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Chemo Barbie

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"Going through the speed bump of cancer in my life..."

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    Lisa Kinney - Survivor Lisa KinneyUnlike many survivors, Lisa knew about Michelle's Place long before she was diagnosed because her mother Linda Hicks had already been volunteering for six years.  Together Lisa and her mother had worked fundraisers including the Spring Fling and summer fashion show. When Lisa found a... Read moreChevron
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I'm in my 50s and still learning how to manage RA following my diagnosis in June 2010.

Adapting to Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis

As I stand amidst the chaos of moving boxes, bubble wrap and packing tape, preparing for the imminent move from the home I love, I can't help musing over how much my life has changed in the last year since I was diagnosed with RA.   We bought this home a little over three years ago ... our own little piece of Heaven on Earth, in a small rural... Read moreChevron
Andrea

Andrea

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US-born (Delaware); married; one son, 18; postgrad student.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours ...

Dear friends,   A few months ago I put my hand up to be included in a photo exhibit about breast cancer patients/survivors, called "Portraits of Strength," having read about it in the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation newsletter. The exhibit opened last night in central Auckland, New Zealand, and you're all invited! I know most of... Read moreChevron
CowgirlSuz

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I'm a writer, speaker, journalist, and cowgirl.

Haunted by the Ghosts of Cancer Past

I am not my father.   My cancer is not my father’s cancer. Two very simple statements, but the journey I undertook to be able to say them, and more importantly, to believe them, was perilous. What I didn’t understand when I was diagnosed with breast cancer five months ago is that I would not be experiencing this health... Read moreChevron
WillFightIt

WillFightIt

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Her2+, ER/PR +ve

Our first BIG cancer fight!!!

Its been 6 months since my cancer diagnosis and yesterday me and my husband had ourfirst BIG cancer fight; a fight related to my cancer and its side effects. Here is what I think is an impartial view; I had been taking letrozole (Femara) and zoladex (goserelin)as a part of a clinical trial, and since I am pre menopausal, this sudden medical... Read moreChevron

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