"I'll be here for a while right now. We're between cycles. They started the hardcore chemo on the PICC line last week. I had a 10-day cycle on Sunday, which made watching football a blast, Papa said, pointing out an IV in his arm. I got a little break between Cycle A and Cycle B. I will be with you as many days as I can."
"Papa shared that he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia b-cell, a blood cancer. He said he was feeling well Tuesday, but acknowledged that the treatment means his energy and mood wax and wane. He said that he is in remission after two months of treatment but will need to continue chemotherapy and eventually receive a bone marrow transfusion. Papa's brother Ron turned out to be a match to donate his stem cells toward that transfusion, he learned about a week ago."
"The longtime play-by-play and radio personality said his leukemia cell count is down to just 14 after it was so high in July that he came very close to dying, with a white blood cell count of 0.2. He hasn't reached the finish line yet, though. There's still 14 damn suckers floating around out of a million. I want them all out. I want them never to come back."
Greg Papa returned to the airwaves on KNBR two months after a cancer diagnosis. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia B-cell and began intensive chemotherapy via a PICC line. He is currently in remission after two months but will continue chemotherapy and later undergo a bone marrow stem cell transplant. His brother Ron is a 12-out-of-12 match and will donate stem cells. Papa's leukemia cell count has dropped dramatically from a dangerously high level in July, but traces remain and his energy and mood fluctuate during treatment.
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