My thoughts are with Kevin Drum. I’m happy that he’s optimistic and good-natured about his diagnosis of multiple myeloma, and while his treatment regimen looks pretty intense, at least he thinks it isn’t as bad as it could be.
It’s impossible to think about the blogosphere without thinking of Kevin. I think the whole broad community feels the same way, and we all wish him a strong and comfortable recovery.
Let it be so.
So sorry to see this. MM can be a very bizarre kind of disease. I lost a friend several years ago to this disease. My mom’s cousin is currently undergoing treatment for it, and my dad had a scare earlier this year, where he went through weeks of testing for a myriad of strange pain symptoms that had his doctor suspecting multiple myeloma. During that time his strange test results required review by multiple doctors at UCLA, Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic. And fortunately, in the end, he received a consensus opinion that it was not multiple myeloma, but a very treatable condition that often mimics the disease.
Kevin Drum has been a ubiquitous presence in the political internet world since the first day I ventured into it. I am very saddened to see that he is going to have to fight this battle. I will hope for the best for Kevin, and look forward to hearing about the positive results of his treatment. I wish him much future health and happiness.
Reading his piece, I thought (that’s in the light of working through a different kind of cancer) the cheery attitude, ready and steady and intellectually engaged with the disease and the treatment, is going to help him a lot. And cancer isn’t what it used to be. I’m going to think only positive thoughts. He’s one of the best.
Such sad news. Prayers for him.
All cancers are different, but we faced every parent’s nightmare when my oldest son was diagnosed with ALL when he was just three. In the 1970’s, it was a death sentence. When he was diagnosed in 1990, the cure rate was 75% and now it’s close to 90%.
Time, money, research, determination to fight cancer will prevail. Every case is different, but people can beat it. My son is now 27, in good health, and working in marketing for the local MetroParks system.
May Kevin find success as well.
Kevin practically invented serious, pragmatic, policy based blogging, starting as the Calpundit all those years ago. I wish him all the best.
I will be thinking of Kevin. Along with Booman and Josh Marshall, he is one of the temperate bloggers I pay attention to. My wife’s father died from MM. Kevin has a tough battle ahead. I will be sending prayers his way.