best. truly. Yeah my grandpa died of this back in '96. raving disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 who me? Saku is the best. truly. Yeah my grandpa died of this back in '96. raving disease. I did not know you admired sake so much. The Best wishes was for both of you though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaze53 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Sorry to hear about that PTG, best wishes to you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hail Blake, to his struggle and success. Cheers to the warriors. PTG as one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msjustsyncfox Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I wish the very best for Blake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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