i know someone
who is dying.
she needs our help.
she needs a
bone marrow transplant
and she needs
a match.
soon.
she is
go here.
let’s all do
even more good
than we already have.
fuck cancer.
fuck death.
(there has been too much of this shit this year).
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Fuck it, indeed.
Thanks for bringing attention to the Marrow Donor Registry. I had non-hodgkin’s lymphoma as well, so I’m not eligible to be a donor, but I love that you’re introducing the registry to people who might not otherwise decide to join it. Thanks.
I can’t help due to my own fucking cancer issues, I will never be able to be a donor. If 10 would sign up because I can’t, that would make me happy.
Wow, thanks for posting this link!
I am already on the registry, but I hope your post results in many additional potential donors! It is really easy to register (cheek swabs… it’s painless!).
I am shocked that with 300 million people in this country, there are only 12 million people on the registry. I know that the cost of it ($52) probably deters a lot of people… but there are usually several “promotion” periods per year when they will register people for free. I think I registered during a Mother’s Day promotion a couple of years ago.
Anyway, if you can spare the $52, it’s definitely a great thing to do. You may never get called, but then again, maybe you will… and will have the opportunity to save a life!
*sigh* i wish i could donate but i have Von Willbrand’s Disease ( a bleeding disorder) and can not
that sucks….
I’m registered, just waiting for the call one day…
Thanks Matt…if you get me some good marrow…I will buy you another pair of new shoes..so you can throw the ugly red ones away! xo
Thanks Matt for bringing this issue to light! Cancer and Death fucking suck!!
Fuck indeed.
Sorry, best of luck to your friends.
Im so sorry about your friend. I will check into registering.
Thanks for bringing this to everyone’s attention.
I am already a registered donor. They have not ever contacted me yet as being a match for someone, but when they do, I am so ready to help out.
I just checked to make sure I am still listed on the registry since I have gotten remarried.
I hope and pray many people who can will step up and get registered. And to those who cannot, I pray for you and your situation.
I can’t because cancer is currently kicking my ass, well not my ass – my brain, but you get the picture… But please please do all you can to kick the collective ass of all the cancers. And get on this registry too! Because fuck fuck fuckity fuck I’m tired of this death and dying too.
We’re already registered here at the house.
Fuck Cancer and Fuck Death, but hell yes to registering to potentially save someone’s life. For all of the Chicago peeps out there, a drive is being held for bone marrow and you can get signed up for the registry this Saturday at the Indo American Center on California Street. Hours are 10:30am to 2:30pm.
Matt, thanks for posting about this!
I’m glad you brought this to everyone’s attention – the only problem *I* have is that it costs so much to get the donor kit and even when you contact them and ask if it’s possible to get it without paying for the kit (because you have to pay for silly things like OIL), they do not contact you back.
I signed up a month ago. I would be honored to be a match to anyone needing my marrow.
PS: I have three kids, but I think your daughter might be the most beautiful baby I have ever seen…
I was told the $50 was a donation – one my husband & I are happily paying. We are on our way to becoming registered thanks to K8 in the Northridge. I’m already a donor at death, why not be one in life too?! Bless you Matt for extending the word even further.
We’re registered here and just waiting for a call.
For anyone wondering, the registry is super easy to do, just some swabs to the cheek.
You are right, fuck cancer and fuck death. Am on the register already, but glad you posted this.
I actually DID get the call once, I was a match for a guy in Spain. He died before we could do the procedure though
I am a bone marrow registry donor…signing up is painless…we did a drive (like a blood drive) at out church & all it took was a simple blood draw. I’ve been a preliminary match, but never the ‘best’ match for someone yet…I pray God chooses to use me in that way someday.
Keep spreading the word…a little girl in our community was saved through bone marrow donation & she is now at the age of sweet sixteen!
Fuck it indeed….
I am already on the list, afraid of being called to donate, but I will do my part!
OMG, thank you SO MUCH Matt for posting that!!! I was wondering why my blog was getting so many hits…
Love you!
I am already registered, but this prompted me to make sure they had all my current information
Matt – This. Is. ::Awesomesauce::!! You continually amaze me how you find ways to pay it forward – Thanks for spreading the word – Life is so fucking uncertain – if any one of us can take a few minutes out of our day to possibly give someone else the gift of life – why wouldn’t we?
As always – you rock – hugs to you and Maddie –
xoxox – Darcie
Yes yes yes!!! I am registered but would do it again in a heartbeat if it could help. The more “mixed” our society becomes, the more donors are needed to match.
Let’s make some happy news for someone!
I donated a month ago after being on the bone marrow registry for almost 12 years. It was the most rewarding experience of my entire life. I actually was called for a stem cell transplant. Very mild discomfort, very nice nurses. I recommend it!
I am registered with OneMatch in Canada – any Canadian friends can go to http://bloodservices.ca to find out more about registering with OneMatch. Matches can be made with international network.
(I know someone with leukemia. She’s responding to treatment and I’m doing what I can – donating platelets and baking cookies).
I hope we can help.
Here’s another inspiring story for you:
http://projectmichelle.com/
I always like to add that getting on the bone marrow donor list is so easy. It’s just a swab of the cheek. And if you are a match, donating is also way easier than it used to be. There is almost no down time, and very little pain. It’s a no-brainer.
I am not a match with what I have read but I linked to both blogs for more traffic to hopefully find one…thanks for all you do!
ps. sending maddy kisses from the OH.
http://encouragesilly.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-interrupt-this-blog-for-another-blog.html
Fuck cancer, indeed.
One of the things my cancer has taken from me is the inability to donate anything ever again — no blood, no marrow, no anything — not even after I’m dead, as I understand it, since I have Stage 4 cancer.
Yes, fuck death. Way too much of it going around.
I wish your friend all the best in finding a donor.
Ok. First time checking out that site…First time looking into a local drive….Friday will be my first time showing up for a drive at 3pm at a location less than 3 miles from my house. Thanks for reminding us all how we can help.
Do you know how good you are?
I have been registered for over 10 years in the “unrelated bone marrow registry” in Canada. My Dh and I registered in hopes of helping a friend who later succumed. My understanding is that the registry here is part of the searches that they do when they look. Thanks for bringing attention to this important issue.
I’ve been on the donor list for 5 years now. No match yet but I hope that I can someday help someone live a longer life.
Already registered, thanks Matt for the reminder,as if you need one more thing on your plate… What a wonderful human being you are! I am proud to walk this planet with you.
It’s super simple to be on the marrow donor list. I have been on it since the early 90s. (never been a match). You get contacted by mail every few years to make sure your contact info and health info are current. Other than that, there’s nothing to it unless you end up being a match.
Super super easy!
I just checked out the registry and my kit is on its way! Thanks for sharing this with us – its awesome that you continue to find ways to pay it forward. You Rock!! hugs to you and Maddy!!
I have been registered for over 10 years in the “unrelated bone marrow registry” in Canada (they have a new name). My Dh and I registered in hopes of helping a friend who later succumed. My understanding is that the registry here is part of the searches that they do when they look. Thanks for bringing attention to this important issue.
I am surprised to hear that you have to pay in the states. In Canada the registration is free.
Thank you. Definitely will check into this.
***Humbled***Matt, my family is sponsoring a drive and paying for the kits here in MI to help me find a match, so anyone in MI wanting a kit contact me…cheernikki30@yahoo.com. Again, thanks from the bottom of my pink painted toes to the top of my shiny bald head!!!
Thanks for the heads up Matt. I didnt even know you could register to be a donor.
I am terrified of cancer…and as you said Fuck Death and Fuck Cancer!
I will be sure to post this on my blog aswell! And i will also look into registering!
I agree…fuck cancer…I’m on the registry and just waiting for the chance to help someone. I did it because I would hope that if one of my children, my husband or myself or someone else I know ever needs it that someone would be there for them. It’s super simple to sign up and be typed. It took me all of about 2 minutes to do everything and mail it back. That simple task could save someone’s life someday and I hope it does…
I just went and registered. Thank you for the link. I have been meaning to do that for a very long time!
You, sir, are ::awesomesauce::.
FUCK death & fuck cancer AND thank you so much for listing this…I checked out the registry locally for my MPLS friends — January 15th, from 10-3 pm they are doing a drive at Fowell Park Community Center. I’m contacting our local office as well to find out if there is anything sooner.
I am also suggesting this where I work, as we are a head office for a major insurance company and have hundreds of folks donating blood right here on campus this week…why not set up for Bone Marrow Registry?
I just checked the website and there are literally 11 drives going on within 25 miles of my home in the month of October (what’s remaining in these 9 days) alone. I will be there!!!!
Thanks for bringing to this to light….
I am also already a registered donor, but thanks for posting this. It helps to bring attention to it so that hopefully more people will get signed up. It is much needed.
I got signed up through work when an fellow employees brother got very sick and needed a bone marrow transplant. We signed up 120 people in one day, almost our entire company.
I hope your friend finds the donor they need.
We (the fam) were just talking the other day on what STOOPID gifts we have to buy for eachother this holiday season. Socks, check. Bubble bath, check. Gift of life: wrap it up!
Thanks for doing my shopping for us all.
We’re taking the $50 we spend on eachother and swabbing cheeks with it.
I feel good.
Ten years ago, our 20 year old son, Steven committed suicide. The one thing we can take solace from to this day is that he was an organ donor. Five people are alive today because of his organs. We take a lot of comfort from this. So, sign the back of your driver’s license to become an organ donor.
My husband just did the 2nd round of blood work last week after coming up as a preliminary match for someone as an unrelated donor. We’re waiting on pins and needles to find out if he’s the best match! He’s donated as an unrelated donor before, and to think to have a chance to help someone again is amazing.
Good for you in getting the word out. My only sibling died when he was nine years old, 19 years ago when a match could not be found for him. It was his only hope.
It ends up that I got an answer I’ve been wondering about for a long time. My history of DVT and Factor V Leiden rule me out.
If you don’t mind, I’m going to link to you in the hopes that the 50 or so reading my blog come your way. Every set of eyes helps…
I am already on the registry…..I hope there is a match found!
Thank you for sharing this. I read this post and just like some of the other posts I started crying. Not only because you’re such a caring person, and we’re all thankful for that.. but because my mother has cancer also. Multiple Myeloma. She’s had a stem cell transplant and although right now she’s in remission it will come back. I thought I was dealing with it ok, it’s been 3 years since we found out (a couple days before her 50th birthday). I guess it’s still a raw topic for me.
Fuck Cancer. I wish more than anything it wasn’t going to take my mother from me someday. I’m so thankful for the reminder of what I can do to help others.
I’m a donor already too…I just wish people knew how easy it was to be a donor! People just need to think…what if it was me that needed a donor match?
Thank you for bringing the NMDP and it’s great work to the attention of your readers. My husband works for the NMDP and hundreds of lives have been saved and hundreds more could be saved if more people registered. Especially needed are minorities and people of mixed race.
Thanks Matt, and my prayers are with your friend.
you are amazing. wish there were more people like you around.
i saw this on k8 in the northridge’s blog and started the process right away. i never knew it was so easy to help. thanks for posting this.
hope all goes well with your friend.
I too have had cancer. Ya fuck cancer. I am glad you posted the link.
can I be a donor if I am a nursing Mom?
I have been wanting to do this for some time now so thank you for sharing the link and being so awesome!
My heart goes out to the stranger friend who needs this right now and also K8′s friend. I hope they both find matches soon!
I joined the bone marrow registry this May… one year after my daughter had a stem cell transplant to fight a horrible, rare, genetic disease called Hurler’s Syndrome. (Stem cell transplants and bone marrow tranplants are the same thing except for where the new marrow come from.)
Lauren’s new marrow came from donated umbilical cord blood. You can read the thank you letter to our donor at the link above by clicking on my name. So many people have no idea that they can donate the cord blood for free and save a life…. nor do they know how easy it is to sign up for the registry.
I pray that some day, I get the chance to save someone’s life.
Thanks Matt!
Death and Cancer do fuckin suck.
I with the last year found out I have two herniated disks. But because of this, I’ll be asking about it more to see if I can go ahead and be on the registry or how soon I can. But I am an organ donor should something happen to me… I’m linking your blog through my kids site and hope my family and friends look at it and might be able to help! You are such a sweetheart! I wish your friend the best of luck! *HUGS*
Asalamalaykom,
There is a saying from Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) about helping the cause of others. He states that a caring person should do what he or she can physically first. If you are unable, then you should do what you can with your words. Lastly, if you can do neither, then you pray.
Inshahallah, everyone can do something to ease the hardship for this stranger/friend.
I am on the marrow donor registry. Since I can’t donate blood anymore because of living in Europe so I’m a “mad cow,” I felt great that I could get onto the marrow registry.
Thanks for bringing awareness to this cause. A lot of folks out there need marrow transplants and you are getting the word out to so many.
thank you for the valuable info…..unfortunately i can’t donate, nor my husband. will pass the info on to my kids. please remember to sign the back of your driver’s license to be an organ donor. my nephew was killed in a car accident but had signed the donor card. he helped 5 people. having been raised in the funeral business (dad was an undertaker), you learn early that death does suck.
you are an amazing person…….keep on hugging and kissing Miss M for as long as she will allow you to. she’s a doll and has a very special person for a dad. Liz is looking down and smiling at both of you.
Fuck cancer. That has to be the understatement of the century. Thanks for the link. I’m off to check it out. Honestly, the cash might be an issue right now (fuck wally world, but that’s another story all together) but if I can swing it or if there is a free sign up, I’m totally there. Does anyone know, I am O-. Would that make me more likely to be a match? I know I’m the “universal donor” when it comes to blood donations.
First I thought — wow, donating bone marrow sounds scary.
Then I thought — oh, I bet cancer is 100x scarier. And I shouldn’t be a pussy.
So I’ll go register.
I’m already on the registry – waiting for my call one day!
I’ve been on the registry for years now. If I’m called up and I’m a match, you better believe I’ll go wherever I need to go!
Matt,
Donating bone marrow was the most wonderful (and painful) experience for me! Thank you for drawing readers’ attention to the National Marrow Donor Program!
PS Madeline is so freakin’ cute I can hardly stand it!
I am already on the national registry. I hope there will be a match for your friend.
When I clicked on the link – a picture of Alex and Matt came up – they are 2 kids that live in my hometown – and they are the reason I am a registered as a bone marrow donor…. small world!!!
Having a Mom who has recently beaten breast cancer, I am hyper aware of that ugly C word and want to do everything in my power to stop it from coming back to take her, and to stop it from coming after anyone else in the world. No one deserves that shit. It’s painful. It’s scary. And it often gets the last word. We shouldn’t let it.
I’m registering today. Thanks for bringing this to my attention Matt. I’ll repost on my blog too.
Damn you, auto-fill (it put in my email address with my name)! Well, if anyone wants to send me an email, feel free
I joined the Marrow Registry about 10 years ago. When I joined you had to pay and do a blood test—they have come really far! just remember to update the registry if you move or have any change of contact info—it would be terrible to find a match and then not be able to get a hold of you.
Great giving post. Thank you.. Will look into donor registries in my country.
Suzannne has a link to your site,so I thought that I’d come and offer some moral support and prayers. Big Tims hugs.
Went onto the registry in 2005 when a fellow nursing student ended up needing a transplant, and a match was found during our bone marrow drive! Thank you for drawing attention to this very important registry!
My close friend just went through this. Her brother was her first match for her bone marrow transplant, and it didn’t take. She then had a second bone marrow transplant with her daughter as her match. Thankfully this time it is taking well to her body and looks like her condition may be turning around. I’m going to look into hopefully being a match for someone, someday. Thanks for posting this.
I just went to sign up online, and unfortunately, I don’t many of the guidelines to actually BE on the donor list. I’m bummed, hopefully I can contribute in another way. I know this process all too well, and its such a hard road. Best of luck.
Thank you for reminding me of this!! I’ve been meaning to sign up for a few years now, and I’m happy to say my swab kit will be on its way……what a great, and easy way to help others!! And to see the responses of others who were prompted to register…wow….freakin’ awesome!
I don’t get why they charge! I mean, I keep wanting to help my fellow man/woman, but I get these hiccups. When I tried to donate blood first, they wouldn’t let me because I’m Costa Rican (possible malarial problem), then because I was dehydrated, then because I had slightly low iron levels and now because I have a tattoo (or two or three). I would love to register, but as a college student, 50 bucks is a lot of money for me. Does anyone know of some way I can get on the registry for free?
every member of my family that has passed away has done so because of cancer in some form or another. I’m already on the donor list. I had a friend who’s sister needed a bone marrow transplant and I registered then.
thanks Matt. you have so much going on in your life and yet you still take time out for
strangerfriends.hugs from NJ
erica and Landon
I donated bone marrow in 1995 to a 15-year-old girl named Elaina. (I called her Jessica during our “anonymous” year). We met at the end of the first year and I’ve visited her a few times in Mississippi since. She’s now 28 and is doing great. Register. I see it as the most meaningful thing I’ve done in my life — and I’m a mom and 16-year-veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Good for you for highlighting this issue! I have been a registered donor since 1993 and have been called back once for further testing. That time my marrow wasn’t as good a match as someone elses, I sure hope I get the chance to donate one day.
I agree, FUCK cancer.
I’m already a registered donor. My Mom died from Leukemia. Cancer sucks.
I wish everyone would register. It’s a great opportunity to help someone and give them hope for life.
What a wonderful reminder! I signed up on the registry a couple of years ago- for free during a Mother’s Day drive. Keep checking back with the registry to see if they have any specials going on that could get you registered for free.
It’s a great cause and it would be awesome if tons more people signed up.
Maddy is gorgeous!
I’m going to get registered, thanks for the info Matt. I’m embarrassed I’m not already since I’m signed up for about everything else! I swear they should have a checklist for these things.
Will be adding a link also so I can send all those folks coming to my blog in search of Shia LeBeouf pictures your way
I have been on the National Registry for over 4 years now. Hopefully someday I will get the chance to help save a life!
I hope there is someone out there that will be a match for your friend!
I am also on the registry – signed up last month when NASCAR (see, they’re good for something!) was sponsoring donors and paying the $50+ fee for registration. I also have a feeling that those registering increased last month due to the same cause.
I hope your friend finds a match – I’d willingly help someone if I was a match!
Wow Matt, thank you for posting that link. I’m glad the number one myth about being a painful procedure is not true, thank g-d for general anesthesia.
My grandfather passed away from NHL earlier this year, and so I know this disease very well. He went through couple of rounds of chemo, but his body couldn’t handle the disease.
I will sign up as soon as I can spare some $$, but will keep all these people in my prayers.
Wow. I live minutes from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and my search for a donor drive has come up empty. I expected to see a list of dates my husband and I could go register.
Now I’m on a mission! Thanks for making me aware of this opportunity to save a life. As an earlier commenter said, we are donors in death, why not also in life! Best wishes to all those waiting for a match.
@Cinthia (CR and CA): I believe I can get you registered for free.
In fact, if there’s ANYONE for whom the cost is stopping you, please send me a message — I believe I can “hook you up”, as it were.
katesiegel (at) yahoo (dot) com
I just signed up for the Canadian based OneMatch. Fuck cancer and death.
Matt, I am on the donor list ( I have been since my friend’s 2 yr old daughter died of cancer) so if I am a match I will do everything I can to help! There is no reason people should have to die of cancer…not this day and age! F-it!!!
hope you’re doing well, give Mad a thousand hugs from all of us creepers!
I plan on registering at an event in Cleveland, OH on Nov. 1st.
thanks for the suggestion.
hope you’re having an acceptable Wednesday.
xo.
I am currently on the DoD donor list. I am going to call them to see if I can be put on the national list.
Good Luck!
@K8 in The Northridge
Thanks for your help, Kate, hoping to get registered soon!
Thank you for posting the link. I hope your friend finds a match. I have been on the registry since 1992 and I finally had a match in 2005. I donated in 2005 and 2006 for the same boy.
Today he is considered cured and is a freshman at Harvard. I had the pleasure of meeting him and his family this past June.
Hoping many of your readers join the registry. To save someones life is a feeling you can never imagine.
I’ll have to wait until payday but I’m going to definitely sign up! I’m on the local blood donation list because I’m O negative. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us and hope that there is a match out there for everyone looking!
Thanks for posting this. I am a pediatric oncology nurse, so I take care of little kids who have bone marrow transplants. It’s always heartbreaking to see the ones who can’t find a match.
Also registered with Canada’s OneMatch. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!
There is an international registry as well.
http://www.cibmtr.org/ABOUT/about_idx.html
Sounds like you’re a real American, from real America, Matt. Doggone it. You betcha I support this effort.
I just found out my niece’s best friend’s dad’s 17 rounds of chemo might not have helped which leaves him with possibly no options… So I think I would really like to help someone somehow if I can. @katie, I’ve just emailed you.
Matt,
Even in your grief you selflessly always think of others. You are my hero.
this group of creeps ROCK!!!
Matt – Fuck cancer and Fuck death is right. You know that Papa died while getting a chord blood transplant for his leukemia – a bone marrow transplant was too risky – and there wasn’t a match anyway- but he always had an option to keep fighting up to the very end, which gave us all hope. Steve and I got on the registry and it was as painless as everyone said above. When we registered it was part of national bone marrow donate day (or some such thing) and when they saw that I worked at a college they said that they have a lot of money to go to colleges & unversities and subsize registration because colleges have such diverse populations and they need the diversity. SO ALL YOU CREEPS – who work in higher education or have connections to alma maters – don’t just get on the list. Call the registry up and see if you can sponsor a drive and see if they’ll subsidize it so people can pay if they want to or save some bucks and get more people on it. I’ll be praying for your friend and for K8s friend.
my sister had an unrelated BMT and she is doing well. That was 1992! There is hope. There is..
Hey Matt,
I’ll do my best to get on the registry too.
I saw this site and thought of you: http://www.cafepress.com/fragmented
They’re not necessarily Matt-style robots, but they’re robots none the less.
You reminded me that I never updated my address since moving. Now they can find me if I’m a match. Thanks!
I was just turned on to your blog 3 days ago. I have read everyone of your posts. Not all of the comments, yet. I am in awe at how you have handled everything. I was widowed on October 14, 2000. It fucking sucked. The first couple years were the worst. Now only time is birthday, May 8th, and October. I am now remarried to a wonderful person. He is completely understanding. And we have two children. Ethan 3 and Katie 11 months.
You have a beautiful daughter and she is getting so big. I am sorry you are having such a hard time at work. I am sure if you gave out your number your red light at work would be lit up all the time.
For Canadians wanting to help patients needing a bone marrow (stem cell) transplant, it is really simple. OneMatch.ca is the website where you can go to register online. Once you are registered, they contact you for additional information and then send you a simple cheek swab kit in the mail. You don’t have to go to an event to register. When you mail the DNA swab back to OneMatch, you are entered into the OneMatch registry, which is part of the international registry. You may be able to help save someone anywhere in the world if you are found to be a match. It’s free and simple to sign up and you can save a life. What more could you want!
Hey! How’d Sarah Palin get my gravatar?? Spooky!
Another person registered here (me!) because of your thoughtfulness. Thanks for posting, I hope that one day I’m a match for someone.
I registered 10 years ago and I’ve never been matched! I hope I can help somebody someday…. Best wishes to your friend.
I’ll be registered soon, and be hoping that I can do my part for someone in need. Saving a life rocks and even though I’m a huge wimp with needles and whatnot I’d be looking forward to it!
Might I add that I’m inspired to blog with all you creeps who have got to be the world’s most caring people!
I’m already on the donor list as I know what it is like to try to find a donor.
I just lost my mom on October 8th to breast cancer at 59 years old. I know how much it sucks….it sucks for my family right now, especially my dad. 41 years of marriage. It kicks my ass with a 3 month old son and a daughter that just turned 3 yesterday. Don’t know what to say when she hands me my phone and says “let’s call grandma”. More than I can take….
For people in New Hampshire:
http://www.nh.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081020/NHUSERPRESS/810209985/-1/newsbin
For people in Honolulu:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081021/BREAKING01/81021023/-1/RSS01
And finally, for those of you in the San Diego area, I’m told you can go here anytime to sign up to be a donor:
http://www.sandiegobloodbank.org/bone_marrow/becoming_a_donor.php
Thanks for Karyn in the East Bay for all this ::awesomesauce:: info!!!
I would love to be able to donate as well, but I’m in the fucking cancer boat too. Having cancer has robbed me of my ability to donate blood and bone marrow to those in need, so I donate my time instead…I volunteer at a local hospice.
It’s the legacy I want my children to remember…that I NEVER gave up. I did it ALL and on my OWN terms. Cancer may take my body, but I’ll fight it as long as I can. My heart, mind and spirit will never surrender. Ever.
Good on you, Matt, for bringing this cause to light! If you CAN, please donate…get out there and help those who desperately need you! Thank you!!
Wonderful pictures. Beautiful baby. Heartbreaking story with such hope, love and strength. I hate that you lost your beautiful Liz, but what a legacy she leaves behind. Thank you for sharing your journey and for allowing yourself to continue to live and to give sweet Madeline a life of joy.
I agree. Fuck Cancer. I lost my father to cancer 8 weeks after my daughter was born
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