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Apr 24, 12 10:21PMJust two days ago, a former co-worker at a former company informed me that our former boss died from lung cancer. She was 62.I simply couldn't believe it. My former boss was so vibrant and alive. She...» Read more
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Apr 12, 12 08:05AMFor those Desperate Housewives fans, a storyline a few years ago featured one of the main characters, Lynette, having cancer. I cried watching her deal with diagnosis and go through chemotherapy. However...» Read more
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Mar 29, 12 12:19PMI enter the hospital for a stereotactic core biopsy on a suspicious mass in my right breast.I leave the hospital having had a different kind of biopsy and an unofficial-but-pretty-certain diagnosis of cancer...» Read more
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Mar 15, 12 01:55PMReferral Picture 1 I return home late after an evening of teaching. I have one voicemail message -- from the head of the China Program at the adoption agency. She asks me to call her back as soon as I can...» Read more
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Mar 04, 12 01:47PM"Enjoy your daughter."These haunting words came from one of my dearest friends. She had just told me that her leukemia had returned. She had reminded me how important it is to enjoy the blessings in m y...» Read more
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Feb 08, 12 05:50AMEarly this week, the world lost two incredible women to breast cancer, Rachel Cheetham Moro and Susan Niebur. These women's presence was deeply felt on the blogosphere, but most importantly, we in the online...» Read more
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Feb 01, 12 07:45PMDuring chemotherapy, I didn't lose my hair. At the time, I was relieved. But in hindsight, I wish I would have shaved my hair and eyebrows at the time. I would then have donned my bald head...» Read more
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Jan 12, 12 08:27AM "Diagnosis" I wrote this piece the year after my double mastectomy with reconstruction. Before my surgery, I was already grap pling...» Read more
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Jan 08, 12 07:41PMDuring the most recent #BCSM tweetchat, each participant chose three words that would guide him or her for 2012. This excellent idea came from Philippa at Feisty Blue Gecko, who has bee n...» Read more
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Dec 13, 11 08:45AM"I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood...the transformation of sil ence...» Read more