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Anonymous said:
Uh, your post is from 06/05 and the story you quote is from 06/06. Oh no. Nothing suspicious here
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It is a daily patient blog so it gets updated frequently. Todd is a greatful provenge patient. He is pictured in his blog and lives in Oregon. I have met Todd personally and believe me he thinks very highly of Dendreon. What is truly "suspicious" is that you would challenge the heartfelt writings of an advanced cancer patient. But yet again this is typical of your daily destructive behaviour on this board. Here is what he posted yesterday:'

Thursday, June 6, 2013

The People of Dendreon

In the last year I have been so fortunate to meet and bond with many of the wonderful people at Dendreon. For those who do not know Dendreon, they are the makers of Provenge, the first of it's kind, Prostate cancer vaccine. A year ago June 1st I received the last of my 3 Provenge infusions and at that time I thought I was done with folk from Dendreon. I was wrong. Last December a bunch of them invaded our home for 9 hours and made us all feel like movie stars. What an amazing and wonderful experience. I have had the privilege of traveling to both of the Provenge manufacturing facilities as well as attending a cooperate function in Florida. Each person I have met has a story of why they do what they do. They do it because they actually care. They have watched family members and friends lose the battle. They believe in the work they do and they get up each day because they desire to make a difference in the lives of the men who are fighting this disease. Were it prudent to name names I would do so in a heartbeat. Each man and woman deserves recognition for the work they do. Are they making a difference? I would have to say yes they are! I say a collective thank you to all of them. I know that many people say it doesn't work or it is not worth the cost. To that I say baloney. Guy's, do not believe the nay sayer's. I feel amazing. I am healthy and living my life out loud. If you are hormone refractory and have metastasis you should demand Provenge 1st. Demand it before zytiga and xtandy and definitely before chemo. This drug is the real deal. Well I am off to band rehearsal. We are playing the 4th of July celebration and headlining the show. Todd

http://toddseals63.blogspot.com/
 






Anonymous said:
It is a daily patient blog so it gets updated frequently. Todd is a greatful provenge patient. He is pictured in his blog and lives in Oregon. I have met Todd personally and believe me he thinks very highly of Dendreon. What is truly "suspicious" is that you would challenge the heartfelt writings of an advanced cancer patient. But yet again this is typical of your daily destructive behaviour on this board. Here is what he posted yesterday:'

Thursday, June 6, 2013

The People of Dendreon

In the last year I have been so fortunate to meet and bond with many of the wonderful people at Dendreon. For those who do not know Dendreon, they are the makers of Provenge, the first of it's kind, Prostate cancer vaccine. A year ago June 1st I received the last of my 3 Provenge infusions and at that time I thought I was done with folk from Dendreon. I was wrong. Last December a bunch of them invaded our home for 9 hours and made us all feel like movie stars. What an amazing and wonderful experience. I have had the privilege of traveling to both of the Provenge manufacturing facilities as well as attending a cooperate function in Florida. Each person I have met has a story of why they do what they do. They do it because they actually care. They have watched family members and friends lose the battle. They believe in the work they do and they get up each day because they desire to make a difference in the lives of the men who are fighting this disease. Were it prudent to name names I would do so in a heartbeat. Each man and woman deserves recognition for the work they do. Are they making a difference? I would have to say yes they are! I say a collective thank you to all of them. I know that many people say it doesn't work or it is not worth the cost. To that I say baloney. Guy's, do not believe the nay sayer's. I feel amazing. I am healthy and living my life out loud. If you are hormone refractory and have metastasis you should demand Provenge 1st. Demand it before zytiga and xtandy and definitely before chemo. This drug is the real deal. Well I am off to band rehearsal. We are playing the 4th of July celebration and headlining the show. Todd

http://toddseals63.blogspot.com/
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Thanks for posting. Refreshing to hear from a happy provenge patient as opposed to the constant stream of lies from someone that has never worked at Dendreon, but who in reality is an internet troll working for a hedge fund short the stock.
 












Anonymous said:
Check out the provenge patient blog today. He was water skiing this week 2 years after provenge treatment.
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Nice to hear that "terminal" cancer patients on Provenge are out water skiing. When you hear about how Zytiga or Xtandi patients are doing it usually involves daily vomiting sessions, nausea, back pain or being restricted to bed with extreme fatigue for months on end.
 






Really cool provenge patient blog this week:

http://toddseals63.blogspot.com/

Monday, September 9, 2013

An Amazing year so far

Last year on December 15th the good folks at Dendreon came to our home to produce a patient story video. It was an amazing experience for my family and I. They came with a small army of people and spent an entire day with us. The filmed, interviewed, and took hundreds of still shots.

It was so much fun and I have to admit, they made me feel like a rock star. If that would have been the end, it would have been a very neat experience but that day in December was just the beginning. A month later they flew Mandy and I to St. Petersburg, Florida where I was the guest speaker at their annual pep rally.

I sat on that stage with pictures of Mandy and I and our daughter displayed behind me and told my story to strangers. I told them how grateful I was to have received Provenge. I told them how grateful I was to be alive. We made a lot of new friends that day. I am still in contact with many of them. Some of them I view as an extended part of our family. They know who they are.

At the end of the event I was presented with a guitar signed by all of the Dendreon employees who were in attendance. It is impossible for me to convey the depth of emotions I felt standing on that stage. I can only say that gratitude was at the top of the list. We were so sad to leave Florida and say goodbye to all of our new friends.

After Florida I was able to visit the Dendreon facilities in Seal Beach California and Union City Georgia. I met all of these wonderful people who work every day with the sole purpose of putting the patient first. I was able to tour the facilities and see the entire amazing process of turning white blood cells into cancer fighting machines. I was truly blown away.

I am from a small town. I have rarely been outside of my county let alone travel across the country but in the last year, I have been to our nations Capital, LasVegas Nevada, Seal Beach California, St. Petersburg Florida, Atlanta Georgia, and in a couple more months we get to go on a Caribbean cruise. I have got to do all of this because of Prostate Cancer. I am soooo not worthy of all the blessings that have been bestowed upon me. I am so thankful for all the people who made this all possible. I hope I can do more to repay the kindness that has been shown to us.

It has been an amazing year. It really has been. Somehow in the middle of all this we were able to go on vacation to northern Idaho and spend a ton of time camping and water skiing over the summer. We even took a four day long weekend to snowmobile in Bend Oregon and snow ski on Mt Hood.

I don't know what I will do when life slows down to the pace it was before my rock star status. I honestly hope it doesn't happen for a while. I hope you have enjoyed the pictures.

I hope if you guys that have Prostate cancer become refractory that you will opt to have Provenge first. I urge all of you to insist on it. I had 14 side effect free months. These were months where I lived my life out loud and choked as much as I could out of every day before I needed to switch gears and try something else. I intend on being around for many years to come and Provenge is a huge reason why that is going to happen. Todd
 






Leukapheresis Provenge Treatment II

Been there, done that. We all know the feelings that surround these words. My 1st & 2nd Army parachute jumps were so very different. 1st jump I was #1 jumper standing in the door waiting for the jump masters command. He said go, and I hesitated thinking, “I could die doing this”, and then his boot hit my rear end and I was out the door. The same day I jumped a jet. I was the 5th jumper and remember getting sucked out the door – no time to really think, the jump was pure reflex. I’ve been reading Embrace Release Heal by Leigh Fortson and her words have moved me to be more open to my inner wisdom. Visualization of my supercharged immune system attacking my cancer cells has become a daily practice, an intuitive reflex. Today starts my 2nd round of supercharging my immune system with Provenge; embrace your inner wisdom today.
 






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