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Swimom
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Posted 8/12/2007 9:32 AM (GMT -7)

sad   sad

Legendary Merv Griffin loses his fight. A childhood T.V. icon rests in peace.

 

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spinbiscuit
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Posted 8/12/2007 9:55 AM (GMT -7)
Merv was one of a kind, and we will miss him...
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IdahoSurvivor
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Posted 8/12/2007 9:55 AM (GMT -7)
What a good man.  God rest his soul. Idaho P.S. Here's the only story I could find on Merv and what he went through to chose the original treatment.  What a trooper!  He gave it a good fight!   http://transcript s.cnn.com/TRANscript S/0303/15/lklw.00.html   Age: 54 PSA: 4.3 Biopsy: T1c, 3+3=6, 2 pos. samples in one node, <5% volume Surgery (robotic): 31 Jul 2007, saved nerve bundle on side of non-cancerous node Hospital stay: 2 days Final pathology: Tumor confined to prostate, T2a, 3+3=6, <1% volume Working to get back into good shape Waiting for that first post-op PSA   Post edited to activate link….   Hmmm … doesn’t work…. (COPY & PASTE)   Post Edited By Moderator (bluebird) : 8/12/2007 9:01:37 PM (GMT-6)
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StrictlyInc
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Posted 8/12/2007 7:30 PM (GMT -7)
The above link doesn't work for me.

Seems he was recently diagnosed, right? Mid- July or something like that..?
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IdahoSurvivor
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Posted 8/12/2007 8:02 PM (GMT -7)
Hi StricklyInc,

The link still works for me, however there is another way.

This is an interview on CNN with Merv Griffin on Larry King on March 15, 2003.

Go to the Larry King Section on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

Then go down the page on the left margin to the link called "Read transcripts of the shows"

Select the transcript labeled: "March 15, 2003"

Search for the word "prostate" using your browser's "find" button or menu item.

Hope that helps!

Idaho
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PianoMan
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Posted 8/26/2007 12:52 PM (GMT -7)
Bump!

I heard this week that Jerry Lewis is under fire for saying that Merv Griffin "deserved to die" because he didn't seek treatment for his PCa. I've been around Jerry quite a few times over the years and he has a knack for sticking his foot in his mouth. Lewis says he is a PCa survivor.
http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/news/49642/

Merv Griffin did have radiation treatment in 1996, according to the article below. But he kept his later recurrence under wraps -- even from immediate family members. So Lewis's statement was rediculous.
http://psa-rising.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/23/update1

I have read though, that two other celebs. who died from PCa avoided conventional therapies

Telly Savalas, according to one article I read, was diagnosed back in the late '80s but didn't seek treatment until 1993 or so.

When Frank Zappa was diagnosed, he insisted on a natural/holistic-type approach and proceeded to bury himself in his work.

So I guess there's something to be said for all of us here, who have acted on this disease in a more conventional and timely manner. I was originally scared to hear about Savalas and Zappa, because I knew the kind of money they had and figured they'd had the best possible treatments known to man. As it turned out, both waited until it was too late.
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