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moreagain

Reaching upward

Sep 12, 2004 14:45

We had the fundraising event in Palmdale. Mr. Iacocca was a darling man, and I am honored to have met him. He was warm and genuine. (Did you know that his first wife was diagnosed with diabetes at age 23 and died of complications at 50? I didn't know. He told me and teared up. I teared up. In fact, I cried a hell of a lot that night.) I am ( Read more... )

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Heya daogre September 13 2004, 10:13:57 UTC

For those of us who missed it... what was the fundraiser? Also, what happened to Mao? :)

Re: Heya moreagain September 15 2004, 00:40:01 UTC

It was a dinner party to fund the research of Dr. Faustman. She's spent 20 years working on a cure for Type I diabetes and it looks like she's on to something mind-blowing: she has developed an 'antibiotic' for the specific T-cells that attack the pancreas. Just knowing that T-cells are involved is a major breakthrough, and she's actually cured NOD mice. Now her procedure has been approved by the FDA for human trials, if only she could get funding to do it (damn The Man!). Mr. Lee Iacocca has been funding her efforts so far, along with other research projects, so he came out for the dinner. If it sounds confusing, it's because I'm confused. If you're interested in knowing more about this whatnot, check out reachforthecure.org and joinleenow.org. I'll also try and post more ( ... )

Re: Heya daogre September 22 2004, 17:29:58 UTC

Yeah I remember hearing about that from you before. That's awesome I hope she gets a million trillion dollars to help her. Keep us informed of how that's going. I shall indeed go check out how that's going. I'm glad Mao is doing well and you decided to keep his parts. And Im glad life is going well.

Rock Rock on!

thisfish September 13 2004, 11:20:11 UTC

Well the event sounds like it went... well? Maybe? Can I have a hint? Seems kind of conflicted. If it takes buying Avon to see you, I'll do it. Gimme one bottle of BustSculpt.

lhiannan September 13 2004, 19:29:37 UTC

oh maaaan. i didn't know you were in town. dare i ask what bustsculpt is? surely, it's something that michael would need.

alikaslater September 13 2004, 22:56:01 UTC

Im sorry but that name made me spit out my soda laughing. I must see what this product does.