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Been lurking for a while and decided to join today. Thinking of getting the private forum deal. Any insight to the priavte forum and if its worth it?
Been lurking for a while and decided to join today. Thinking of getting the private forum deal. Any insight to the priavte forum and if its worth it?
its worth it, The PF contains so much info that you would think Ace is Sean Miller.
yes, there is no question that you should.
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Welcome to the site!
The Private forum is amazing and if you can afford it I'd highly recommend jumping on the deal that's out right now. It just adds a whole other dimension to being a Wildcat fan, it's like opening a treasure chest of info you'd never think you'd hear...
Welcome to PGU!!
The Private Forum is the greatest resource for hardcore Arizona fans that has ever existed. I've never heard of anyone who was disappointed once they've gained access.... It's that next level type stuff!
If you're asking the question (moderately interested), then you definitely should join the PF. The level in information is unreal and puts you more in touch with the inner workings of the team than anything else.
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Welcome to PGU.....and yes you should join the private forum, it is worth every penny and then some more as well.
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If God isn't a Wildcat fan, then why do I bleed Red and Blue?
The real scoop and incredible inside information is always in the PF, I know tons of fans of other schools who would kill to have this kind of info for their team.
Welcome aboard!
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You absolutely will not regret it. The access and insight ace has to sources both on the recruiting trail and within the Arizona program are unrivaled
Welcome to PGU. Absolutely join the private forum, I still don't know what took me so long to do it.
I'd actually recommend getting the private forum deal for two separate accounts. That way you get double the information for your money!
PF is a must if you love the Cats!
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It's been 5 hours. If you joined when everyone said to, then you are in an "Arizona basketball info" coma right now. Which, obviously, is the second best type of coma behind a bacon coma....and it's a very close second!
werd. get PF. debated for awhile, then got it...and got amazed.
if your interest in the team is above just watching the game, you should get it.
if you watch the game by checking in the scores every 5 min and flip channels back and forth, you shouldn't.
if you own any piece of Wildcat gear, you should.
if you grew up in ann arbor and don't believe in East Coast bias, you shouldn't.
if you have thrown a tortilla with a graduation cap on, you should.
if you believe Syracuse is the best traveling team in the nation, you shouldn't.
if you understand that cardinal red is not Stanford's school colors, you should.
if you've actually read this far into the 17th post and are still intrigued by PF, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD!
It's the best $$ I've ever spent on an internet subscription. I joined the first day it was launched and have been glued to the PF every day since, pure gold I tell ya.
Yes it is great, once you do it you know the real story
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I "won" a three year membership to the PF. I continued to donate my yearly membership anyway because the info is so awesome and the PGU crew deserve it for what they do.
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I havent been dissapointed by the PF so far. They always have information and on the day that they have random "data blasts" as i like to call it, it's amazing. Literally 20 posts on recruits, current players, coaches and stuff you can't read on any other media outlet even if you pay them
Welcome fellow "catfan".
Join the PF and be prepared to bash your face in the table everytime you are talking to your fellow wildcat fans who dont belong to PF or even this site. You will then start just punching yourself when they say things like "There is this kid Aaron Griffith or Gordon...we want him but hes going to Cal or UW"...then 6 months later "hey I saw the statline on espn ticker...I told you Aaron Griffin is LEGIT!".....I need new friends.
I recommend it if you enjoy reading about the latest in recruiting and whats going on behind the scenes in Arizona basketball
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Had Boo-urns in my fantasy team and took him out at the last moment. Hope he gets out soon as a result #ificanthavehimthennoonecan
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Not much wrong with the boy's eye, tbf.
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chris gayle's lil' bitch into the attack
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what was the context for his remarks? something must have happened specifically to piss him off like that.
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini rips fans in 2011 recording
Nebraska Cornhuskers fans are restless these days despite some moderate success over the last few seasons.
They certainly won't be happy about a recording that posted on Deadspin, in which Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini said he didn't care what the fans think.
Nebraska is coming off a 41-21 home loss to UCLA on Saturday, where the Bruins scored the last 38 points of the game.
In the 2011 recording, Pelini, who has been Nebraska's coach since 2008 and has an overall record of 51-21, shows his fondness for the F-Word.
"It took everything in my power to not say, 'F*** you, fans. F*** all of you.' F*** 'em."
"Our crowd. What a bunch of f***ing fair-weather f***ing—they can all kiss my ass out the f***ing door. 'Cause the day is f***ing coming now. We'll see what they can do when I'm f***ing gone. I'm so f***ing pissed off."
Pelini later apologized for those comments.
"I want to sincerely apologize for my comments from two years ago which became public today," he said in a statement. I take full responsibility for these comments. They were spoken in a private room following the Ohio State game. I was venting following a series of emotional events which led to this moment."
"That being said, these comments are in no way indicative of my true feelings. I love it here in Nebraska. I again apologize to anyone whom I have offended."
ELLIS: Nebraska coach Bo Pelini on Tommie Frazier criticism: 'We don't need him'
Despite the apology, Nebraska's top administrators had plenty to say about Pelini's rant.
"I am aware of the publication of Coach Pelini's comments, I am disappointed and in discussions with Shawn Eichorst about addressing the issue," Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman said.
"I am disheartened and disappointed by the 2011 comments published today attributed to Coach Pelini about our dedicated and passionate fans and supporters," said Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst said. "I have spoken with Chancellor Perlman and I have addressed the situation with Bo and expressed our deep concern."
In Nebraska it only requires one person to know about the recording. it is legal to record someone in this state as long as one person knows about it. ( including the person who is recording)
"...these comments are in no way indicative of my true feelings."
I'm no psychologist, but I don't f***ing believe you.
There's gotta be a f**king clause in Pellini's f**king contract that allows the f**kers at Nebraska to f**king fire his f**ked up a*s for doing something as f**king f**ked up as this.
"Kiss my a** out the f**king door", priceless. I cannot wait to see which one of his "confidants" in this private meeting taped it and waited for now to put it out. I am betting Tommy Frazier was standing somewhere in the room.
How is that move to the Big Ten working out for ya Huskers? Nebraska thought they would own the relatively weak Big Ten, but it sure hasn't worked out that way. Fortunately for Bo they get a miss on Ohio State this season.
So you are telling me Pelini is a potty mouth with major anger issues... I think you are a few years late with that news.
Bo Pelini is always "f***ing pissed off," so it seems. Anger is not a coaching technique, Nebraska Board of Regents.
Why would a coach leave a quality program like Louisville for Nebraska?
Most Nebraska fans ultimately believe that the next coach has to be FROM Nebraska. I lived there. Nebraskans are so small minded it's comical. It's a wonder there are Christian Churches in Nebraska, given that Jesus wasn't from there...
"I apologize to anyone whom I've offended."
So Pellini is still not man enough to take responsibility and acknowledge that he did something really dumb, about his employers. Not a guy I'd want coaching my team, period.
Go get the guy from Louisville.
Well, Nebraska, I will tell you how you improve a whole lot, real quick, but you have to decide whether you want to do it. His name is Bobby Petrino and he is coaching at Western Kentucky right now. You will see a three to four game improvement in the first year and will be a consistent winner after that. HOWEVER, there is some baggage that comes with him.
This is the reality for a coach that is on the way out. Every week there is a new distraction, in this case, something you said two years ago. Personally I think Pelini needs to go, he has no signature wins, just beats the creampuffs on the schedule and he has many humiliating losses. This is Nebraska, not Iowa State, expectations are a little higher.
Fire Pelini for the Nebraska fans being insulted
Fire this clown already
Wow.... what a classy coach. I wonder if he realizes it's the fans that ultimately pay his paycheck one way or another.
This is a business. I am sure Coach Pelini is a fine guy at home with his family, but bad for business. And in fairness, in 2013 he seems a bit calmer. The point is, as I have stated, fans are fickle. Nebraska is not unique at all in this regard, it is a universal characteristic. A very big part of a head coach's job is public relations, and it is clear Coach Pelini has been unaware of that part of the job. No one in the administration nor the media is trying to force him out. They all have jobs to do as well. In fact, his railing against the Omaha World Herald is just silly. That newspaper is such a "homer" newspaper that it is surprising the Huskers need to do any PR. The World Herald bends over backwards to make the Huskers look great. As to the administration, I would say they have been fairly long-suffering. I am sure Coach Pelini will land on his feet and continue to have a career in football. I wish him well. I guess I am not a rabid enough Huskers fan to really get too worked up, but it is clear the Pelini era is coming to an end.
I'm glad he said it.
Many players and coaches in all sports feels the same way.
Maybe Bo can go be an assistant for his brother.
I'm sure there are plenty of coaches and players who have wanted to say the same thing at times. Fans can be great, and they can be insufferable. I don't blame him one bit for his feelings towards them. But college coaches get paid big bucks. And they really need to learn to keep their mouths shut, especially today when every second someone could, and likely is, keeping track of everything they say.
I'm sure it sucks sometimes, but the fact of the matter is you have to pander to, and spoil, fans, whether they deserve it or not.
No matter what you're actually thinking, just say "We have the greatest fans in the world."
I'm not a big Nebraska fan, but their fans are some of the best there is. For him to rip them like that I believe Bo needs to go.
According to my sources, in 1973, Bo Pelini told his mother that she was ruining his life. Can you believe that? Just one more reason to fire a good coach for losing a dumb football game to a pretty good team.
Hey, I think Houston Nutt is free!!!
Pelini should be fired for having one of the worst defenses in the country. They were terrible last year and appear to be even worse this year. I know never to say never but because of changing demographics I think Oklahoma and Nebraska days of dominance are over. They must of had the best recruiting network in the country! How have they been able to recruit players to the most remote campuses in the country?
This is a low blow, and cheap shot. It is so obvious that the administration is trying to force him out. Just fire him, if you don't like him. No need to drag him through the mud. Distasteful Nebraska. For shame.
I guarantee someone in that administration has been holding on to that card for a while.
I grew up in Nebraska, moved back to Nebraska after my service in the military. What I learned living in 11 states is that sports fans of any stripe are fickle. They love you when you when and boo you when you lose. Well? Get over it. That is why BCS coaches make the big bucks. Like it or not, Bo Pelini is a public figure. No university president or professor or mayor of a city could get away with these kinds of comments made on a somewhat regular basis. I am not condemning Bo Pelini here, so do not misunderstand. My point is that dealing with the public and the media goes with the job.
Never have heard fans boo the team--am frantically looking for my number 15 jersey for Saturday
He's gone, they'll probably land Chris Pedersen or Nick Saban.
@John3 It'll still work out pretty well for them considering they'll make more money in the Big Ten. If you're going to suck, might as well do it in a conference that will net you some coin.
Now now.... let's not kick a team when they are down. I however must agree with what you have stated, it does not look like the move to the Big 10 worked out the way nb hoped it would. Still.... who knows what the future holds. There are a lot of people wearing red that wish this was still the 90's.
@1oldsnowman Is that sarcasm? Louisville's all time record is barely scraping over .500. NO national championships and only 8 conference championships. (5 of which were in the Missouri Valley Conference and Conference USA) That is laughable compared to Nebraska. Louisville is normally a middle of the pack team in a mediocre conference. The past 5 seasons go
2008 5-7
2009 4-8
2010 7-6
2011 7-6
2012 11-2
One 10+ win season does not make you a quality program. You think Bridgewater's are going to fall into your lap every other year? Hell...Nebraska has won 10 games 3 times over the past 5 years and 9 in the other 2. I'm no Nebraska fan but I get a kick out of people that think one or two good seasons (while playing maybe one or 2 good teams over the entire time period) suddenly puts you in the top tier of football programs. They beat Florida last year. Good for them. The La. Lafayette Rajun Cajuns came pretty close to doing that as well, in Gainesville.
@muser Nebraskans like and want someone who will embrace a tradition that has been successful in the past. Callahan came in and tried changing that all around. Bo was not from Nebraska, but he did serve as a assistant coach, and understood the tradition. To say that people from Nebraska only want a person from Nebraska is pretty naive and simple minded in itself. We want to win.
@muser I would have to agree with ya there. You get out side of Omaha it really starts to get small minded. Omaha isn't that far along but compared tot he rest of the state it is the Red Headed Step Child.
@Richard--Ramirez You think he'd leave a program he's rebuilt and is leading to the ACC for that mess in Nebraska?
@6marK6 hmm 3 to 4 games. Your saying the first year he would be trying to get into the new championship game since pellini has lost 4 each year.
@joeshine730 well, sine he said it two years ago, maybe he should have been fired then.
@MichMM GTFO
@Cman - Good point. Nebraska fans stick with their team no matter what. They travel well and have continual sellouts since Kennedy was president (a trivia question in last weeks game). I remember when Osborne was coach in the 80s, there was talk of discontentment. It is going to happen. Bo forgot that a passionate fan base is a good thing.
I'll send the plane! We will sit on the Tarmac for hours (again) if we have to.
Since right around 2011... to be precise.
Oops, bad spelling...I mean they love you when you win, boo you when you lose.
@ElvisHitler Yeah cause Saban is just itching to leave Bama. As for Pederson, he's not leaving Boise State. His kid's got some sort of long term illness, with a top of the line medical center that specializes in that illness....right there in Boise. So is he gonna take the Nebraska job at the risk of his kid's health? I think not.
@Cool No place on earth is a closed to anything from the outside. Nebraskans would decline to breathe air unless they were sure that several other Nebraskans had endorsed the idea.
When Bo goes there will be a mess. That's not a top 25 job anymore and with a segment of fans insisting on hiring from .006 of the population...
@Cool I lived in the Corn State for 5 years and live just across the border now....spare me the childish humor.
@muser @Cool Apparently I have to type slower so that you can keep up with what I am saying. Sorry you have a learning and reading disability. No where has it been stated by any Nebraskan that the coach must be from Nebraska.. that was something your pea brain thought up. If you want to have a rational debate, using actual facts and not those your pea brain conjures up, I will be happy to do so. After I get done riding to town on my horse, and go to the bar and shoot up some indians, I will be ready to debate.. well after I plow the back 40... since that is all we do here in Nebraska .. and all of us think the same and do the same things.
@Richard--Ramirez He's had offers from bigger and more recently successful programs. To which he said no. Why in hell would he go to Nebraska.......


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Wanted to record/share my journey to stop taking Gleevec. After reading about the testing and trials conducted in France and the UK to see about stopping therapy i'm going to give it a try. Since Feb. '07 I have been undetectable without a change. My Onc emailed Dr. Druker and got his permission to try, provided that we send another PCR test to a secondary lab for verification of my status. Afterwards, I will start a therapy-free life. My next PCR test will be in Feb. 2012 which brings me out to a full five years. Dr. Druker doesn't recommend this any sooner than two years of consistant PCR undetectable. Wish me luck and any input is welcome.
Good luck, and keep us posted. I'm sure that lots of folks will be interested to follow your data.
Yes, good luck to you. Will be interested to see how it goes.
Hope for the best... Are you on 300 mg or 400mg Gleevec since treatment, I was wondering if you try lowering dosage prior to your STIM plan. Good Luck... Hope u could share your successfull journey every now and then..
I have been on 400mg from the start of therapy. I will give update as soon as I receive them
Good luck for you. Hope for the best.
By the way, do you consider increasing the frequency of PCR test? , just to be safe
Please keep us posted!
Yes, we are awaiting recommendations for increased PCR testing from Dr. Drucker. If we don't hear from him then we'll go with every three months for about a year then maybe increase the time beyond that.
Unfortunately, I don't have conclusive data guiding my decision. I don't intend on supplementing my diet any further than I already have. I use turmeric and apple cider vinegar in my food but don't wish to skew the test results if I don't maintain it.
you mentioned Dr Druker does not recommend STIM trial less than 2 years' time of PCRU. Wondering if you have data on the correlation between PCRU time before trial vs STIM success rate duration ?
Personaly I think it is related to personal immune system able to handle any reoccurance, I hope there is a way to strengten our immune system before starting STIM to ensure success rate..
Best of luck, i hope you will continue to post as you get your PCR tests. I will be looking forward to see how your status is holding up over the next 1-2 years. I think you have a good shot if you have been PCRu for 5 years. To me that seems like a solid amount of time. I hope this works for you. Enjoy the time off from treatment.
BTW - are you considering any supplementation when you stop? Anything like Curcumin or FeverFew?
Joel - All the best to you on this journey. I very much intend to join you assuming I can get to PCRu myself and can stay at that level for one year. My plan is to rely on Curcumin to see if it can keep me PCRu. Not a cure, just a maintenance mechanism that may work for years before I have to resume. If it doesn't work and a subsequent PCR test shows detectable, I'll just go back on therapy and then do what you are doing - and stay on it for 5 years - then try again. And try again and again and again.
Please keep us posted on your follow-up tests.
Hi Mic,
You said your intention if to go off TKI in one year, however base on present recommendation on STIM data is to be PCRU for at least 2 yr before stopping. Dont you think 1 yr is too soon to even try eventhough u wana try Ayurvedic Curcumnoid 8 g daily. Was wondering did you discuss with your doc on your intention, and what he had to say.
Joel - I am very interested in the results. I am 2 years PCRu and looking forward to the day when I can put sharts, cramps and eye sight problems behind me. I truly wish you the best, and eagerly await your updates.
Thank you for everyone's support! I'm definitely looking forward to feeling 100% again :) Not to diminish what the drug has done for me or to seem ungrateful. I know this study is in the back of everyone's minds since it came up so I will be sure to catalog my results as soon as I get them.
Very interested in your results. I am almost 6 years PCRU.
I have been undetectable for 2 years now on Sprycel and am thinking about doing the same thing. Did your Onc go for it with some good conversation? I have suggested this to mine and he says no way. The Sprycel does wonders for my counts but I have no quality of life anymore.
I wish you, and everyone feeling to give it a good try, all success! And offer all support to those who shudder to even think of doing it: steady on and good health!
I'm looking to stop Sprycel after two years of PCRU.
It happens that I had a consultation at Stanford a couple of weeks ago specifically to request permission to stop Sprycel, after my onc/hem felt that it was necessary to have back-up on such a decision. I'd begun my presentation to him a year ago in preparation for this move.
I knew to bring to the consultation my history of test results, and any relevant studies, and to carry along inside me all that I've learned here on this board. I strained my brain for a few days prior to the consultation to bring only what was clear and simple as my presentation.
It worked. I'm approved to stop next week, the second anniversary of testing PCRU. There are no local studies to become part of, so it's just me giving it a go, with monthly bw and fingers crossed.
They (MD, Ph.D assistant and the specialist) asked everything, challenged everything, and with what I presented and all the answers I had and the good test results, in the end were happy for me to give it a try, as my test results have been 0.000, a more than 5-log reduction, never any returned trace of CML, since four months after starting Sprycel. Can't ask for a better chance at success.
Yes, I do count my blessings everyday and thank God repeatedly.
Last pills: Sept. 13
Congratulations on your choice, ChrisC. I wish you MUCH success and look forward to hearing about your results.
Hope u will have a successfull stop TKI journey. Pls provide us update every now and then so that we can followup.
I can understand and support Joel's decision to stop TKI therapy after 4+ years PCR undetectable. This is not for everyone. I think there needs to be 2 factors involved to think about this option. One is certainly a long term PCRU -- I would say the longer the better, and 2 years would be a minimum number. The other necessary component would be fast response to TKI therapy. Fast response shows high susceptibility of those higher level leukemic cells to TKI drugs. If this approach is going to work, the high level leukemic cells must be killed off. For it to work over the long term, all leukemic cells must be killed off. The big question remains to be answered: after several years of TKI therapy and PCRU, are the leukemic stem cells all gone? There is no answer to that. Research tells us that they are probably not all gone. But maybe they are. I have suggested (maybe wishful thinking?) that after many years of pounding by TKI drugs, the last leukemic cells would give up because of unknown mechanisms at work.
There is also another less drastic option to reduce TKI dosage which I have previously discussed. I have been PCRU for over 5 years. I reached PCRU in well under a year. I chose Gleevec dosage reduction down to 200mg per day, which I have been doing for 2 years now without loss of PCRU status. I also have almost no side effects.
Joel is doing this in a smart way, under increased monitoring. Anyone who considers this should use the same approach.
Trey, I have been PCRU for 2 years solid now and am only taking 50 mg of Sprycel a day. My issue isn't the Leukemia, it's the side effects. Sprycel is much better on me than Gleevec was, but my quality of life is non existant. I am working less than 20 hrs a week and can barely do that. My Onc's only retort to any of this is let's change medicine. I went off Sprycel for 2 months over this last year and am still PCRU. I would certainly like to see what my alternatives are.
Thanks for letting me gripe,
This is an excellent discussion. Dealing with the side effects is the primary reason I want to stop my TKI. Five naps a day, hearing loss (I hope it is reversable: as Trey has pointed out elsewhere it might be due to edema), brain fog, etc.: gotta deal with these things to improve quality of life. At Stanford, the initial response to my ceasing Sprycel was that since it was working perfectly, why stop? Working perfectly except for the side effects, I responded. And so the discussion was on.
I asked whether reduced dosage might be an option, rather than stopping Sprycel, or in the event that I needed to restart it, might I do so with a lower dosage. Their policy has been and continues to be to only take the full dosage. Their reasoning was that a) most of the TKI is immediately excreted and very little is left in the body to do its work, and b) mutations, particularly the T315i, are the enemy and as there are no open T315i studies right now (he said), if after stopping Sprycel I developed that mutation, there would be no TKI to help me. I responded that I expected that since the Ponatinib trial was going so well, it would be approved by the time I needed it. (SO helpful to bring in what gets discussed here.)
I am hoping that at CML conferences this year there will be good reports on reducing dosage of TKIs after maintaining PCRU over time, to deal with side effects, as it appears that other doctors are working with that option. I'll have to try getting a consultation at USC if CML returns, rather than Stanford, if I want approval for a lower dosage. Each approach is a reasoned approach, yet they differ, and we need to see what results are found with each one.
Hmm, that's interesting what you said, Chris, about their assertion that most of the TKI is excreted immediately. I'd believe that if the drug was simply processed by the kidneys, but I thought that's why the liver is such a concern, because the liver processes the TKI, and I'd assume that would take a while.
I think the issue with reduced dosage is this idea that you could develop a resistance to the drug if there is only a small amount of the drug in you. Kind of the theory with anti-biotics. The disease could learn to adapt if there is not enough drug in the system to kill it all. Now the question is if this is reality and I don't know if anyone knows. I have heard some say yes and others say no. I sure don't know. So while I like the idea of lowering dosage to reduce side effects, it does concern me as well. I'm inclined to try something like full dose for 2 years PCRu (if lucky enough), then reduce to 300 for 18 months and see if I maintain PCRu. Then at that point evaluate if side effects are good enough or if further reduction would help. If good enough, stay another 18 months and then consider cessation, or potentially go to 200 mg, see if PCRu is held for 18 months. At that point it would be 5 years undetectable while at a reduced dosage. If there is no sign of the disease (send a blood sample to another lab just to see if anything shows up) Then at that point take a chance on stopping. Although I'll tell you , if I am PCRu at reduced dosage with no side effects, and by that time Gleevec is generic, I might be inclined to just stay on it.
I'll add that during dosage reduction or cessation, I would look at supplementing with something like Curcumin of Fever Few.....
seems like a plan. Are you going to remain at your current testing schedule when you try the dosage reduction? I am looking forward to seeing how reducing the dosage could be a possible solution, also, in case my numbers go into the positive after trying to stop therapy completely.
Oh, before the brain fog gets me, I want to endorse the Cascade Cancer Center in Kirkland, WA. Dr. Michele Frank and her nurse Connie watched over me like a hawk with EXCELLENT bedside manner and care! They were so very patient and answered all of my questions when I was at my most frantic and downtrodden. I called for my records since my current Onc. doesn't have the earlier PCR tests on hand and nurse Connie new me right away, five years later! That's remarkable! she was still the same sweet person I remember consoling me in the past. So if any new comers are in that vacinity I HIGHLY recommend you give them a try. They are extremely knowledgable and keep current with the latest information.
so was incorrect when I stated my PCR status. Turns out it was pretty close to undetectable in October 31st at .001. Since my old threads were whisked away in the forum update I will post my early PCR numbers:
2/14/06 (date of diag.): 19.5 (WBC 369K, PLT 1.2M)
8/30/06: 5.83
10/31/06: .001
2/01/07: undetectable
Trey, would you be so kind as to share your thoughts on my PCR progress? I have a theory that if I managed to becoming undetectable within that period of time that my chances could be more positive.
You asked me to look at your PCRs and comment. Your PCR story seems to suggest you have as good a chance of success as anyone could hope for since you achieved PCRU in one year. Whether you will find success in this is another thing. I prefer the low dosage route for myself.
I would work with my onc and see what they recommend for testing schedule. I would not accept anything less than 3 months and would probably want to go monthly for the first few monts.
Josh, forgive all this discussion if it's not what you were looking for; I am adding what, to me, seems relevant, and am enjoying reading everyone's input.
I've requested that my onc/hem discuss frequency of testing with me (the Stanford specialist left this up to us); I will hear back next week. I have the lab work request for the first month, so I'm set to be tested mid-October (having again been found PCRU in Aug. All tests have always been by Quest's labs). My request to him is, given that reports from the studies all show that relapse happens in the first six month almost exclusively, to have monthly CBCs and PCRs for at least the first six months, then we'll see. Also, as reports are that at least in the beginning, as one's system has to reboot, to begin taking over the work the TKI was doing, in the beginning almost everyone's PCR shows some measure of CML, What is looked for, as we already know from our familiarity with PCRs, is a trend. Reportedly, 50%–70% of folks end up returning to their TKI during the first six months, but it was a continued increase of PCR results that triggered this, not a single, very low reading: often after such a low reading the next result was PCRU in those who have been able to continue w/o a TKI, even over two years later. I suggested to my onc that we'll talk resuming Sprycel if there are results that show more than a 1-log increase twice. Patience is called for, from what I read.
As I see the coming months, it is a matter of doing nothing and accomplishing everything. There will only be results to report here if they happen, or don't happen. I will be quietly recording a personal diary of my supplements, etc., but probably won't be discussing it yet. I will, as always, be following the discussion with relish. Thank you to everyone, and good health to all.
I don't buy the theroy that low dosage TKIs can cause resistance or mutations, just as most good Oncs have also rejected it. Dr Druker has endorsed Gleevec dosage reduction below 400mg after excelent response. Dr Cortes has Michael on steady state 20mg Sprycel. NCCN guidelines discuss low dosage options. The antibiotic analogy is not the same at all -- in fact it is just the opposite. TKI drugs do not partially kill or stun a leukemic cell as low dosage antibiotics can. Leukemic cells cannot come back "stronger" like bacteria can. Leukemia does not spread to others after becoming "stronger"after being stunned. TKIs at first are too low of a dosage to handle all the leukemic cells in the body, so is that called "low dosage" that could cause resistance? No. I have addressed these issues in the following thread:
To clarify, I am not a big subscriber to the resistance as a comparison to antibiotics, I only mentioned it because I have heard that argument thrown around. The argument I find more credible was the one presented my Dr. Mauro when he spoke about the possibility of clonal evolution under reduced dosage. He wasn't saying that would happen, I understood it to be a possible reason to be cautious. His stand was pretty much until there are trials that show it is safe, he is recommending patients stay at the full dose. Now that is also what he said to a room full of people at a conference, I don't know how that correlates to what he does with his patients in a one on one situation.
Clonal evolution (disease progression) can certainly occur when a person has a high leukemic load and takes too little drug to fight the leukemia, generally due to side effects caused by the drug that do not allow the person to tolerate a full dosage. That is an issue of inability to take an adequate dosage to fight the CML.
Good luck, Joel! Please do keep us posted. I think we're all looking forward to see how you do.
I hope to one day be able to reduce my dosage, but I would be wary of stopping--just a personal opinion. I do know that before my 6-month FISH and PCR, my oncologist said he has reduced dosages for his other patients that are on Gleevec (I'm actually on Tasigna) and they maintain PCRU.
At six months, I went from 96.5% FISH and whatever my PCR was (I don't know my dx number) to negative fish and 0.003% PCR. We did a BMB tuesday just to look deeper at everything. I hope since I have responded quickly I will be a candidate in a couple of years to reduce dosage, if I can continue to improve and achieve PCRU.
I think a high initial dosage followed by long term, low-level maintenance may be the future for the majority of people, although some will be able to pull off cutting the medicine completely. It would seem to me that with initial high amounts of leukemia cells, you need all the medicine you can to go around killing the cells; but if there are later only a few stem cells that wake up in a while, you would only need a minute amount in the blood stream to be taken up by the cells when they awaken.
Anyway, just my two cents. I am excited whenever I see posts like this, not in the sense of a cure or getting out of taking TKIs, but just because we may be seeing a welcome change in how therapy is done.
Hi: I will pray that you do very well with stopping your Gleevec. I have been on Gleevec since 2000, and been PCRU for 8 years, and I am sure you see the notes from Michael telling me I am cured. I really love him for all the encouragement he gives me. I am still afraid to do anything like that. My Oncologist did tell me that there will be a test in 5 years time that will show something with regard to staying PCRU, and being considered cured. I am not sure exactly what she was talking about.
Please keep us all informed of your progress. Its people like you who are willing to take the chance to help others like me who are still leary.
God Bless You
OK folks, my first post after lurking around and benefitting from the info on these boards for seven years. I thought it time for me to offer my own experience, advise and well wishes to those who are attempting to get off of TKI's after being PCRU for an extended period. I was dxd 7/25/2004 with 255,000 wbc. While in the hospital I read-up on clinical trials that showed increasing response to dose of Gleevec so I requested and was allowed to start on 800 mg Gleevec/dy. Within 5 mos. I was PCRU (Quest 0.000 pcr), reduced dose to 600 mg/dy after 9 mos, then 400 mg after 12 mos and stayed PCRU the whole time. In the fall of 2008 (4 yrs after dxd) my liver enzymes (AST/ALT) started unexplicably increasing and continued to climb above 5x UNL in January 2009. My onc put me on a Gleevec "vacation" with the goal for my liver enzymes to return to the normal range. The onc measured my liver enzymes monthly, but left me on my quarterly schedule for BCR/ABL pcr analysis. It took three mos. for my liver enzymes to return to normal range (non-drinker, but take 5 mg Crestor). When I did my next BCR/ABL pcr in the beginning of April 2009, the result was above 100% on international scale (Quest, 10.485 pcr). I immediately did a repeat with mutation analysis; pcr was the same 100% range and showed the BP35I insert mutation (search Trey's postings). I got a new onc and requested, and was put on, 100 mg/dy Sprycel, six weeks later (end of May 2009) I was re-tested and was PCRU again - that' right from 100%+ to PCRU in 6 weeks. I have been PCRU ever since with quarterly pcrs. I have had virtually no side affects on Sprycel (minor fatigue, minor skin rash).
In January 2011, I reduced Sprycel to 70 mg and after 6 mos and 2 quarterly PCRUs, reduced to 50 mg/dy Sprycel this pas June 2011, while adding 2400 mg/dy Zyflo (Zileuton, again search Trey's posts - I really have chronic bronchitis and am doing this with both my onc's and GP's knowledge and cooperation). My goal is to find the minimum dose that will maintain my PCRU status. My plan is to reduce dose each 6 mos I achieve 2 PCRUs. Next January, I will reduce to 20 mg/dy, then in June 2012, if I am still PCRU, I will discontinue Sprycel and continue Zyflo. I will then begin once per month pcrs for 3 mos, then bi-monthly for the next six mos, if I am still PCRU at that stage I will stop Zyflo, while continuing bi-monthly pcrs for another year. If at any point I become pcr positive, I will revert to the previous dose. I don't advise this for anyone else.
The risk in discontinuing TKI's is that you may develop a mutation that may not be reverseable - Caveat Emptor applies - Buyer Beware!!! If you are going to do this, do it under strict supervision with frequent pcr testing, it may take 6 mos or more for the ultimate result to manifest in pcr testing.
Best of luck to all, but unless you are willing to be a guinea pig, like me, I suggest you wait for more research results to support this option.
DPASS - In six weeks you went from 100% to PCRU - that's remarkable. I wonder if the 100% was incorrect in the first place? CML is a relatively slow disease to get started. Once PCRU, it's hard to fathom that in just 3 months you would have such a spike in transcripts (or maybe not?) without a corresponding jump in WBC's? and then crash back to zero in six weeks ... or maybe the cells had not had enough time to respond to the transcript signal? I'm just very curious about this.
Your goal of dose modulation to maintain PCRU without extra drug is commendable. I am going to do the same thing - but as Trey pointed out - in my case I am already at such a low "maintenance" dose of Sprycel already. The big advantage of low dose is no side affects. I asked Dr. Cortes if I can increase my dose and he said "no". He has more concern about my myelosuppression. Since I had a 2 log PCR drop in two months after re-starting 20mg. Sprycel, he is very encouraged. Notable is that my CBC after one month is little changed - but not going up to normal either. I am just holding steady in a 'safe' zone below normal (ANC = 1.6; Plt = 105). I am myelosuppressed, but only mildly so on 20mg. Sprycel. He is concerned that if I increase my dose - I'll have major mylosuppression issues again.
I am intrigued with your Zileuton usage. Dr. Li (U Mass) is doing research on Zileuton's affect on CML stem cells. Coupled with a TKI it could produce a "cure" breakthrough. I have personally come to the conclusion, however, that a cure is not possible without T-cell involvment. The recent work with CLL (Dr. June) is very promising in that regard.
DPass - Thank you for passing that information along. It's definitely interesting to hear from someone who's been in a similar boat as me. The possibility that concerns me the most, as with everyone, is developing a mutation or cell evolution (however you want to label it). I'm very curious to know what triggers mutation and if that's possibly one of the tests that was talked about by Susan61's Onc. Not sure how we could help our bodies adjust so that IF there are any abhorent cells left we aren't leaving the door wide open for them to evolve during the washout period. Which, I suppose, is why trials are trying a cocktail of drugs to retrain the body. I suppose it'd be akin to a drug abuser who quits cold turkey and has the dangerous cleansing period because they've replaced their body's natural function with a foreign substance.
At the same time, i'd love to believe in the other idea that this isn't a bacteria or virus and would behave eradically when dosages are messed with. We know soooo much about this illness but still quite a few large hurdles to overcome. I'm a little shocked by DPass not trying to go back to Gleevec, but that must've been a personal decision rather than a Gleevec failed situation. It is interesting that the disease load came back 100% in just three months. Wonder what the WBC counts at that time. That seems more analogous to disease progression at that rate but i'm fairly ignorant to the mechanics of progression.
Still all good information and thank you for sharing it.
ChrisC - I assume you meant Joel (not Josh). This thread is open to anyone that wishes to share my journey and sort of live vicariously. I know this is a risk and there are far more intelligent people here that will be following this so more information is better than too little. share away
My WBC was 5.8k in Jan. 2009 (just before stopping Gleevec), then 35.7k in early April ' 09 before re-start with Sprycel, then 3.8 k at the end of May '09. I have no reason to doubt pcr results as they were all done at Quest. I re-started with Sprycel after consulting with Dr. Druker because of the BP35I insert mutation. While his personal opinion was the BP35I is not kinase active (meaning it is not a location where ATP binds to allow phosphorylation and cell signaling for replication in the presence of kinases - I think I got that right), he thought it to be the more effective TKI in the event it was kinase active or if the BP35I represented the beginning of clonal evolution to a more unstable molecule. Other research (Lee, et al. http://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/7/12/3834.full) indicates the presence of the BP35I mutation may indicate imanitib resistance and clonal evolution. I am not concerned with lowering the dose through time so long as I remain PCRU. Evidently, Sprycel has wiped out the population of 9:22 cells truncated with the BP35I mutation, or at least, they exist below the pcr detection limit for now.
Did they figure out what caused your liver enzymes to become elevated? Was it the Crestol?
I guess one can't be sure, but the onc's opinion was that it was Gleevec that caused the elevated liver enzymes. In the two years since, while on Sprycel, I have not had a single incidence of above normal range of AST/ALT while my Crestor was increased to 10 mg/dy some time ago. I believe common opinion is that one could return to Gleevec after an episode of increased liver enzymes and brief Gleevec vacation, without further incidence of increased enzymes.
Do you intend to have another Stop TKI in the future ? or any discussion with your doctor that lowering dosage with such an fast re-occurance experiece is advisable and how safe is it ?
Your response is very different from all others CMLers that I have read. Your response is extremely fast, from 100 to 0 then relapse to > 100 and then 0 again, within less than 3 moths. I was wondering what is your CBC during you stop Gleevec duration. Does your CBC show increase too. ? Since you experienced fast relapse, dont you think it is risky to reduce your dosage ?
Thanks for sharing this information.
Can you advise what your WBC was at the time of diagnosis, or what stage you were in? And did your Onc ever recommend first reducing the dosage before you decided to eliminate it entirely?
Thanks again.
I am in major shock. My doctor told me today I could stop taking Gleevec, but it was my decision, I was first Dx 1993 at age 16, had a BMT from a sister, then 11 years later it popped up again in blast phase, another BMT, and I've been on Gleevec 400 and in BCR-ABL remission ever since. ( Forgive my lack of proper terminology.) I feel very fortunate, I do suffer from frequent daily nausea and edema around the eyes, but I've learned to deal with them. I"m scared to do it. Ironically, I"m losing some of my health coverage and my Gleevec bill will be going up to $6000 OOP next year. But to stop Gleevec just because of the expense, at the risk of going through active CML a 3rd time, well, I would appreciate your suggestions and thoughts. Thanks.
I think, you have 2 options now, base from your feedback you would like to continue your medication but on the other hand you are losing your coverage.
If you could afford and dont mind the side effect you will need to pay and continue your medication so it is the current safest choice.
If due to affordability, I think you may wan to consider to reduce your dosage but need to be closely on PCR so that you it will be less burden on the medication and you will have less side effect.
On the ground of stoping medication, you will need to ask the protocol of monitoring with your doctor and if he has already patients doing it safely under his practice. I think one need to be very carefull and if the doctor confident enough to able to detect any progression fast and remedy it before too late.
On what ground he thinks you are safely to discontinue medication and is he an experienced doctor ?


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Jesus matters more than the approval or even the civility of our family (10:37). Many viewed honoring one's parents as the highest social obligation (Ep. Arist. 228; Jos. Apion 2.206; Ps-Phocyl. 8); for many, God alone was worthy of greater honor (Deut 13:6; 33:9; 2 Macc 7:22-23).
Love Jesus More Than Life (10:38-39)
We must love Jesus not only more than our families but more than our own lives. For all our talk about low self-esteem these days (and most of us do view ourselves as less than what God has called us to be), the vast majority of people still cling desperately to life (compare Eph 5:29; Epict. Disc. 2.22.15-16). But the moment we become Christ's followers, our own lives and wills become forfeit; we die with Christ to sin (that is, to the right to make selfish choices; Rom 6:3-4) and choose a path that could lead any day to our execution for Christ's name (Mt 16:24). Although we may speak glibly today of "our cross" as the need to put up with Aunt Molly or a leaky roof, "taking up the cross" in Jesus' day meant being forced to bear the instrument of one's execution past a jeering mob to the site of one's imminent death as a condemned criminal (see Hengel 1977).
The promise of eternal life should be sufficient motivation for any who genuinely believe Jesus' claims-it doesn't take a math major to recognize that the greatest mortal longevity pales in comparison with eternity-but we sometimes prove less committed than we suppose (26:41). That even the first disciples were not initially prepared for such a demand (26:56) does not mitigate the level of commitment our Lord seeks from us: if we want to be followers of Jesus, we must be ready to die. If I value my life in this world more than I value Jesus and the life of the next world, I cannot be his disciple.
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Today in country music history:
2007 - Hank Williams, Jr. was honored with a CMT Giants concert featuring Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and Kid Rock among others.
2005 - Sara Evans video for "Cheatin'" and Jason Aldean's clip for "Why" debuted.
2005 - Sara Evans' album Real Fine Place went gold.
2004 - Montgomery Gentry and Lynyrd Skynyrd taped an episode of CMT Crossroads in Tennessee.
1998 - Record stores had a "Super Tuesday" with a bunch of major new releases all dropping the same day: Garth Brooks' Double Live, Whitney Houston's My Love Is Your Love, Mariah Carey's #1s, Jewel's Spirit and three soundtracks from the animated film The Prince Of Egypt.
1997 - LeAnn Rimes' album Blue was certified five-times platinum and her single "How Do I Live" went double-platinum.
1997 - Hal Ketchum got engaged to Gina Giglio in Austin, Texas.
1997 - Shania Twain became the first female artist to have 10 million copies of her album shipped with The Woman in Me.
1968 - Glen Campbell scored gold records with "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Gentle on My Mind."
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All entrepreneurs start their companies because they think it will give them freedom-freedom to work on their own terms, be their own bosses, and create a company that meets their needs. But so often the opposite happens, and they end up encumbered by businesses that bear little to no resemblance to those they had envisioned. They wind up working for their companies, but their companies don't work for them.
Despite the freedom that striking out on your own promises, most of the accepted wisdom on how to build a small business advocates a one- size-fits-all approach. So-called experts-and sometimes just well-meaning friends-urge business owners to grow fast, be more profitable, and imitate other successful start-ups. And while these tips may work for some, they fail to consider the astounding variety of values and motivations that individuals have for starting a business. Too often, owners sacrifice their personal satisfaction in order to conform to unnecessary (and often unworkable) standards.
Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams have seen this problem for years when working with women entrepreneurs like themselves. They set out to explore how successful female business owners have grown their enterprises in a way that sustains their own personal goals and needs, not someone else's standards.
Drawing on the true stories of nearly 100 entrepreneurs, as well as their own experiences, Abrams and Lancaster guide readers through the best principles that really matter when you work for yourself. For instance:
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Using FTP with FileZilla
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Linking Domains and Hosting
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This is what we saw yesterday in Prairie City. The snow/sleet/rain coming down was coming straight at me as I was trying to get a picture of this strange sight. We were glad we had stayed home to watch the Super bowl game.
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Prior to being elected Dane County Executive, Joe served in the Wisconsin State Assembly,
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in 1996. Joe has served as President of the Board of Directors, and as a volunteer tutor,
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Concerts archive
Listen Richie Havens On Mountain Stage
April 29, 2013 – Havens, who died April 22, was a hugely influential folksinger with an unmistakable guitar style.
Watch Iggy And The Stooges, Live In Concert Soundcheck
April 28, 2013 – Watch the band rip through songs from its new album Ready to Die during this First Listen Live show. Soundcheck
Listen Blue Yonder On Mountain Stage
April 25, 2013 – The West Virginia trio fuses country, honky-tonk and jazz during this home-state live performance.
Listen Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom On JazzSet WBGO
April 25, 2013 – Players pair off and rejoin, chase each other and catch up at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. WBGO
Listen The Chapin Sisters On Mountain Stage
April 24, 2013 – Abigail and Lily Chapin play songs from their new covers album, A Date With the Everly Brothers.
Listen Corb Lund On Mountain Stage
April 23, 2013 – The Canadian roots-country singer-songwriter plays songs from his most recent album, Cabin Fever.
Listen Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale On Mountain Stage
April 22, 2013 – The two Nashville heavyweights play songs from their recent album of duets, Buddy & Jim.
Listen Carnegie Hall Live: Dresden Staatskapelle Plays Bruckner WQXR
April 19, 2013 – A venerable orchestra brings Bruckner's Eighth Symphony, and its new conductor, to New York. WQXR
Listen Shovels And Rope On Mountain Stage
April 19, 2013 – The husband-and-wife roots-rock duo plays buoyant songs from its debut album, O' Be Joyful.
Listen Bonnie Bishop On Mountain Stage
April 18, 2013 – The Americana singer-songwriter plays songs from her latest album, Free, live in West Virginia.
Listen Kim Richey On Mountain Stage
April 17, 2013 – The multifaceted country singer-songwriter plays songs from her 2010 album Wreck Your Wheels.
Listen Kathleen Edwards On Mountain Stage
April 16, 2013 – The Canadian singer-songwriter plays songs from her latest album, Voyageur.
Watch Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Live In Concert
April 15, 2013 – Sinewy and powerful, Cave controls an Austin, Texas, crowd with a powerful, career-spanning set.
Listen Kathy Mattea On Mountain Stage
April 15, 2013 – The singer-songwriter plays songs from her new album, which examines her native Appalachia.
Listen Piney Gir On Mountain Stage
April 12, 2013 – The singer-songwriter makes her Mountain Stage debut, playing songs from her album Geronimo.


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Once you've booked your cruise, click on "Log In to My NCL" and enter your user name and password. If you are a new user, create an account. Once you're logged in, you should see a summary of your booked cruise(s). Click the button for "Shore Excursions". If this button is not clickable, you may need to wait at least 60 days prior to your vacation date. Once you get to the Shore Excursions shopping page, you should see each port city offering Shore Excursions for every day of your cruise itinerary. Click through each port city to get more info and pre-book excursions for each guest you're traveling with. You can also call 1-866-625-1167 if you have any questions.
Depart the pier and take a short walk to the train station and board your exclusively chartered standard train for an approximate 2 1/2 to 3 hour journey to Berlin. While relaxing and watching the German countryside pass by, you'll be served a light snack. Upon arrival at one of Berlin's train stations, your local tour guide will welcome and assist you to board your coach. Depart on an exciting tour of Berlin, covering the top ten highlights of this bustling city. Photo stops will be made at the East Side Gallery, a 3/4 mile long section of the Berlin wall, Checkpoint Charlie and at the Bebelplatz where below the ground level, lies the Empty Library. You'll pass by the Potsdamer Platz, formerly a no man's land between East and West where the first gap in the Berlin Wall was made in 1989, and which today is a pristine block of futuristic glass-and-steel skyscrapers.
A few blocks from here, at the Holocaust Memorial, you'll have another opportunity for a photo stop before making your way over the famous Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag government building. After enjoying a traditional German pub-style lunch at a local restaurant, you'll have an outside visit of Charlottenburg Palace, the oldest surviving Prussian palace. Then drive into the former western part of Berlin, along the Kurfuerstendamm, where you'll pass by the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the largest department store on the continent of Europe, the KaDeWe. Continue past Berlin's main train station with more than 80 shops that are open seven days a week. Also, see the Victory column commemorating the Prussian victories. Depending on the order of the tour and timing, you'll have the opportunity to either spend some time at leisure at the Kurfuerstendamm, Friedrichstrasse, Unter den Linden Boulevard or Berlin's Main Train Station (or similar), before transferring to the station for your return journey to Warnemunde.
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Tulip® Body Art™ Swan Imspiration
Create a swan design perfect for your dance recital or any festive occasion!
Design courtesy of iLoveToCreate®.
Material List
- Tulip® Body Art™ Face and Body Paint Kit - Festival
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Project Instructions
Dip paintbrush in water.
Apply wet brush to paint surface.
Shade side of right eye with Turquoise, Pink and Purple to create background as shown.
Add White above Turquoise in freehand shape of swan. Use Blue to out line and create swirl detail.
Add White "feathers" below freehand swan. Outline feathers with Purple.
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WEST, Texas -- Camera crews were finally allowed to capture the devastation Sunday from the ground level, four days after the explosion at the West Fertilizer Company.
Residents in two out of three zones have been allowed back inside their homes. There's a curfew from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. for people in those zones. There are still numerous issues residents must deal with, and volunteers from the Austin area are there trying to help them figure it all out.
Susan Martin is with the Austin Disaster Relief Network. Volunteers from more than 100 Austin area churches are in West to help people through this crisis.
"They are tormented, they saw horrible things here, horrible pictures are in their mind," Martin said.
ADRN is set up with the Red Cross at the Knights of Columbus Hall. West resident Joe King came for help.
"We talked about everything. The kids are going to have to be going to a different school, they helped us out with a Walmart card to get some gas cause we are going to have to be taking the kids to a different school," King said.
While he didn't lose his home, his girlfriend lost her job. He also knew many of the 14 people killed. Twelve were first responders.
"I need all the advice I can get," said King.
Executive director for ADRN Daniel Geraci says just "talking it through" can help victims begin to move forward.
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