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64 Grandpa Metastatic
In September 2006 my maternal grandfather was diagnosed with breast cancer after a needle biopsy. He got the diagnosis and chose to do nothing. Part of him didn’t believe he had breast cancer.In 2008...
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65 Sunlight Through a Glass of Soda
Not long ago I had lunch at Zax Pints and Plates, a restaurant close to work. The weather was lovely so I sat outside. My table was under a tree and dappled shade made patterns around me as a breeze...
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66 Choices Part 1: Hair
Me with our dog Wendy - Nov 2008HAIRIt was a night of joy in a grocery store when I spontaneously decided over a year ago to buy a package of two hair clips. They’re silver with blue rhinestones. I...
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67 Choices Part 2: Parking
It is so hard to find time to write these days. I’m always super busy and the quiet time I need to concentrate on writing is at an all time premium. Kind of like the price of gasoline… So that explains...
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68 Goodbye to Diana Knight
During my unemployment in January 2009 I received word that my former co-worker Diana Knight had died from breast cancer. Her husband JW gave me a photograph and permission to use her real name, so I...
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69 Diana's Memorial Service and Uncle Kenneth's Passing
In February 2009 I went to Diana's memorial service. Her daughter sang "Amazing Grace" during the service and I was blown away by the purity and beauty of her voice. Diana's husband read a moving...
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70 Three-Year Survivor - Whoo-hoo!
March 2009I hit my 3-year anniversary as a survivor in March 2009. It was an exciting day. I thought at first that it would be bittersweet like the 2-year anniversary was. I grew more anxious about it...
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71 Yearly Mammogram
April 2009MAMMOGRAMWhen it came time for my yearly mammogram I was a mess. My confidence and excitement from becoming a 3-year survivor had dimmed. I could hardly eat anything the morning before the...
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72 My Grandfather Died from Breast Cancer
April 2009GRANDFATHER LOSTOn April 30th my maternal grandfather died. This was my grandfather who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. This was the man who, after having a tumor for 20 years and...
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73 Public Speaking, Friends Diagnosed
May 2009 brought several changes. One was a another job change. The new job in January was a contract position. The people were nice and the company wanted to hire me permanently, but I just didn't...
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74 Living
It’s almost the end of September 2009. Once again I will be a participant in the Champagne Brunch and Silent Auction that benefits the BCRC. Once again I have been chairing the committee that handles...
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75 The Speech
I called a friend today and the first thing she asked was, “How did your speech go?”The speech went well. The event went well. We had a few snags, like two of the four credit card machines not working,...
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76 Reflections Upon 2009 - Employment
It's the beginning of 2010 and naturally I find myself reflecting upon 2009. All kind of things changed and happened in 2009, and some of them were funny or cool.One of the things that changed in 2009...
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77 Reflections Upon 2009 - Locked Out
We had a surreal event one evening during the "warm but non-unbearably hot" part of the year. (I live in Texas. We don't have a change of seasons so much as we have the "hot" and "not so hot" times of...
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78 Reflections Upon 2009 - Exercise, Hair and Friends
EXERCISEWhen I switched jobs in 2009 from Company A to Company B, I went from a 9-story building to a 4-story building. My job at Company A had me attending meetings on other floors regularly, so it...
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79 Reflections Upon 2009 - Vitamin D
I'm a skeptic when it comes to most things involving cancer prevention or cancer cures. If it isn't backed by double blind scientific trials with a sufficiently large pool of participants, then I will...
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80 Reflections Upon 2009: Less Squeamish
I discovered the text in italics in January from an unposted blog entry I had started in November 2008 but later rewrote before posting. It became Choices: Parts 1 and 2. I rushed the Part 2 entry...
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81 A Deer, My Dear
February 2010Driving around Austin I have seen oppossum, skunks, armadillo, and even a fox on the side of the road or darting across it. I've seen red-tailed hawks in the sky, heard owls in the green...
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82 My Time on Capitol Hill - April 2010
April 26, 2010A week ago today I was in Washington, D.C. It was a fantastic experience!It started last year when someone from the Pew Charitable Trusts noticed this blog and contacted me. They have...
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83 Wonders & Worries
that's me -- bottom row, third from the leftI volunteered in August 2010 for the ¡Qué Maravilla! fundraiser that benefits Wonders & Worries and worked at the event performing registration and...
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