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    The Ticking Time Bomb

    AUGUST 3, 2012 7:04PM

    By Lethia Cobbs


    Topics: single, women, power of attorney, friends, nuclear family, chemo-brain, schizophrenia, mental illness, children, mothers, father, elderly parents, marriage, african american, spinster, adult children, power of attorney, parenthood, generation x, reproduce, marry, divorce, cancer, single, parents, childfree

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    • 40 Ratings
    • 8135 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    While My Wife Undergoes Brain Surgery

    JULY 17, 2012 4:07PM

    By J. Christopher Arrison


    Topics: md anderson, hospital, brain tumor, brain surgery, love, hope, fear, cancer, maybe not cancer, anger

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1217 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    After Chemo Ends

    JUNE 24, 2012 9:46PM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: cancer, chemotherapy, memoir, fear of death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1171 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Living with Cancer: Confronting the Challenge

    JUNE 24, 2012 2:04PM

    By Deborah Ludwig


    Topics: cancer, survivor, chemotherapy, vaccines, targeted therapies, tailored medicine

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 816 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Getting a B in Chemo

    MAY 2, 2012 9:41AM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: memori, cancer, chemotherapy, oprah, hats, side effects

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 949 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Springtime in Chemo and Elsewhere

    APRIL 22, 2012 6:13PM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: walter wangerin, billy collins, cancer, chemotherapy, chanticleer, friendship, honesty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 11766 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Top Ten Koch Facts

    APRIL 10, 2012 3:35PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: brave new foundation, robert greenwald, koch brothers exposed, charles koch, david koch, koch industries, koch brothers, cato institute, cancer, keystone xl pipeline, climate change, alternet, new yorker, think progress, joseph stalin, house energy and commerce committee, native americans, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3112 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    My Hunger Games

    APRIL 5, 2012 8:18AM

    By Julie White


    Topics: food, hunger, mothers, love, celiac, cancer, friendship, gifts

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1598 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    My Albatross

    APRIL 2, 2012 10:38AM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: cancer, surgery, recurrence, physicians, albatross

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2058 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Kochs, Lies, and Videotape

    MARCH 31, 2012 1:00PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: open call, wal-mart, voter id laws, robert greenwald, resegregation, melissa cohlmia, koch industries, koch brothers exposed, david koch, crossett arkansas, charles koch, cancer, brave new foundation, americans for prosperity, alec

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1116 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Of Side Effects and Spring Hats

    MARCH 22, 2012 8:44PM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: memoir, cancer, chemotherapy, hair loss, side effects, cisplatin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1712 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Marching Through Chemo

    MARCH 14, 2012 8:16AM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: chemotherapy, hair loss, cancer, side effects, prayer, statistics, church

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1953 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    The Banality of Chemo

    MARCH 2, 2012 10:49AM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: cancer, chemotherapy, pastoral counseling, medical emergencies, low blood count

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1759 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Don’t Scare the Newbie

    FEBRUARY 23, 2012 10:13PM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: cancer, chemotherapy, fear, cowardly lion, recurrence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3741 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Gary Carter Succumbs to Cancer: The "Kid's" Ironic Death

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 8:56AM

    By Andy Wolfenson


    Topics: baseball, sports, news, death, cancer, darryl strawberry, dwight gooden, keith hernandez, lenny dykstra, mets, expos, gary carter

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 3329 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    My Battle With Mesothelioma

    FEBRUARY 14, 2012 1:23PM

    By Ben Sen


    Topics: valentines day, ben sen's essays, mesothelomia, cancer, wrongful death, surrogate's court, human dignity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1817 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Maiden Voyage of the Space Ship Chemo

    FEBRUARY 3, 2012 10:48AM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: memoir, cancer, chemotherapy, port, anti-nausea drugs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3676 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Chemo makes your eyeballs swell

    JANUARY 27, 2012 10:31AM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: cancer, chemotherapy, patient education, side effects

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2496 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Almost Child

    JANUARY 24, 2012 2:22PM

    By Lesley Clark Ferree


    Topics: cancer, death, dying, doctors, kids, love, life, happiness, sadness, children, female, ovaries, cyst, illness, sickness, childbirth, friendship

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1480 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Put on a Happy Face

    JANUARY 19, 2012 8:21PM

    By cancerdancer


    Topics: cancer, wigs, hair loss, makeup, memoir, information session

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