Discussion about Glenn Frey's conditions

[jane02]

I'm trying to focus now on your statement about the drugs prolonging his life rather than the other part. I find the other part very hard to take in.

That's correct- the medication has enabled my husband to function extremely well as a Medical Specialist. There are some side effects but without the meds for the past 20 years ..... who know? He most likely would not have been able to work or enjoy life.

[The Disco Strangler]

I am sorry to hear of your condition SadCafe and can empathize to an extent. Although I don't have Chrone's or UC, I have other autoimmune diseases, Lupus and Sjorgen's, as well as Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. So I am in a Catch 22. My immune system attacks itself and is overactive, but no rheumatologist or oncologist will dare to put me on any long term immunosuppressive drugs like you or Glenn were taking because of the Leukemia issue. It sucks, but I take it day by day.

I hope that you will improve in time. I have friends that have actually managed to do quite well after some time with Chrone's and I will pray that is the case for you

How Glenn managed to keep such a busy schedule while being on all those immunosuppressive agents and most likely in quite a bit of pain in beyond me. May he finally be at peace.

Not that I wish SJS on you, but you are the first person on the Internet I came across who has Sjogren's Syndrome. I'm so sorry to hear about your other auto-immune diseases. Dealing with SJS is bad enough.

Rheumatoid runs in my family. My grandmother had RA and SJS. Two cousins have Lupus. My uncle had RA. He ran into the same problems as Glenn did with intestinal issues. Had the majority of his stomach cut out around thirty. Sadly, like Glenn, he passed at 67 two years ago.

I'm fortunate not to need medication right now, other than Restasis.

I feel for Glenn after watching what RA did to my grandmother and uncle. The drugs helped my uncle not "cripple" the way my grandmother did (mind you he was still in major pain and walked with a limp), but as everyone mentioned, the side effects are many. In grandma's day, there wasn't treatment other than painkillers. Her joints were completely twisted and distorted with nodules everywhere. When treatment was found, it was too late for her since the damage can't be reversed.

[Dawn]

That's correct- the medication has enabled my husband to function extremely well as a Medical Specialist. There are some side effects but without the meds for the past 20 years ..... who know? He most likely would not have been able to work or enjoy life.

Personally I don't think we'll ever know which meds Glenn was given and that's the way it should be unless he or his family wants that information publically disclosed. From what I've read aggressive treatment in the early stages of RA is important but some of the newer drugs weren't available 15-20 years ago.

Second, he was admitted to the hospital in November but I'm unclear as to why. Did he have pneumonia? Or was he scheduled for surgery and if so were there problems? Did he ever have the surgery?

One thing for certain hospital acquired pneumonia is always a concern. News reports said he had two bouts of pneumonia and had been put into an induced coma from which he was successfully brought out of once but only for a short period of time. Breathing apparatuses and feeding tubes are also a concern in terms of infection.

Poor Glenn - he was really in a tough spot - can't express how sorry I am for his wife and kids except to say when I lost my dad I thought I would never stop crying. Of course I did - but it took awhile.

Blessings to all.

Dawn

[Freypower]

Personally I don't think we'll ever know which meds Glenn was given and that's the way it should be unless he or his family wants that information publically disclosed. From what I've read aggressive treatment in the early stages of RA is important but some of the newer drugs weren't available 15-20 years ago.

Second, he was admitted to the hospital in November but I'm unclear as to why. Did he have pneumonia? Or was he scheduled for surgery and if so were there problems? Did he ever have the surgery?

One thing for certain hospital acquired pneumonia is always a concern. News reports said he had two bouts of pneumonia and had been put into an induced coma from which he was successfully brought out of once but only for a short period of time. Breathing apparatuses and feeding tubes are also a concern in terms of infection.

Poor Glenn - he was really in a tough spot - can't express how sorry I am for his wife and kids except to say when I lost my dad I thought I would never stop crying. Of course I did - but it took awhile.

Blessings to all.

Dawn

As far as we know he was scheduled for surgery which never took place. Hence, presumably, ulcerative colitis being listed as one of the causes of death. He developed pneumonia & was placed into an induced coma.

It still makes me desperately sad that he may never had even had the chance to say goodbye to his family. Presumably when he went into hospital he was still conscious & had hopes of recovery. It also saddens me that his birthday & Christmas were spent there.

[Jonny Come Lately]

I completely agree about his birthday and Christmas. I sincerely hope he did have a final chance to say goodbye to his family, and hopefully his 'musical family' as well. It would reassure me if he had the chance to say farewell to his family and Don at the very least, if no one else. I remember his birthday last November and although I knew he wasn't well, at the time I had no idea of how serious the situation was, and that his 67th birthday would be his last with us. It stuns me to think that I just considered it to be another birthday and it's still incredibly sad to think that just last July he was still actively touring with the Eagles.

[shunlvswx]

Something had to happen for Glenn to have emergency surgery. Either he was in extreme pain or he passed out.

I really hope during that short time before they put him in the second induced coma(or even the first time he was put into an induced coma), he had the chance to speak to his family.

As I was watching an interview from February 2015 when Joe, Timothy, and Glenn were talking about the shows in New Zealand, I noticed he was rubbing his hands a lot during the interview. As I watched that interviewed a year later, I really notice how bad his RA was. Its sad to know that those interviews in Australia and New Zealand would had been the last interviews as a group(minus Don) because I don't remember if they did any interviews when they came back to the states.

Its still so sad that he is gone. 67 years old is just too young and the baby of the Eagles.

[travlnman2]

What I like to know is when Glenn got the pneumonia. Because I wonder how he was recovering before he caught it. Like how much time it was between the supposed surgery that some say he never had and when he got the pneumonia.

[travlnman2]

Does anyone know where he is buried because if i am ever in La i would like to visit and bring flowers and leave a guitar pick as tribute.

[Freypower]

What I like to know is when Glenn got the pneumonia. Because I wonder how he was recovering before he caught it. Like how much time it was between the supposed surgery that some say he never had and when he got the pneumonia.

We assume he got pneumonia in hospital which meant the surgery could not occur. The pneumonia then became more virulent & nothing could be done.

We have no information on whether he was buried or cremated. There were a couple of suggestions which could not be substantiated.

For those who are still assuming he had surgery please read this:

At the time, Frey had a flare-up of intestinal problems he’d struggled with for years, Azoff said, and was hospitalized with plans for surgery. But he developed pneumonia and never was strong enough to undergo that procedure.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...118-story.html

[AlreadyGone95]

Didn't he get a bacterial infection that caused him to be hospitalized in LA after vacationing with his family in Hawaii before he caught the pneumonia? I remember reading that somewhere in one of the articles.