- Robert Jordan -
On March 23, 2006, Robert Jordan was diagnosed with a terrible blood disease called cardiac amyloidosis. With proper treatment and care his life expectancy was to be about 4 more years. Though Robert Jordan said he would beat the odds and prove the statistics wrong.
He began Chemotherapy at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Robert was put on the new drug Revlimid just approved for multiple myeloma. Though not yet tested on primary amyloidosis the doctors thought it had a good chance of cureing him.
His will to hold on was put to the ultimate test, but yet he was not successful. Robert Jordan died at apprimatly 2:45, EDT time on September 16, 2006. To his wishes Robert Jordan was cremated and his ashes buried at an Episcopal church, somewhere outside Charleston.
 To furthur your knowledge on Cardiac Amyloidosis: Amyloidosis is the deposit of amyloid proteins in different tissues throughout the human body. Depending on where they are deposited, the disease presentation is different.
Cardiac amyloidosis occurs when these amyloid proteins are abnormally deposited on the heart, causing the heart to lose functionality. It is a very rare blood disease, with only 2 notable diagnosed cases. It can either be inherited or acquired. It usually occurs during primary or AL amyloidosis.
AL amyloidosis is also a blood disorder in which too much or a certain type of protein is produced. This protein is then wedged into the heart tissue and/or in other organs such as the kidney. Cardiac amyloidosis is a very hard disease to diagnose. The disease is more common to men then to women. Some symptoms to having cardiac amyloidosis are: · Swelling of legs, ankles or other parts of the body · Excessive urination at night · Fatigue · Breathing difficulties while resting or laying down · Shortness of breath |  |
