Great letter and so true. I pray that you continue to mend and send you wishes for many more love filled days on this earth. I am fighting cml with this new drug ponatinib. My blood is almost back to normal. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Prayers & Blessings Jeanie 🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠. 18,s > On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:37 PM, Marty Gartenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello to everyone, > > Now you all know why I do what I do. I love all of you just as my extended > family. I am so honored and grateful to be a part of your lives, your very > precious lives. > > I would like to share with all of you, a letter that I wrote to my kidney > donors family. I would hopefully respect that they have the opportunity of > reading it one day. > > 18's, > > Marty > > February 28th 2015 > > I write this to the family of the young man that gave of himself in order > that I can survive. > > It has been four days since I received a kidney transplant from your loved > one. I am in pain right now but I want to write this without any pain > medication because I would like to have a clear mind so that I can speak to > you from my heart and soul. > > It is very important to me to be able to write this to you, and I truly hope > that you receive it. I hope that it is something that may give you less hurt > in your hearts. > > First, I would like to send you my deepest condolences on the loss of your > loved one. When I first got the call from the hospital that there was a > matching kidney for me I was very happy. However, I also felt a great deal of > guilt that someone had to be deceased in order for me to receive this very > precious gift of life. > > I believe that there is a reason for everything that happens in this world. > Sometimes we may not understand what these reasons are, and sometimes it > hurts, but there is a reason for everything. > > I also believe that if someone does something to try and help someone else > then it will come back to that person. More than twenty five years ago I had > Leukemia and had to go through a bone marrow transplant. In order to do this > I had to have total body radiation and chemotherapy. > > I remember the first time that I went into the radiation chamber. I got down > on my knees, clasped my hands in front of me and made a promise to GOD. I > prayed that if I were to survive I would go on to try and help others also go > through this. > > And, this is something that I have done more than one hundred times since. > This is what I meant when I said that if you try to help someone it will come > back to you. This is what your loved one did for me. He has given me the > opportunity to continue on, and even though I do not know his name I will > continue to do this in his name. GOD knows exactly who he is, and I promise > you that I will continue to dedicate my life to your loved one for giving of > him to me. > > I truly hope that you will eventually receive my letter. Perhaps one of these > days I might have the opportunity of meeting you. > > > Sincerely, > > Marty > > >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:31 AM, Richard H <[email protected]> wrote: >> This was posted to CML2 on YAHOO. >> >> Hello cml chums! >> I have wonderful news from/about our friend Marty! >> Marty left a message at my home sharing that he HAS had his transplant (0: >> is doing well(0: and that he greatly appreciates all of our prayers(0: ! >> (collective sigh of relief from all of us, right?) >> Let's continue to send our love, support and prayers to our amazing >> friend. >> >> (0: Caryl >> >> >> This is great news. 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