Life for another member of the cancer family came to an end today according to this article from Bloomberg.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a0cfNQ5UPl2o&refer=us
Randy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in mid 2006. He became famous when he delivered his "Last Lecture" at Carnegie-Mellon University last September.
I read his book which was given to me as a gift recently. The book far exceeded my expectations. After all, who needs yet another book about cancer. But, the book wasn't about cancer. It was about how he realized his childhood dreams. There were many excellent life lessons in the book.
It is also a grim reminder that no matter how smart, rich, popular, loved, innovative and determined you are to beat this disease, sometimes the disease wins. Randy left a terrific legacy for his 3 young children by leaving behind his story such that he might be able to guide them as he would want as they grow older.
Take care everyone.
Blake Lively picture gallery
Blake Christina Lively is an hollywood actress and American celebrity. She acts in the TV series Gossip Girl as the main character Serena van der Woodsen.She has even appeared in films like Accepted and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Lively was born in Tarzana, California, to actors Ernie and Elaine Lively. Lively was the youngest of five children, Lively has two sisters, Lori and Robyn, and two brothers, Jason and Eric. Lively dated her childhood friend, actor Kelly Blatz from 2004 to 2007. In May 2008, People magazine published photos of Lively and Badgley kissing while on vacation in Mayan Riviera, Mexico.
Name: Blake Christina Lively
Birth Date: 25-08-1987
Birth Place: Tarzana, California
Parents: Ernie and Elaine Lively
Lively was born in Tarzana, California, to actors Ernie and Elaine Lively. Lively was the youngest of five children, Lively has two sisters, Lori and Robyn, and two brothers, Jason and Eric. Lively dated her childhood friend, actor Kelly Blatz from 2004 to 2007. In May 2008, People magazine published photos of Lively and Badgley kissing while on vacation in Mayan Riviera, Mexico.
Name: Blake Christina Lively
Birth Date: 25-08-1987
Birth Place: Tarzana, California
Parents: Ernie and Elaine Lively
Ashley Tisdale picture gallery
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American singer and hollywood actress . She
appeared in several television roles during the late 1990s and early 2000s. she became a well known and popular celebrity among young audiences.
Tisdale was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 2, 1985. Her parents are Lisa
and Mike Tisdale. She has an elder sister, Jennifer Tisdale who is also an actress.
She grew up there in Ocean Township. Tisdale underwent a rhinoplasty procedure on November 30, 2007. Ashley Tisdale was voted as number 10 in Maxim's 2008 Hot 100 list and On June 11, 2008, Tisdale was ranked at #94 by Forbes on its top 100 Celebrity list.
Name: Ashley Michelle Tisdale
Birth Date: 02-07-1985
Birth Place: Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Profession: Actress, singer-songwriter, spokesperson
Genre(s): Pop, teen pop, dance-pop
appeared in several television roles during the late 1990s and early 2000s. she became a well known and popular celebrity among young audiences.
Tisdale was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 2, 1985. Her parents are Lisa
and Mike Tisdale. She has an elder sister, Jennifer Tisdale who is also an actress.
She grew up there in Ocean Township. Tisdale underwent a rhinoplasty procedure on November 30, 2007. Ashley Tisdale was voted as number 10 in Maxim's 2008 Hot 100 list and On June 11, 2008, Tisdale was ranked at #94 by Forbes on its top 100 Celebrity list.
Name: Ashley Michelle Tisdale
Birth Date: 02-07-1985
Birth Place: Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Profession: Actress, singer-songwriter, spokesperson
Genre(s): Pop, teen pop, dance-pop
Ashley Scott gallery
Ashley McCall Scott is an hollywood actress . She has acted in both television and films. She is known for her work on television series like Dark Angel, Birds of Prey, and Jericho. She has even acted in several hollywood films. Ashley McCall Scott is reknowned as a talented actress in the American television and film circle.
Name: Ashley McCall Scott
Birth date: 13-07-1977
Birth Place: Metairie, Louisiana
Name: Ashley McCall Scott
Birth date: 13-07-1977
Birth Place: Metairie, Louisiana
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Ashley Judd is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading roles in a series of thriller films like Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy and High Crimes. She has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards.
Judd was born Ashley Tyler Ciminella in Granada Hills, California. She is the daughter of Naomi Judd, a well-known country music singer Michael Ciminella, Jr., a marketing analyst. Judd has a half-sister, Wynonna Judd, who is also a country music singer
During the 1990s, Judd dated baseball player Brady Anderson, singers Lyle Lovett and
Michael Bolton, and actors Matthew McConaughey and Robert De Niro. She became engaged to Dario Franchitti, in December 1999, and the two were married on December 12 2001.
Name: Ashley Tyler Ciminella
Birth date: 19-04-1968
Birth Place: Granada Hills, California U.S.
Spouse(s): Dario Franchitti (2001 - present)
Judd was born Ashley Tyler Ciminella in Granada Hills, California. She is the daughter of Naomi Judd, a well-known country music singer Michael Ciminella, Jr., a marketing analyst. Judd has a half-sister, Wynonna Judd, who is also a country music singer
During the 1990s, Judd dated baseball player Brady Anderson, singers Lyle Lovett and
Michael Bolton, and actors Matthew McConaughey and Robert De Niro. She became engaged to Dario Franchitti, in December 1999, and the two were married on December 12 2001.
Name: Ashley Tyler Ciminella
Birth date: 19-04-1968
Birth Place: Granada Hills, California U.S.
Spouse(s): Dario Franchitti (2001 - present)
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Arielle Caroline Kebbel is an hollywood film actress and american television actress.
Kebbel was born in Winter Park, Florida on February 19, 1985. She graduated from high school in Crenshaw a year early at age seventeen. Kebbel was featured on Maxim's Girls of Maxim gallery. She was also ranked #95 in the magazine's Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Name: Arielle Kebbel
Birth date: 19-02-1985
Birth Place: Winter Park, Florida
Kebbel was born in Winter Park, Florida on February 19, 1985. She graduated from high school in Crenshaw a year early at age seventeen. Kebbel was featured on Maxim's Girls of Maxim gallery. She was also ranked #95 in the magazine's Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Name: Arielle Kebbel
Birth date: 19-02-1985
Birth Place: Winter Park, Florida
Ana Beatriz Barros gallery
Ana Beatriz Barros is a Brazilian model.She was born in a small town of Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her parents are Sônia and Reinato Barros. Barros father was a mechanic engineer and her mother was a house wife.She has two sisters, Patricia and alu. Ana Beatriz Barros is the youngest among the three.
She is one of the most successful Brazilian supermodels. She has done advertisements for Guess?, Bebe, Victoria's Secret, Chanel cosmetics, and Jennifer Lopez's JLo fashion line.
Ana Beatriz currently resides in New York. She formerly dated British model James Rousseau, and art gallery owner Helly Nahmad, whom she dated for 4 years. She is best friends with fellow Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio. She was named #96 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" supplement in 2006.
Name: Ana Beatriz Barros
Birth Place: 29-05-1982
Birth Place: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height: 5ft 11in
Hair color: Naturally Dark Brown
Eye color: Green
Measurements: 35-24.5-35
She is one of the most successful Brazilian supermodels. She has done advertisements for Guess?, Bebe, Victoria's Secret, Chanel cosmetics, and Jennifer Lopez's JLo fashion line.
Ana Beatriz currently resides in New York. She formerly dated British model James Rousseau, and art gallery owner Helly Nahmad, whom she dated for 4 years. She is best friends with fellow Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio. She was named #96 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" supplement in 2006.
Name: Ana Beatriz Barros
Birth Place: 29-05-1982
Birth Place: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height: 5ft 11in
Hair color: Naturally Dark Brown
Eye color: Green
Measurements: 35-24.5-35
Chemo Cycle 9 Round 10
Yesterday was my 10th round of chemo cycle 9. For the sake of clarity, that means that this is my 9th chemotherapy drug (or drug combination) and yesterday was the 10th administration of that drug via an IV. This cycle counting does not include the chemo pill that I take daily. To say that they have thrown everything at me including the kitchen sink would be an understatement. But, it seems to be working. The pain that I had and wrote about last Friday subsided on Saturday. I talked to my chemo doctor about it yesterday. I see him in clinic before each chemo round. He wants to make sure I’m still healthy enough to proceed. He said I looked great and although the pain was bothersome to not worry about it. There are no new lumps and bumps so the chance that an ultrasound would turn up anything was too slim to warrant the test. It was a long day yesterday. I waited a little over two hours to see my primary chemo doctor and then almost 5 hours after that to have the chemo orders get from the chemo clinic to the chemo room with the medication. Needless to say… a lot of waiting. Waiting is just part of the “living with cancer” protocol. One gets used to it and makes the best use of their time as the clock tics.
The plan: Two more rounds of this chemo, then another scan (maybe one that covers the full body versus just the head and neck area). That will place me in the mid-September timeframe. If that scan is clean, then I’m pretty sure my doctor will want to stop the chemo. If it’s not clean, that means the effectiveness of this chemo has reached its limits and we’ll have to regroup. At this juncture, that seems like a good plan.
Chemo factoid: Most of you probably thought, as I did until recently, that the chemo drugs are mixed into a liquid solution by the pharmaceutical companies and delivered to the hospital. The reality is that the drugs are delivered in powder form to the hospitals and the pharmacy mixes them based on the exact prescription supplied by one’s doctor. The doctor takes into consideration the patient’s weight, health, side-effects, tolerance, and drug goals in determining how much medication to deliver in each round.
Take care everyone.
The plan: Two more rounds of this chemo, then another scan (maybe one that covers the full body versus just the head and neck area). That will place me in the mid-September timeframe. If that scan is clean, then I’m pretty sure my doctor will want to stop the chemo. If it’s not clean, that means the effectiveness of this chemo has reached its limits and we’ll have to regroup. At this juncture, that seems like a good plan.
Chemo factoid: Most of you probably thought, as I did until recently, that the chemo drugs are mixed into a liquid solution by the pharmaceutical companies and delivered to the hospital. The reality is that the drugs are delivered in powder form to the hospitals and the pharmacy mixes them based on the exact prescription supplied by one’s doctor. The doctor takes into consideration the patient’s weight, health, side-effects, tolerance, and drug goals in determining how much medication to deliver in each round.
Take care everyone.
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Amy Lysle Smart (born March 26, 1976) is an hollywood actress and former American fashion model. Smart was born in Topanga, California, the daughter of Judy, a museum worker, and John Smart, a salesperson. She enrolled in acting classes when she was 16, but began her career as a fashion model. Smart's first film role was for director Martin Kunert's film Campfire Tales, followed by a minor role in the 1997 film Starship Troopers.
Now Smart is with actor Branden Williams, whom she has dated for over thirteen years.
In 2002, she was ranked 27 in Stuff magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" and in 2004, she was nominated for "Best Kiss" at the MTV Movie Awards for her role in Starsky & Hutch.
Name: Amy Lysle Smart
Birth date: 26-03-1976
Birth place: Flag of the United States Topanga, California
Years active: 1996–present
Now Smart is with actor Branden Williams, whom she has dated for over thirteen years.
In 2002, she was ranked 27 in Stuff magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" and in 2004, she was nominated for "Best Kiss" at the MTV Movie Awards for her role in Starsky & Hutch.
Name: Amy Lysle Smart
Birth date: 26-03-1976
Birth place: Flag of the United States Topanga, California
Years active: 1996–present
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Amy Louise Acker is an American celebrity and hollywood actress.
Acker was born in Dallas, Texas, on 05-12-1976 to Rodney Acker and Judy Bruyere.
Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a housewife of French ancestry. She is the oldest of four children. During childhood Acker studied ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance for 13 years. She won the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
Name: Amy Louise Acker
Birth Date: 0
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Spouse(s): James Carpinello
Acker was born in Dallas, Texas, on 05-12-1976 to Rodney Acker and Judy Bruyere.
Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a housewife of French ancestry. She is the oldest of four children. During childhood Acker studied ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance for 13 years. She won the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
Name: Amy Louise Acker
Birth Date: 0
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Spouse(s): James Carpinello
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