#aml leukemia

[elephandom]

Please donate if you can and share this! gf.me/u/khsbcn @nickyknacks is the Nicole in the post.

[daniellecoots1972]

  The owner of the Springboro Barber Shop has set his sight on helping a Springboro High School football player who was recently diagnosed with AML leukemia, a young man that he doesn’t even know. Shop owner, Mark Thompson is donating $3 of each haircut through the end of October. His donations began September 27 and has taken off with a bang.

In 2004, Thompson’s life was turned upside down after his mother was diagnosed and passed away from colon cancer. His mother, a cosmetologist at JC Penney for 25 years, inspired him to become a barber. He witnessed her strength as this horrible disease overtook her. It was the hardest thing he’s had to endure. Since her death, he’s wanted to give back. He participated in a couple cancer walk/runs, but they’re normally held during his workdays.

“I’m planning on presenting the family with $4,000 at the end of the month even if I have to take the money out of my own wallet,” Thompson said. “When I heard about Mac, I knew this was something I needed to do. It hit home with me.”

Mac Reese, a Springboro football star, learned of his diagnosis after feeling weak. It was just by chance that his disease was revealed. Reese needs a bone marrow transplant at the beginning of the year. He’s currently finishing his first round of chemotherapy treatments and he’ll be starting his second round straight after, with his last in December.

“With my mom, I remember those little donations added up. I don’t know anything about Mac’s family. I don’t know if they are rich, poor or whatever, but when a family is faced with something like this, anything helps. Communities should help each other,” Thompson said. “This is the worst time in this kid’s life and I want to give something back.”

“We thank the owner of the Springboro barber Shop for his Facebook post about his donation and generosity. He sounds like a great guy,” Mac’s mother Colleen Reese said. “We’re overwhelmed and humbled by the support from the community and businesses in Springboro.”

Mac and his mother plan on meeting Thompson for a haircut after Mac’s chemo and after his hair grows back, of course. “Mac is going to Cincinnati Children’s for his bone marrow transplant, so we may get to know him more than he thinks because I want to meet his wife when we get there. It’ll be great to have new friends in the community.”

Thompson’s wife, Amy works as an oncology nurse at the Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center. She told her husband about Mac’s story and that’s where the spark began. A simple conversation turned into a huge gesture to human kindness.

In Thompson’s Facebook post announcing his effort to donate funds, he wrote, “Mac, if you’re well enough for a sweet haircut, it’s on me. Keep your chin up. Springboro has been good to me and I’m giving back,” Thompson said. “I plan on just handing the family this jar of cash and meeting Mac. I’ll probably post something on my Facebook page about it.”

“Throughout October, just try my shop once. That’s $3 for Mac and his family. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to come back. It’s not about getting new clients; it’s about helping a young man battle this horrible disease.”

Springboro Barber Shop requires appointments. To schedule a convenient date and time, visit www.springborobarbershop.com or call the shop at [phone]. To make a private donation, look for the glass jar on the top of the cash register. Springboro Barber Shop is located at 762 W. Central Ave. Follow this story on Facebook.

      Local barber helping a stranger The owner of the Springboro Barber Shop has set his sight on helping a Springboro High School football player who was recently diagnosed with AML leukemia, a young man that he doesn’t even know.

[muttermuttermoo]

I hate cancer so much.

I’ve been learning about it so much. 

First my friend Lauren (oh please, that was the most horrible thing —such a bright star, so full of light and love and whimsy). Then my heroes, and now my Dad. I am just waiting for my Dad to die. It feels so horrible. A terminal cancer diagnosis. I can’t breathe every day. And I want him to fight. And he want to fight. But it’s his body that won’t anymore.

And never say to someone, oh dear hairdresser assistant, that my dad dying is similar to your grandfather dying, and that at least they lived good full lives. Because a parent is not a grandparent. And my father dying is like the tree that holds the entire world together; its falling will open up a black hole in the center of my family and it is not all right.

You might think you consider how you will feel losing a parent. But it is not how you think it will feel. It is a million times worse when the anticipation becomes real.

[remoraiding]

guys i'm getting my IV line out tomorrow! it's amazing because that's where i got my chemo and certain meds from. but the doctors say my blood is looking good, so out it comes! i'm so happy. :)

[remoraiding]

okay serious business for a minute the same time i went in for my bone marrow transplant a girl named rachel was in there at the same time. she was the same age as me and was also getting a bmt, but for aplastic anemia. before i got out of the hospital, rachel's parents told me her lungs weren't doing too well. today i received the news that rachel passed away in february. please keep rachel in your hearts and remember to tell your family and friends you love them. life is so precious so don't take anyone for granted.

[major-organ]

To anyone on here with Leukemia or any other Cancer:

Hi, my name is Gary. I was diagnosed with AML Leukemia in November of 2012 and got three rounds of chemotherapy followed by a bone marrow transplant in March.

If you need someone to reach out to and talk about what you’re going through or need someone that just understands what it’s like to be in your shoes, please write in my ask box and I’d be happy to talk to you about anything. Please don’t hesitate.

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