gwaydms

gwaydms t1_j2a0ry7 wrote

After he retired Alzado admitted using steroids and said they caused his cancer. Idk if they actually did or not but he was one of the first NFL players I remember who admitted using them.

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gwaydms t1_j25igri wrote

I'm sending big hugs. My mother-in-law went through that exact tragedy, except my sister-in-law was in a one-vehicle wreck that she caused. Everyone else in the car survived.

Holidays were always different after that. We missed her, but we knew she was in a better place, and that brought us some comfort.

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gwaydms t1_ixos1e8 wrote

Seconding this. The family I was born into was very dysfunctional, but the family I married into, and the family we raised, is very close and loving. Our grown children live in different parts of the US, but we make time to spend together. And we traveled 1700 miles to spend Thanksgiving with our family. We're retired, so we have more time to travel.

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gwaydms t1_iw3s5hv wrote

A young man who had spent much of his life in and out of hospitals with sickle-cell anemia is now being observed for a happier reason: he no longer has the disease. Genetic editing enables him to produce normal red cells. And his germ cells were edited as well, so he doesn't need to worry about having children with SCA.

To him and his family, the risk was worth it. He's just another healthy young man, with the prospect of a normal life.

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