Battling Blood Cancers: Rabbi Ronald Roth's Journey

Send us FAN MAIL text, include your cell# for a replyRabbi Ronald Roth on Myelofibrosis, Bone Marrow Transplants, and Expanding the Donor RegistryHost Mike Roth introduces season eight of Villages Vitality Life, Seniors Life Unscripted and continues a series on medical issues facing seniors with guest Rabbi Emeritus Ronald Roth, his brother. Roth recounts being diagnosed in 1978 with essential thrombocythemia that progressed in 2015 to myelofibrosis, a blood cancer involving scarring of the bone marrow that reduces blood cell production. After declining counts and limited benefit from injections, he pursued a potentially curative bone marrow transplant at Mount Sinai in 2018 using a haploidentical half-match from his son Gabe after no perfect registry matches were found; he describes hospitalization, slow engraftment, and a year-long recovery. He advises seeing specialists, supporting research, getting regular blood tests, joining support groups, and expanding donor registries via NMDP/Be The Match and Gift of Life, especially for minority groups.00:00 Season Eight Kickoff00:40 Meet Rabbi Ronald Roth02:20 Diagnosis to Transplant05:45 Understanding Myelofibrosis06:45 Symptoms and Monitoring08:20 Alzheimers Tip Break09:15 Advice and New Therapies11:30 Support Research and Registry15:28 How to Become a Donor18:25 New Treatments and Recovery23:33 Resources and Closing Thanks26:11 Show Wrap and SupportersVillages Vitality Listeners, I've got some good news for you. In season 8 most new episodes will released as both audio & video versions. Videos on Apple Podcasts, Busssprout.com and YouTube. If you're listening via our Buzzsprout feed, you can ask questions via the Fan Mail button or leave me comments as a text or in our new feature, you can send it as a voicemail. If you'd like a response, make sure you leave your name, email address and cell phone number.Support the showVillages Vitality Senior Life Unscripted is Produced & Directed by Mike RothA new episode will be released most Fridays at 9 AMDirect all questions and comments to [email protected] you know a someone who should appear on the show, please contact us at:  [email protected]