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Omaha Steve

(110,616 posts) Fri Jun 26, 2026, 11:55 PM 8 hrs ago

Tonight @ dinner Marta and I learned a long time good friend has Lukemia

Send some good thoughts his way.

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Tonight @ dinner Marta and I learned a long time good friend has Lukemia (Original Post) Omaha Steve 8 hrs ago OP

Sending healing vibes for your friend. LoisB 8 hrs ago #1

There are cures for Leukemia. Jacson6 8 hrs ago #2

Healing vibes on the way SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #3

Sending good thoughts his way Grim Chieftain 2 hrs ago #4

LoisB

(13,760 posts)

1. Sending healing vibes for your friend.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:31 AM

8 hrs ago

Jacson6

(2,322 posts)

2. There are cures for Leukemia.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:35 AM

8 hrs ago

When I was a child (1972) my best friend had leukemia and was cured by St. Jude Hospital at no cost to his family.

SheltieLover

(82,689 posts)

3. Healing vibes on the way

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:45 AM

5 hrs ago

Grim Chieftain

(2,310 posts)

4. Sending good thoughts his way

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 05:43 AM

2 hrs ago

If it's any comfort, my favorite professor at grad school had leukemia and lived with it for forty years. One of my husband's friends likewise lived decades with it. While the diagnosis is frightening, there is hope.

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