Cruise Blog 2009

From: Sherman rootberg (BiggiRoot)
Date: Dec 12, 2008 1:56 PM
Subject: Cruise Blog 2009

Hi boys and girls. We were due to start another world cruise on December 29, 2008. Sorry, but no blog and no cruise this year.

For a couple of years I had been taking medication for a month or two at a time for CLL. Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia. Shortly after going to Northbrook, last Summer, I became very weak. It was attributed to the medication I was taking. The doctors said it should never be given for my condition.

Upon returning to Miami this fall I started to see a well thought of doctor / professor. His opinion was the same until December 3, 2008.

I had been slowly improving when suddenly I got worse again. On December 5, 2008 I went to the hospital for a bone marrow biopsy. On December 9, 2008 the lab results came in. The CLL had taken a different form that does not show up in a blood test.

I am going to have go into the hospital, for chemo therapy, 3 days every month for the next 4 to 6 months.

I do have insurance for the cruise but it may be a problem to collect. The insurance does not cover pre existing conditions. Even though the form of my disease has changed to a whole different thing, the general name has not. I have heard they use any possible thing they can to try to wiggle out of honoring their obligations.

Regent Cruise Line is holding the same suite for us for the 2010 world cruise. Once I get done with the insurance company, they say they will see what they can do for us.

Sherman

2007 World Cruise Book Now Available

If you have been following along over the years, I have put together a book with all the pictures and all the text from the 2007 World Cruise.  You can preview the book at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/391742. This is a BIG book and is around 300 pages. Some of the pictures cover the entire 13 x 11 page and are breathtaking. Blurb only shows a priview of the first 15 pages of the book.... I wish it showed more as it just dosn't do it justice. Feal free to order the $144 to $150 book. This is my cost on the book.

GRAND CIRCUMNAVIGATION WORLD CRUISE 2009

The Grand Circumnavigation World Cruise, aboard the Regent Seven Seas Voyager begins January 13th 2009 from Los Angeles, CA. Details on the full circle coming soon.