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I agree - It has been a long time coming!!!
Morning all!
patience really is a virtue
Second that Max
Wwwwwwhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
good morning LONGS!!!
OT:Det 4 Yanks 3 bottom of 8
Good Morning Crew
If I remember correctly the short term was 4.65 and long term was over 12.00
Well said ace. I couldnt agree more. lmfao
How can we get news from the conference.I have checked all of the DFW news websites and find nothing.
I found this in the Dallas Morning News. Maybe we should email the writers at the bottom of the article..
Working, hoping for sickle cell cure
12:00 AM CDT on Saturday, September 23, 2006
Beverly DeBase
The pain was so intense, I could only scream," Sonia Cooper recalled about childhood sickle cell anemia crises.
Ms. Cooper, a 36-year-old South Dallas resident who has adopted an African name, Akinyemi, remembers young childhood pain – not understanding its essence and not able to describe it to her parents.
"I had to learn to cope with the pain, and it took most of my childhood to do so," she said. "I was 18 years old before I stopped the screaming."
Her crises are less frequent now because of managing stress, avoiding drastic temperature changes, taking folic acid and drinking two gallons of water a day.
According to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America's Web site, sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain high amounts of an abnormal type of hemoglobin.
"Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped [crescent shaped] and have difficulty passing through small blood vessels," according to the Web site.
Blocked blood vessels and damaged organs cause painful episodes, or crises.
The disease affects people differently, but patients are vulnerable to infections and long-term damage to major organs and systems. There is no universal cure; so far, a drastic bone marrow transplant is the only curative option.
Life expectancy for sickle cell patients has increased to the mid-40s, with blood transfusions and pain medication standing as the primary treatments. A promising drug therapy, Hydroxyurea, reportedly reduces the frequency of crises. Since 1983, infants in Texas have been screened for sickle cell disease.
Sickle cell continues to plague African-Americans. One in 12 in the United States has the sickle cell trait or disease.
Among older blacks, sickle cell anemia was the elephant in the room in earlier decades. Even children knew the basic facts of the disease and the intense pain accompanying a crisis. Reproductive issues were known, and teens and young adults were warned to ask about family incidence of sickle cell before dating someone.
Research has yielded significant data about the disease since the first scholarly paper on sickle cell from observations of a student from Africa, living in Chicago, was published in 1904.
Fortunately for North Texas sickle cell patients, research and medical resources exist locally.
"One of the 10 federally funded comprehensive sickle cell centers is located in Dallas, a collaboration between the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Texas at Dallas," said Shirley Miller, community relations manager at Southwestern Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Children's Medical Center Dallas. The principal clinical site for children is at Children's Medical Center Dallas, and adult patients are managed at UT Southwestern facilities and affiliates.
September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month. The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America is convening in Dallas at the Hyatt Regency Hotel from Wednesday through Sept. 30. The public is invited to two events: the opening reception Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and a blood drive Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Because blood transfusions are common for some sickle cell patients, blood donations are greatly needed at this event.
Meanwhile, Akinyemi and other sickle cell suffers wait and hope for a cure.
"I never know when I'll have a crisis, and that is the certain unknown that I live with," she said.
For more information, call 214-456-5878, e-mail shirley.miller@ childrens.com or visit www.sickle celldisease.org.
Beverly DeBase is a Dallas-based freelance writer.
E-mail ba_deb@yahoo.com
yes there is an early edition, but you can go to
www.dallasnews.com for the same thing.
How can we find out what happened today. I would love to know how well Dr. Pandey was received.
Thanks LOCHUTE!!
.035 x .036
GM All - here we go!!!!!!
OK- that clears it up!
PFRENZ, what do you think about this week?
.031 close
NO, but you are!!!!!!
OT: Ryder Cup — Overall Scoreboard
3 to 5
US EUROPE
PIG ,no one cares
no PR until the conference or shortly thereafter. JMO
go baby go!!!!
NEVER SEE U AGAIN!!!
LOL!!!!
GO FOR IT-- PFRENZ
EVERYONE needs to put CROW on IGGY!!!!!
Good Morning All.
Looks like LIQUID to me.. i.e tommarow
Good Morning Everyone!
I have to agree with you.
just dont give up any shares!!!
whats up with the volume?
Bring on the MONKEY!!!!!!!!!!
this thing is wound very tight- stand back, its about to blow
IMO.
Good Morning All- I wonder whats in store for us 2day?
.025 x .0261 WTF