diagnosed diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma after her brother finished his leukemia treatment.t the start of her treatment not through chemo and now she is starting radiation. she apologized for voice because of the radiation she is doing. >> a better look on life than most people. i'll notice of the somewhere in some almost care of my bald head and knowing that's what your concerned about. most people just don't like about the way we do. >> she had to the radiation because they can't these lumps late. >> she had wants which would have brought the attention of doctors and everything but she kept it hidden because she was scared. she did not show anyone until she couldn't hide it anymore. she went for annual physical and broke the news to the dr. the dr. spoke to my wife and i got a call at work. >> a lot of the girls in my school leave school early and go and get the hurt and together. so i kind of want her for the dance. >> awake i want to go pick out with her was donated by here to share foundation at the split and so on england. basically they basically they made her feel li

they said there's a young man dealing with blood cancer hodgkin's lymphoma. i'm not on social media. i said, can i meet. lets meet and talk. i sat down. met his brother, too. an incredible guy. one through. i was completely ignorant about the process. the fact that he could have a 50% chance of survival if he just finds a donor. i thought, i know you, a little bit. and i know that you're familiar with this. and my father had non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he died of lung cancer four years ago. this is a great platform. >> it is. i thought i knew a lot. i didn't. it's about educating people. what was it like he's your corner man. he's in the corner with you. >> i'm so taken back by everything. i'm so lucky to have had the opportunity to just meet him. let alone to be here with you and him at the same time to you can that about what i'm going through and thousands of other people are going through. it's like a dream, honestly. >> it's important, anthony and bradley, you have your brothers and your beautiful mom. family members are tested. as my family members were tes

and then he called from the doctor's office and he said the doctor is saying something about hodgkin'sdon't know what she talking about. and that night, joe and i were on the plane to new york. >> hodgkin's lymphoma a kind of cancer was destroying david's lungs and the usual treatments just weren't working. he finished the jester, and in may of 1989 graduated from yale with honors but within weeks his health and his dreams faded. >> david salzman died in march 1990, just before his 23rd birthday. >> david wanted to personally share the jester has lost his jingle with children but when he -- i am sorry. i told him i would make it happen. >> you made a promise? >> i did. >> and his father joe also made him that promise, and his brother michael. we will see that the book is published as he envisioned it and that it would be given free to every child in the country with cancer. >> it wasn't an easy promise to keep. every year, more than 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer, but before the salzman could even think about giving the book to kids in places like this they had to find someo

i had hodgkin's lymphoma. >> reporter: she underwent nine months of chemo and radiation. unable to cope some of her friends disappeared and well meaning people said cringe worthy things. >> my uncle's girlfriend had that, ending the story with "she passed away." >> reporter: now the experiences are reflected in the card. i'm sorry i haven't been in touch. i didn't know what to say. in remission, mcdowell put her cancer experience away until her best friend amy died of the disease. she quit her ad agency job to eventually write cards. what began with a valentine two years later is now a los angeles based business with cards and gifts in 1500 stores and growing. >> we are swamped which is fantastic. >> yeah. >> reporter: what's been the most emotional part for you? >> reading stories. i found myself in tears as you -- >> beautifully described your experience, the motivation behind the line. when i read emily's cards i thought this is what we need. we need an opportunity to start the conversation. >> reporter: finding funny, honest words to acknowledge the pain of disease an

and my father had non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he died of lung cancer four years ago.orner man. he's in the corner with you. that's got to be just a -- >> i'm so taken back by everything. i'm so lucky to have had the opportunity to just meet him. let alone to be here with you and him at the same time to talk about what i'm going through and thousands of other people are going through. it's like a dream, honestly. >> it's important, anthony and bradley, for people to understand. i know you got your two brothers and your beautiful mom that are there. family members are tested. as my family members were tested. people think, if you have relatives, it's going to be an automatic. that they're going to be a match. that only happens 30% of the time. so 70% of the time, you need somebody from the registry. that's what you're trying to do. get people more involved on the registry? >> yes. that's what we have been trying to do. about a year and half ago, i thought because i had two brothers that, not really knowing the process, i would get a perfect match or a closer match. they

plains senior safety director patrick hodgkins. >> we continually look at safety as being our primary focus and the operation of our equipment. >> reporter: officials say the spill is not moving south and that it could take weeks to clean up the oil. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. >> pelley: today justice finally came for an american soldier killed in iraq eight years ago. a london cab driver was convicted of his murder. turns out the suspect left crucial evidence on one of his bombs. elizabeth palmer is on this story. >> reporter: i.e.d.s-- homemade bombs-- turned iraqs roads into lethal minefields for u.s. soldiers in iraq. one of them killed 34-year-old sergeant randy johnson when it went off under his armored vehicle in 2007. fast forward eight long years and there's justice for sergeant johnson. careful police work, forensic science, and a little bit of luck convicted sardar of murder. justice, too for specialist joe banany, who was wounded trying to recover a bomb to build. >> could feel the sun beating on me and like, my blood my own blood feeling hotter than that

. >> i had cancer when i was 24 i had hodgkin's limb phone lymphoma. >> reporter: well-meaning people said cringe worthy things. >> my uncle's girlfriend had that and ending the tory with she passed away. >> reporter: experiences are reflected in the cards. i'm really sorry i haven't been in touch, i didn't know what to say. >> i'm sorry. >> in remission, mcdowell put her cancer experience way until her best friend amy died of the disease. she quit her ad agency job to eventually write cards. what began with a single valentine two years later is a los angeles-based business with cards and gifts and 1500 stores and growing. >> swamped. fantastic. >> reporter: what has been the most emotional part for you? >> reading people's stories. i found myself in tears as you beautifully described your experience and motivation behind the line. >> when i read the cards i thought, goodness, this is what we need. we need an opportunity to start that conversation. >> reporter: finding funny, honest words to acknowledge the pain of disease and loss. anne thompson nbc news los angeles. >>> starting to

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. >> so you know i personally had cancer 15 years ago, i had hodgkin's lymphoma and when i was sick peoplele who are really well intentioned and trying you know when you get sick you feel like an alien and your reality is suddenly so different than everyone around you so when people try to relate sometimes the things that they say that come out of their mouth end up you feel worse or -- or people disappear because they don't know what to say. >> right. >> that's really hard too and i really wanted to make something that spoke to people that were going through a hard time because get well cards traditionally, there's not much for people who are very sick. >> there's a misunderstanding of people who have gone through it. you had a friend amy after you had your illness and she did and opened your eyes to wanting to do secret for people. >> it really did. it really did. after i went into remission, i really sort of put it behind me and then amy got sick four years ago, and i realized really for the first time -- >> there you are together. >> i realized for the first time that my experience had

my question is there have been concerning reports of young athletes that have non-hodgkin's lymphoma and other blood cancers and also than playing sports on athletic fields that are filled with crumb rubber coming from tires which often contains cancer chemicals. this past october i wrote to the agency for toxic substances and disease registry next-line and i believe research is needed into whether synthetic turf athletic fields increased the risk of lymphoma, leukemia and other blood cancers. the agency replied the arabs supporting efforts in this area. yet in 2008 the commission released a statement saying fields filled with crumb rubber are okay to install and i was pleased to hear more recently a spokesperson next lane to pass in a statement does not reflect your current views. i just want to ask him is to correct your views are not reflected in the 2008 report and do you agree additional research is necessary to determine whether crumb rubber used in synthetic turf present then the health dangers and also the commission committed to working with other federal agencies to obtain

, restaurant and a pool room and my dad was a world war ii veteran and my mom was diagnosed with hodgkins disease it wiped us out financially and a year later my dad died. we moved in with my aunt who never made over $25,000 a year. if it weren't for social security survivor benefits coming to my sister from my parent's contributions about $300, it would have really been tough for us. i'm 59 not married and i don't have any kids what would i do to save social security? almost anything. at the end of the day, you prevent social security and medicare from being ride out, do something like reagan and o'neal and sensin bowls. to the young people in this country born after 1964, i want to make sure you have a system that works for you. at the end of the day, when i was born in 1955 there were 16 workers for every security recipient. today, there's three, in 20 years, there's two. the way you save social security is you extend the life of the trust fund. you're going to have to adjust the age of retirement once again like ronald reagan and tip o'neal and people of my income level, making $175,0

question is of chairman kaye, there have been concerning reports of young athletes that have non-hodgkin's lymphoma and other blood cancers and who also have been playing sports on athletic fields filled with crumb rubber coming from tires which often contains cancer causing chemicals. this past october i wrote to the agency for toxic substances and disease registry, explaining i believe additional research is needed into whether synthetic turf athletic fields increase the risk of lymphoma, leukemia, and other blood cancers. in the agency's reply they said they're supporting efrpts by the commission in this area. yet in 2008 the commission released a statement saying that fields filled with crumb rubber are "okay to install, okay to play on." i was pleased to hear more recently a spokesperson explained the 2008 statement does not reflect your current views. so i just wanted to ask, is it correct your views are not reflected in that 2008 report and do you agree that additional research and study is necessary to determine whether crumb rubber used in synthetic turf athletic fields presents a

and my dad was a world war ii veteran and my mom was diagnosed with hodgkin's disease and it wiped us out financially, a year later, my dad died. we moved in with an aunt and uncle. if it weren't -- about $300, it really would have been tough for us. at the end of the day, the way you prevent social security and medicare from being wiped out by our retirement you have to do something like simpson-bowles something like reagan and o'neill o'neill. i want to make sure you have a system that works for you. the way you save social security is you extend the life of the trust fund. you'll have to adjust the age of retirement once again. and people in my income level. i make $175,000 a year. my cost of living increase should be less than promised take the money you would have given me to give it to somebody who needs it more. at the end of the day, we're going to have to means test benefit for upper income americans. and we're going to have to ask younger people to work longer. and if we don't do that, we're going to lose social security. and here's the reason you don't want to lose it. half

four out of five adults with non-hodgkin's lymphoma have had complete remissions. this is amazing stuff. it's very, very exciting. scientists across the country medical researchers doctors who are following this have been really blown away by the success, and they refer to it as a major breakthrough, as phenomenal. it's been what we've been hoping for. and just last year the f.d.a. agreed that the progress is so stunning that they granted what they call breakthrough therapy designation for this therapy for this treatment because of the success they've shown in the early trials. this designation is going to allow dr. june and his team to treat more patients more quickly who are in these very, very difficult circumstances. in fact, university of pennsylvania is now already working with novartis in anticipation of the time they'll be able to roll this out as a standard treatment where it will one day hopefully soon, no longer be considered experiment al and no longer be the last resort for patients but an early resort. the conventional treatments -- chemotherapy and b