Red Sox southpaw Jon Lester pitched a no-hitter against the KC Royals tonight. For Lester the victory was more than a 7-0 whitewash of the Royals or his first complete game. It was a remarkable demonstration of how resoundingly Lester has bounced back after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the end of the 2006 season. Lester pitched the last game of the Red Sox world series championship last year but Lester, who hugged manager Terry Francona after the final out of tonight's game said: I've been through a lot the last couple of years. He's been like a second dad to me. It was just a special moment right there."
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I have noted previously that other friends of mine have received combination of Rituxan and Avastin to treat NHL. (Other drugs for NHL such as Bexxar will hopefully grow in use as treatments are tailored to individual disease progression.) Both of those drugs were not and are not widely available in single payer health systems. Cynics like Merrill Goozner even believe Avastin is worthless. My advice as always is for people to receive medical care consistent with their ideological position and refuse medicines they believe were brought to market or marketed in ways that are corrupting or without the evidence they believe meets their utopian formulary. And don't let your family have access to the same drugs either.
Leave Jon Lester and the rest of us alone.
Read Boston Globe article
I have noted previously that other friends of mine have received combination of Rituxan and Avastin to treat NHL. (Other drugs for NHL such as Bexxar will hopefully grow in use as treatments are tailored to individual disease progression.) Both of those drugs were not and are not widely available in single payer health systems. Cynics like Merrill Goozner even believe Avastin is worthless. My advice as always is for people to receive medical care consistent with their ideological position and refuse medicines they believe were brought to market or marketed in ways that are corrupting or without the evidence they believe meets their utopian formulary. And don't let your family have access to the same drugs either.
Leave Jon Lester and the rest of us alone.
