Midtown Madness: Tonal Change on Thames Outlook; Baseball and Softball Have Eyes on A10 Crowns

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On This Episode

• Major positivity coming from Thames camp regarding medical outlook

• Transfer Portal Tour de Boisvert

• Stu’s Series on Robbie, yes we’re talking PJs

• New 2026 offers out

• Goodwin NBA Playoff Update

• Medical waiver update for Dunlap and Green

• A10 Portal Update

• Women’s Basketball gets ‘26 commitment, outlook for ‘25 still uncertain

• Baseball stays in the hunt for A10 Championship with sweep over UMass

• Softball streaks ends, still nab bye in A10 championship.

• Zoe Adkins resigns as Field Hockey head coach.

• Men’s and Women’s Soccer release Fall Schedule

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[slu72]

Good to hear Kellen’s making strides. Good thinking on an NIL deal w/ a hydration company. He’d be the poster boy for a drink that works. 

[willie]

16 minutes ago, slu72 said:

Good to hear Kellen’s making strides. Good thinking on an NIL deal w/ a hydration company. He’d be the poster boy for a drink that works. 

What if it doesn't work? 

[billikenfan05]

4 minutes ago, willie said:

What if it doesn't work? 

Then it doesn’t work? 

[willie]

8 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:

Then it doesn’t work? 

And the marketing manager loses his job. 

[Old guy]

Check this out from the National Library of Medicine, NIH. I am not saying this case report describes Thames' medical condition, but the description of the case appears to fit Thames' medical issues. Cystic fibrosis ia a major medical problem to both diagnose and treat. Salt pills will not cure it but they may let him play regularly. 

Severe sweating and cramps with exercise can be caused by Cystic Fibrosis. This case documents a case of severe cramps limiting the ability of a young player to play competitive football. The high level of sweat that is often associated with Cystic Fibrosis causes loss of salt (NaCl) from body fluids, in other words hyponatremia. The treatment used in the case described below, a treatment that allowed this patient to play football competitively, was salt tablets before the game start and at half time. Interesting case.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7325396/

This case and its treatment is not wishful thinking or journalistic crap. it was a real and very UNCOMMON case with a treatment tailored to allow this patient to play competitive football.. Please note that the salt tablet treatment only provided the electrolyte balance to allow the patient to play football for limited periods of time. In other words this is not treatment for the disease, it is a treatment tailored to restore electrolyte balance for limited amounts of time and allow the patient to play football. If this treatment works with Thames, the salt dosage will have to be tailored to his individual needs.

Cystic Fibrosis is a really bad disorder primarily affecting the pancreas and causing a multitude of hard to connect signs and symptoms. There is no known cure for Cystic Fibrosis. If Cystic Fibrosis turns out to be the underlying disease causing Thames' cramps, he will be likely to have a significantly reduced life span. Thames' problems if he has Cystic Fibrosis are much more serious that just having cramps and wanting to play competitive basketball.

This is the way Medicine works. If you have a case  that cannot be diagnosed by standard tests, then you look in medical libraries for reported cases that fit the kind of issues the person you are working up has. This reported case appears to fit Thames' issues. This may or may not be the correct diagnosis for Thames but the case described in this report fit what Thames has. 

Personally, I hope Thames does not have Cystic Fibrosis as the cause for his disease.

To the journalists in this board, interviews with the player, the coach, or the family do not reveal anything useful that can be used to aid the process of reaching a valid diagnosis and providing treatment. The fact that all medical tests done have been negative is NOT good, it is the opposite. The treatment found in the case described may not cure the underlying disease, but it may provide symptomatic relief that allows the patient to engage in play. If anyone agrees that this case as described is very similar to Thames' well documented problems, I would ask that you forward the link to this article to Schertz or his staff or to the Athletic Department Medical staff.

This article is not a personal opinion it is a real case, well worked out and documented, of a young football player with cramps that appears to be very close to what Thames experiences during play. This case as described is REAL.

[billikenfan05]

44 minutes ago, willie said:

And the marketing manager loses his job. 

Nah, both parties move on and there’s really no fallout. People forget things extra quick these days. 
I would imagine they would test run the products prior to publicizing any deal. 
 

[slu72]

2 hours ago, willie said:

And the marketing manager loses his job. 

Who’s gonna know? No company is gonna say we tried but it failed? If it does work they’ll be all over it, ie we saved his career. 

[brianstl]

6 hours ago, willie said:

What if it doesn't work? 

“Hy-5, it’s got zinc!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

i am probably the only person who will get that reference.

[OkieBilliken]

6 minutes ago, brianstl said:

“Hy-5, it’s got zinc!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

i am probably the only person who will get that reference.

How many times did Kevin Slaten get fired?  Apparently he ragged on SLU because Soderberg didn’t give his son a scholly.

[brianstl]

19 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:

How many times did Kevin Slaten get fired?  Apparently he ragged on SLU because Soderberg didn’t give his son a scholly.

He got fired a lot.  He almost got into a fight with Huggins during a once, too.