Post by dachuckster on Jul 24, 2018 9:23:29 GMT -6
This disease causes his bone marrow to produce a chemical that destroys his heart. After 38 rounds of chemotherapy he is on the waiting list for a donor heart (link).
I know he was a terrible NFL executive for the Lions. But he was a great linebacker and as it appears is a great individual.
From the Dan Pompei article linked above …
Wishing him well and good luck in his search for a donor heart.
I know he was a terrible NFL executive for the Lions. But he was a great linebacker and as it appears is a great individual.
From the Dan Pompei article linked above …
The former president of the Lions and NFL middle linebacker has amyloidosis. The disease causes his bone marrow to produce a rogue protein that is attacking his heart. In the past year, he has undergone 38 rounds of chemotherapy—he went every Monday—to inhibit the amyloids. But without a heart transplant, Millen will not be with us for long.
"Why did this have to happen to you?" his brother Hugh Millen asks him. "It's not fair."
"If I croak, I croak," Matt says. "What are you going to do?"
"Why did this have to happen to you?" his brother Hugh Millen asks him. "It's not fair."
"If I croak, I croak," Matt says. "What are you going to do?"
