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Troy Putman

Troy Putman

Troy Putman is a Carolina Beach, NC drummer, musician, and songwriter who endorses RCI Starlite Drums and lives with essential thrombocythemia (an MPN blood cancer).

Aug 18, 2026

11:07
Especially when you're living with something like ET that frequently gets dismissed or overlooked because it is quote unquote invisible.
11:15
And I think about it.
11:17
People look at you and they go, you don't look sick.
11:21
You look fine.
11:22
And I'm like, why don't you step in my body for a day just to see what I go through.
11:27
Then you can tell me that.
11:30
I said, when you have a toothache, you look fine, right? And they're like, well, yeah, unless it's swollen.

7 MINS LATER

18:42
And when Troy really needs support through the more debilitating side effects of E.T., he turns to his wife and engages in activities that take his mind off his frustrations.

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