NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar diagnosed with cancer

thegrio.com ^ | 11-10-09

[Justaham]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and he said his prognosis is encouraging.

The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.

The 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar said his doctor didn't give any guarantees, but informed him: "You have a very good chance to live your life out and not have to make any drastic changes to your lifestyle."

Abdul-Jabbar is taking an oral medication for the disease. He is a paid spokesman for the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, which makes a drug that treats the illness.

[copaliscrossing]

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen that over the years. Our family developed a tradition of watching it on Christmas Eve. Don’t know how it started, but it did. Saw it the first time in the Embassy theater in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sometime in around 1981.

Believe or not, my wife can watch the whole thing beginning to end and not crack a smile but she can watch some of these stupid sitcoms and laugh all day long..... I told her there was something wrong with her. LOL!

[copaliscrossing]

I was in the airport once, and the bag handler guy said that quote to the guy next to him. Without thinking, I blurted out, “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” He couldn’t believe I knew the line. My girlfriend asked what the hell that was about and I just laughed.

Anytime I start with any of that spiel, by wife just rolls her eyes with that "here we go again" look. I just keep on goin'.............

[altair]

Showtime! bump for Kareem.

[Gay State Conservative]

I hope “Clarence” gets his “Clearance.”

"You tell your old man to try carrying Lanier and Walton around on his back for 48 minutes"....

[Ax]

“Everything’s Coming Up Roses....”