and it was really symptoms of the type of leukemia i have which is called cml.eing able to give other cml patients some encouragement and give them an idea that they are not alone, and that they can treat their condition and survive it is very important, so that's why i am partnering with them has been very poimportant to me, becauset has enabled me to live my life to the fullest. i have thought about my own mortality a number of times especially since i was diagnosed with leukemia, and all of a sudden you realize there's a clock up there with your name on it and it's ticking. >> what would your day be like without the drug? >> i have to take my medication every day and i have to see my doctor and consult with him a couple times a year, four times a year, and i get my blood tested to make sure the goals that we are trying to achieve are being met. >> but if that drug was not there, what would it be like? >> if that drug was not there, i probably would have had to undergo bone marrow transplant or something of that nature to try and lick it. >> it seems that we h

being able to give over cml patients that they are not alone and that they can treat their conditionnd survive is very important. that's why i'm partners with novartis who's been very important to me. their medication has enabled me to live my life to the fullest. i've thought about my own mor l mortality many times, especially after being diagnosed with leukemia. that's the first thing you think about. all of a sudden you realize there's a clock up there with your name on it and the clock is ticking. >> what would your day be like without the drug? >> basically i have to take my medication every day. i have to go see my doctor and consult with him a couple of times a year, four times a year. i get my blood tested to make sure that the goals that we're trying to achieve are being met. >> but if that drug wasn't there, what would it be like? >> if that drug wasn't there, i probably would have had to undergo a bone marrow transplant or something of that nature. >> seems like we have reached pa turning point when it comes to marijuana helping out with those diseases. it's been legalized

. >> did william skinner had any relationship with cml page samuel, whose nose stretched from northampton to holyoake was the largest employer from the mid-19th century. he helped to establish holyoke, he saved and hearst college from extinction and a supporter of massachusetts aggie many decades later now known as university of massachusetts. >> that is an interesting question. i am thrilled you know, so much about the valley. skinner did not work with samuel wilson. he was a capitalist and help to support many industries. he was a partner with the hated brass company that is on the cover of my book but he did not do business with william skinner. >> with skinnerville what survives? any serious or imager archeological search for evidence of the mill? what can you find at the site today? >> that is a question station -- great question for you find a stretch of highway, a few houses. some were racks at the time refashioned into homes. of very trying to asia -- train quote river no archaeological dig that i know wealth. if you want to find the area of his house there is a utility, like a su