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Next Mon’s @StupidCancer Show …email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Next Mon’s @StupidCancer Show “Young Adult Retreats” w/Camp Mak-A-Dream and @First Descents. Spotlight @MummyPhan http://bit.ly/afUy2h (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs

big week….email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
after a very peaceful week-end, we are excited about this week and what it will bring….once again doug is impatience and karen is the one that says, “they will call when they have a plan”…..I want to call them at noon and karen says no Dr. Streets nurse, Sherrie, assured her she would call karen [...] (Source: Carin' For Karen)
Source: Carin' For Karen - February 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: karen Tags: Life in general Source Type: blogs

I really am working on this stress reduction thingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday was the first day of my planned stress reduction life style. I did some cooking in the late morning and then went for a walk. I spent the afternoon on the couch watching TV and went to bed early because I was tired. I remembered to take all my pills and found a balance board that I can use to strengthen my ankle that I am going to pick up today. Okay, now here's the real story. I did some cooking because I had vegetables (sweet potatoes and butternut squash) that were about to go bad so I cooked them up and threw them in the freezer to be used over the next few weeks. I also roasted some red peppers for pizza top...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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You may have noticed a "donate" button at the bottom of some posts on my blog. A button that looks like this: The button is there because I have decided to keep The Assertive Cancer Patient ad-free. There are any number of ways to put ads on a blog. It's simple and easy. I tried this for a week or two when I first put my blog up. I used the ad service provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog. But--and this is a huge BUT--most of the ads that popped up on my blog were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An a...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Source Type: blogs

Harassing Phone Calls From Verizon Wirelessemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
What was I doing on January 12?I had to check my calendar to be sure, but it turns out that January 12 was the fourth of five sessions of cyberknife surgery to treat a tumor in my skull. Here's one post that I wrote that day: Decadron Prescription Errors I spent the evening on the couch, tired, and in a lot of pain. Here are the phone calls that came in that day from Verizon, my cell phone company:Jan. 12, 6:57 a.m.: 252-157-4972Jan. 12, 9:13 p.m.: 252-157-4972-6Jan. 12, 9:14 p.m.: 252-157-4972-6Jan. 12, 9:18 p.m.: 252-157-4972-6Jan. 12, 10:53 p.m.: 252-157-4972-6Jan. 12, 10:53 p.m.: 252-157-4972-6Jan...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: $$$ Cancer Horror Stories Couch Just Plain Weird ... Life With Cancer Pain Source Type: blogs

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Just felt the babies squirming for the first time inside Jessie’s belly! OMG, there’s real things inside her! #22weeks (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs

Playing With Beadsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
 I spent HOURS today sorting out beads, gemstones, and charms and putting them away in little bead boxes with dividers. Now, I am not a tidy soul at the best of times, and my favorite environment for creating is a sort of controlled chaos. Or even uncontrolled chaos.Because how can you see what you have if it's all put away somewhere? Things had gotten out of control, however, and it was time to clean up, or at least to start. So that's what I did today. To give you an idea, we had not seen the surface of the dining room table (a beautiful oak affair from England) since Christmas, which was ...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: $$$ Charmed Bracelets Life With Cancer Source Type: blogs

Interferon maintenance for myelomaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
After achieving the plateau stage following my first autologous stem cell transplant for myeloma in 2001 my haematologist put me on maintenance therapy of interferon alpha.At that time trial data suggested that interferon maintenance therapy improved remission duration in patients following transplants.The interferon was self administered, injecting into my thigh or stomach three times a week.Initially I suffered side effects of flu like symptoms and chills the day after the injections. These progressively reduced and disappeared after four weeks.Eventually I began to suffer the symptoms of depression. This was attributed ...
Source: Sid's multiple myeloma journey - February 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Sid Source Type: blogs

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Well not really a huge one, but what can I do if I can't complain? My "problem" is with the American Indian Courting Flute. I want to use it to do my Group Instrumental Application for Music Rec. Tech. on Tuesday. Does that make any sense? I certainly hope not. (Hee hee. Just kidding.)The problem is, I need a clear G note...and G and F are sounding exactly the SAME. No good. They have got to be distinct.....precisely a whole step apart, for this to work. Or...I need to find a different instrument to use. To update you on health things....my little lung thing that I was recently so concerned about turned out to be just a co...
Source: Anastasia's Cancer Experience - February 7, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Inspiring Cancer Videoemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Here is a fun and inspiring three minute cancer video by Stand Up To Cancer. (Source: Living with Cancer)
Source: Living with Cancer - February 7, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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Snowflakes in a forgotten planter on my porch.God's details :: glory in our noticing (Source: Turquoise Gates)
Source: Turquoise Gates - February 7, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Call me slow but I will reduce stressemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Today I am launching my reduce stress in my life campaign. I did mention it recently and have started a little bit but now I really need to focus on what is going on with me. I did a little google research (which isn't always the brightest thing to do because who knows the credibility of what is on the Internet) and found some reasonably intelligent reports showing that there are not clear links between stress and cancer but there are clear links showing that stress does nasty things to your body and makes you more susceptible to other ailments. Okay, so maybe stress wont give me more cancer but I would be happy to get rid...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 7, 2010 Category: Cancer Tags: eating stress health Source Type: blogs

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Buck and Peter, hunting prairie dogs (Source: white pebble)
Source: white pebble - February 7, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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Got cancer? Need money? http://bit.ly/9aIxfe (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 7, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs

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Posted via email from Patti’s posterous (Source: white pebble)
Source: white pebble - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Patti Tags: Ephemera Source Type: blogs

Shoutout To - Spirit Jumpemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
As per the website ...Join us for Cards For Cancer Day! On or about Saturday April 10th, 2010 Spirit Jump and the team leaders around the world will bring bags of cards to their local cancer centers to be given to those battling cancer. Cards can be collected by asking family members, friends, neighbors, schools, youth groups or just about anyway you can think of getting them. Cards can be handmade or store bought and should have a positive message to help JUMP the SPIRIT of someone who is battling cancer.To learn more and to sign up visit www.cards4cancer.wordpress.com They need volunteers from all over the world to ...
Source: Living with Cancer - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Starting Seedsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Seattle's weather for the past few weeks has been teetering on the brink of spring. Yes, I know it's only February and we could still have snow or freezing temperatures, but it sure doesn't seem likely. And, in any case, I've waited long enough for spring. Today, I began starting my seeds. After all, my crocuses are blooming in the front garden, and tulips and daffodils are up. I have seeds left from previous years, and I've also started buying more. One of my favorite stress relievers on a difficult day is to go to one of the great nurseries in my part of Seattle and just browse, or maybe b...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Coping Gardening Life With Cancer Stress Source Type: blogs

Tom Waits reads Charles Bukowskiemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Tom Waits reads a Charles Bukowski poem. I’ve always loved Bukowski’s poetry, even in spite of the fact that most poetry magazine information sheets tell you that they won’t accept Bukowski type poems. They’re getting awfully bloodless, these modern poetry places. Related articles by Zemanta Saturday poem: funhouse by Charles Bukowski (guardian.co.uk) Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life by Howard Sounes | Book review (guardian.co.uk) Technorati Tags: Charles Bukowski, poem, Poetry, Literature, and Writing, Tom Waits (Source: white pebble)
Source: white pebble - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Patti Tags: Poetry, Literature, and Writing Charles Bukowski poem Tom Waits Source Type: blogs

More Tales From the 'Gowned Waiting Room'email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I've been treated with radiation therapy a total of seven times now, and Dr. Eulau at Swedish has been in charge of my radiation four times. He is an excellent doctor, one of a team of three or four good doctors who have helped to keep me alive for 11 years. So I have no plans to shuffle my team, even though my doctors aren't all at the same cancer center. When you go to the Swedish Cancer Institute for radiation therapy, you wait to be called for each day's treatment appointment in the "Gowned Waiting Room." You show up, change into a gown, lock up your things, and wait for on...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Cancer Treatment Hospitals Radiation Source Type: blogs

What Are Friends For?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
 What are friends for?Well, I think we all need a good friend--or two or three--who can make us laugh when we need a good laugh. And a really good friend can make us laugh at ourselves. The other day when I put up my post The Fat Cancer Patient, I was in a pretty bad mood about having gained eight pounds in as many weeks, as a result of taking steroids and also not being able to exercise. My friend Julie--who's been facing some tough times of her own lately--was the first reader to respond. Here's what she said, under the title "Not over till the fat lady sings":Dearest Jeanne--Jus...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Blogs Cancer Treatment Exercise and Cancer Friends Nutrition Source Type: blogs

Allegory: redeemedemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Perspective is to flowers in a dark room as Grace is to love between sinners. (Source: Turquoise Gates)
Source: Turquoise Gates - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Tags: forgiveness reality repentance failure God's grace Source Type: blogs

Another reason why we need changes to health care insuranceemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
But first, I would like to say today is Ice Cream For Breakfast Day. Skip the oatmeal, eggs, wheaties or whatever and open your freezer and grab a bowl. Did you know health insurance companies deny one out of every 14 claims? Does that seem a bit excessive? Anecdotally I have also been told that some insurance companies routinely deny a huge number of claims. What is wrong with this picture? Now as a good insurance premium payer you must do your part before you expect them to pay. If your policy says they don't pay for certain things, don't expect them to. Read your policy before you agree to it and read it again every yea...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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There is no easy way to say this, so here goes: about two weeks ago, Stefano’s father was diagnosed with Stage III invasive melanoma, based on the biopsy of an itsy bitsy spot on his cheek, which, he said, didn’t bother him in the least but was “wet.” As soon as the biopsy results came in, my [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

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Detecting Cancer Early ~ News and Views (Source: white pebble)
Source: white pebble - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

TGIF once more everyone! Jess …email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
TGIF once more everyone! Jess is 22 weeks pregnant today. More than halfway there. Have a great weekend! #daddytobe #stupidcancer (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs

The Last-Day-of-Treatment Blues: Poisoned!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I've been to Hiroshima--many times, actually--and I know what radiation sickness can do to people. I had that in mind as I contemplated the effects of my most recent radiation therapy. After all, it's all the same thing.Today is the last day of my 14-day run of radiation therapy. That's a lot of radiation, and of course it comes on top of five days of cyberknife treatment just prior to that, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I feel like crap today.(Apologies for the language, but a softer word is not going to do.)I have that swimmy kind of nausea. It's not violent like chemo nausea can be, I just...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Cancer Treatment Radiation Source Type: blogs

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Putting out a call for any young adult survivors with teen children interested in being peer support for another teen whose mom is sick. (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs

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“Cancer Diagnosis Brings Two Friends Together For Journey Of A Lifetime”. Brilliant *must read* piece by Donna Trussel. http://bit.ly/cJ1abA (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs

The Knitting Groupemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I met with the knitting group at the Cross. Today, I tend to talk more and knit less because my fingers are sensitive and the constant contact with the yarn dries my finger tips out. But for me ... the interaction is more fulfilling than crafting. Many of the gals are just learning to knit and some are seasoned vets. One lady is a talented writer. She brought with her some poetry she had written and shared it with the group. I asked if she considered publishing a book and she said it was very difficult for an unknown writer to get published. That is too bad because she seems very good.We often talk about our cancer ex...
Source: Living with Cancer - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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If you've been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that I find it hard to resist a good list.And while I've decided to keep my goals for the year very simple and specific, I was very intrigued by a recent post, written by my friend Sassymonkey, which in turn, led me to the BlogHer group, "List Lovers Unite!"It seems that a group of folks there have determined to set themselves ten monthly goals. This strikes me as a nice bridge between my very manageable goal for the year (make soup) and my nearly interminable daily to-do lists.I gave it some thought and then added mine. Here it is, with some editorial comment...
Source: Not just about cancer - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Tags: NaNoWriMo community my friends show and tell books family BlogHer writing making soup in 2010 knitting good stuff my kids Source Type: blogs

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Special thanks to @EthanZohn for the @StupidCancer mention in this great piece about where to give on World Cancer Day. http://bit.ly/9Dsn7U (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs

Journey of a Lifetimeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
(Excerpts from my posts on this trip, first published here in 2009. Read more in the February 7, 2010 Sunday magazine of The Kansas City Star, or read it now online at Journey of a Lifetime. View photographs from the trip on Flickr.) 1974 in Austin, Texas: Donna Trussell, Charlton McMillan, Linda Elizondo Long Strange Trip At home, watching the sun rise might mean a sleepless night followed by what would surely be an achy, lethargic day. But on a train, ushering in the dawn is a badge of honor. Most of us in the lounge car at 5:00 in the morning could not sleep in coach or even in the roomette. Our compensation was the dra...
Source: Donna Trussell - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: donnatrussell Tags: Cancer Writing donna trussell grand canyon journey of a lifetime kansas city star linda elizondo scouting train trip Source Type: blogs

The Fat Cancer Patientemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I woke up the other morning and realized that I am FAT!My face is puffy and my waist is huge. And since my hair is less than an inch long, I have no place to hide. When did that happen?Well, it was a combination of factors:Taking decadron (a steroid) to reduce swelling around the tumor in my skull, and then to prevent problems--like more swelling in my head--during the cyberknife treatments. I think the decadron is causing both bloat (water) and real weight gain (fat).I've been on decadron since November. Argh.  No exercise. I can't walk without a cane, due to the tumor in my left hip. Even with the can...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Cancer Treatment Cyberknife Exercise and Cancer Nutrition Pain Radiation Source Type: blogs

Cycle 25 Resultsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
February 4, 2010, end of Cycle 25: This was another good visit. Not a GREAT visit, but a good one. A GREAT one would include a significant drop in M-Spike, and today's number was 1.0 g/dL, the same as the previous cycle. In fact M-Spike is only reported to the nearest tenth, because the test is not highly accurate, and the actual monoclonal proteins may have gone up a fraction of a tenth, because IgG increased 6% and Lambda light chains increased a little. But I'm still off DEX, and Dr. L pronounced the myeloma STABLE! When that changes there are lots of things to try, including going back to the DEX and possibly adding B...
Source: Myeloma Hope - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Power of Positve Thinking vs. Realistic Thinking?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
One of many things that would kill me faster than my slow growing cancer is adopting the mindset of positive thinking. It is so against my nature. I’m sure this makes me sound like a curmudgeon. But why? The opposite of positive thinking isn’t negative thinking; it’s realistic thinking. I woke up the day after my diagnosis and began thinking hard about these realities: My cancer could spread. I could live, I could die. My doctors might make mistakes. My activities might be limited. My finances might be impacted. And of course, there was the realistic hell of finding out that I had no insurance. I didn’t spend m...
Source: Everything Changes - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: young adult cancer Uncategorized healing optimism pessimism prayer Source Type: blogs

Tales From the 'Gowned Waiting Room'email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
 First, let me set the scene.When you go to the Swedish Cancer Institute for radiation therapy, you park in a Bank of America parking lot. Swedish provides free parking in this lot to patients who are undergoing daily radiation, and this is a nice little benefit.Otherwise, I would have paid $6 a day on each of the 15 days I've gone in for treatment. That's $90. Then, you enter the cancer center, walk past the desk where other patients are waiting to see the radiation oncologists, and continue on down a hallway to the "Gowned Waiting Room."How do I know it's called the "Gowned Waiting ...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Cancer Treatment Language of Cancer Life With Cancer Radiation Source Type: blogs

Allegoryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
flowers are to a dark room as love is between sinners (Source: Turquoise Gates)
Source: Turquoise Gates - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Tags: aftermath weakness brokenness sin love marriage Source Type: blogs

I Can't Believe I'm Awakeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Normally (that's the New Normal of living with cancer, mind you), I sleep 12 hours or more a day.So it makes no sense at all that I couldn't fall asleep until 3 a.m., despite taking pain meds and a sleeping pill, and then I'm awake again at 5:30. What is going on?The pain in my left hip that has been making my life so difficult for the past few weeks is actually getting better, not that I think I'll be able to skip the cyberknife treatments to that hip which are up next on my treatment agenda. And today is the final day of my 14 days of radiation therapy to the right hip.I'm glad that is over, or ...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Cancer Treatment Coping Life With Cancer Pain Radiation Source Type: blogs

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@Reuters “Medicare Cuts Could Shut Down Cancer Centers” Bring on the back alley chemo chemo infusions. #stupidcancer http://bit.ly/9K714h (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs

Belated World Cancer Dayemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday was World Cancer Day. It was also probably also save the penguins day and eat broccoli day. I'm just slow sometimes. I do know today is national wear red day to raise awareness for heart disease. I'll wear a red sweater if I have one that's clean... I'm not a big fan of these awareness things because I am not sure how much they really do. But I did find the article I saw yesterday that 40% of cancers worldwide are preventable through behaviors. Reduce sun exposure, drink less alcohol and stop tobacco use are the three key steps. So why me? I never was a sun person, I don't drink tons, and I never smoked a lot. Th...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Noah's Arkemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
 This charm, a tiny Noah's ark with two giraffes poking their heads out from the boat, is part of my favorite piece of jewelry. At least, it's my favorite today, maybe even my favorite this week ... Jump over to Charmed Bracelets to see the Noah's Ark With Giraffes @ Jeanne Sather 2010.   (Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient)
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Charmed Bracelets Source Type: blogs

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Body in Ruins: " I want my body to liberate itself of the cancer" (ByronKatie.com) Portal:Bob Dylan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Source: white pebble)
Source: white pebble - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

A Rerun: Road Trip!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
 I love to travel, and I've done a fair amount of wandering in my 55 years. Today I was talking with a friend (well, she's my former step-sister, but I'm not about to try to explain that one, so let's just call her a friend) about road trips, and after she left I got online and reread some of my posts from my November 2008 road trip to Mesa Verde with Car Guy, Car Guy Junior, and Constant the Wonder Dog. Some highlights:When Seattleites Get Out of Town Postcard From Utah, Or: Where Did They Hide the Great Salt Lake? Yet Another Postcard From Mesa Verde Constant the Wonder Dog, World ...
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Jeanne Sather Tags: Cancer Travel Dogs Source Type: blogs

Words of Wisdomemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
"The Buddhas, therefore, or the state of Buddhahood, represent the highest reality, and those who want to realize it, have to follow the example of the Buddhas: the Boddhisattva-Path, in which there is no place for escapism, no running away from discomfort and suffering, but, on the contrary, the recognition, the understanding and acceptance of the fact that perfect enlightenment cannot be attained without the readiness to take upon oneself the suffering of the world.""...To take upon oneself the suffering of the world, does not mean that one should seek suffering, or that one should glorify it, or inflict it upon oneself ...
Source: Anastasia's Cancer Experience - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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Dr. Streets nurse, Sherrie, called this afternoon and said she received the chart from MD Anderson and that Dr. Street will be going thru it this weekend and Monday…..we will then have a date for chemo after he does a little research on it….to see best approach… When I got home Karen said she had a [...] (Source: Carin' For Karen)
Source: Carin' For Karen - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: karen Tags: Life in general Source Type: blogs

Featured Commitment Maker: BRECANemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
At the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit in 2009 we initiated a global call for Commitments to the fight cancer. Nearly 300 organizations, individuals, leaders and corporations made formal Commitments. As a way of highlighting their immense efforts in battling this disease, we will feature a different organization each week, sharing stories of progress and success from around the globe. This week brings us to Nigeria, to take a deeper look at BRECAN’s efforts to tackle breast cancer. In Nigeria, the perception of breast cancer as a disease that has no cure is deeply entrenched. Worse still are the myths and false beliefs...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - February 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Rebekkah Schear Source Type: blogs

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Thursday, February 4, 2010Current mood: ReminiscentOK! So I got the news back about my bone scan and NO, it is not the return of the BIG C! Thank God!I have to admit I was pretty freaked out waiting for the news.In my mind, my future had stopped. I actually started planning for the worst. I double checked my life insurance policy and wanted to make sure I had the right beneficiary. I actually had a conversation with my Dad about taking my dog and how he could use my savings account for all her future vet bills. It was kinda scary where my mind had gone.Which brings me to this blog...The other day I was watching an episode ...
Source: Sharing My Cancer Crapness - February 4, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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Well I have had quite the adventure today. In the student health center at FSU (Thagard) they had the worst tv show ever playing in the waiting room. It is weird because I KNOW i have seen the beginning of it before. Tbe same exact show. I don't know when, I don't know where (probably that same freaking place...they probably have it looping infinitely to torture people. Maybe they are trying to scare people away. Less to deal with), but, unfortunately I had seen part of it before. It was a like some kind of horror documentary show. It was based in this bar somewhere where people have english (?) accents, supposedly the pla...
Source: Anastasia's Cancer Experience - February 4, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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Source: Anastasia's Cancer Experience - February 4, 2010 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

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Keep sending us pics of you wearing our gear! The “Stupid Cancer” photo album has 70+ pics and counting! http://bit.ly/3bFDbP #stupidcancer (Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Blog - February 4, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Matthew Zachary Tags: i2y Source Type: blogs