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	<description>The story of my journey through breast cancer.</description>
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		<title>One year later. . .</title>
		<link>http://wildrosespirit.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/one-year-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . My father died of metastatic pancreatic cancer on March 26, 2009. He was in his mid-seventies.
His death came as a surprise to us; we knew he hadn&#8217;t been well but we didn&#8217;t find out about the cancer until six days before he passed.
He was loved by many, and will be greatly missed.
He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=102&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What to say to a person who has cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your friend, colleague, aunt or sister was just diagnosed with cancer. What do you say to her?

Sometimes you mean to say something kind and sensitive, but it comes out all wrong. It would be great if someone would give you some idea of what is the right thing to say, that will convey how you really feel (or how you know you should feel.)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=100&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Porta-Cath Removal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The port came out on Tuesday.
This feels like another little victory for me; it means that chemo is officially finished.
It was a doctor&#8217;s office procedure done under a local anesthetic.  I was a nervous wreck. I thought he would at least give me some &#8220;don&#8217;t-give-a-shit&#8221; medication but all he did was numb the general area [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=99&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weird Dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wild Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the strangest dream last night. Well, technically, it was early this morning.
In the dream, my 90 year old grandmother was dating this Italian guy with black hair and dark eyes. The guy was in his 40s. Everyone in the family was freaking out because they figured this guy must be up to no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=97&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday, July 6 &#8211; Moving prep, day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really only have two weeks before I'm scheduled to pack up the car and go. Will I make it? If today's progress was any indication, I think I will. And I might even fit most of the stuff I need to take into my little car.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=93&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moving is such a &#8230;.joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wild Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm feeling well, too! This is Day 12 after my last (and final!) chemo June 24. I'll get my port out this week Tuesday. That will be nice. It's an in-office procedure (I hope my surgeon puts me in "twilight" because I've been on the edge of panic and having serious panic attacks for a while). Next Monday is my final blood draw; I see the oncologist for the last time on Tuesday, and at that time, she'll release me into the wild.

The following week, I leave for my new job.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=91&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been in denial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cancer doesn&#8217;t equal Death any more
OK, so it&#8217;s true that I&#8217;ve faced the fact that I have cancer, I had a mastecomy and four months of intensive chemotherapy. I&#8217;ve had to face the fact every day when I look in the mirror that my long, long hair is gone. And I only have one breast.
But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=89&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>According to the laws of physics, it can&#8217;t suck forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Amelia&#8217;s first law of sucking: Things can&#8217;t suck forever.
I&#8217;m not all right, but I&#8217;m hanging on the best I can.  All I ask is that you don&#8217;t let go.
Terra Naomi is from Missoula, Montana. Here are the lyrics to her song:
Say It&#8217;s Possible
Terra Naomi
I see the lights are turning
And i look outside the stars [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=86&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What not to say to a cancer patient</title>
		<link>http://wildrosespirit.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/what-not-to-say-to-a-cancer-patient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cancer survivors have all dealt with all sorts of comments made by well-meaning (and not so well-meaning) people. We recognize that often these comments come from the speaker&#8217;s discomfort because she does not know what to say. With the help and input from my friends on a breast cancer survivors&#8217; support forum (which I&#8217;ve been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=84&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming the Crazy Cat Lady</title>
		<link>http://wildrosespirit.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/becoming-the-crazy-cat-lady/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wild Rose</dc:creator>
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The Discovery Channel offered this trophy a while back for those of us who are likely to end up with a houseful of cats instead of human companionship.
Given the terrible time I&#8217;ve had with housemates and room mates (most recently, a housemate raided my cabinet for cooking oil, knowing full well it was my stuff. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wildrosespirit.wordpress.com&blog=2698932&post=81&subd=wildrosespirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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