Gerald Madren, 50, of Thomasville, North Carolina, is a 19-year survivor of chronic myelogenous blast crisis leukemia. A press operator by profession, he's also a fitness enthusiast. He is photographed playing with his grandson, Ayden Dockery, during a family reunion.
Gerald Madren
![Gerald Madren, is a survivor of chronic myelogenous blast crisis leukemia.](/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_image_986/public/24x36_139115_madren065.jpeg?itok=z4jrOLC9)
I was sick. I went down to 110 pounds from 200 pounds within a month...they were feeding me through a tube. But don't give up, don't start stressing. I had no immune system and here I am.
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