Posts Tagged ‘ cancer ’

Donna Summers’s death inspired me to start a new Pinterest board today

May 17, 2012
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In Memoriam to Cancer Victims

I was having a marvelous end-of-season lunch with my tennis teammates this afternoon when one of them said, “Did you hear Donna Summers died?” after looking at her cell. “What? How?” I asked. “Cancer I guess.” A hush fell over our table as we all absorbed the news. My heart dropped like it always...

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Struggling with the news a friend has Stage 4 cancer

November 17, 2011
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I think it was late last week when I first learned a dear friend might have cancer. I can’t really remember. This week has been a blur. I just remember getting the email from another friend, Jo-Anne, that Roxanne had been struggling with a pain in her neck, had gone to the doctor, he’d...

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My advice as a cancer survivor to those recently diagnosed

October 17, 2011
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This morning as I watched Giuliana Rancic announce that she had breast cancer, my heart went out to her. I cheered her when she said the baby she hasn’t conceived yet, but which she still hopes one day to do, has already saved her life. That’s a good attitude to have. It’s because of...

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Lessons Learned: Life after a 50/50 diagnosis

September 23, 2011
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This summer on a date night to see Bridesmaids, Wayne and I saw the preview for the movie 50/50, which starts next Friday. I started crying a little during it. Wayne noticed, grabbed my hand, and said, “I’m sorry.” If anyone could appreciate my reaction, it was him. He was there the day I got...

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Not how I wanted my breath to be taken away

September 9, 2011
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Here are a few of my favorite moments in my years with Wayne that I can remember him taking my breath away: Our first date, when he picked me up and gave me a single yellow rose. It was the first time a man other than my dad had ever given me flowers. I...

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Lessons Learned: White lies can be blessings

July 14, 2011
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When I wrote about a few lessons I’ve learned after 25 years with Wayne, I listed number 7 as: “White lies can be blessings.” My friend Jade left a comment saying it was one of the ones she didn’t agree with, but joked to ask her again in 20 years. I hope her and...

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The “25 years may be all we get” comment

July 13, 2011
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Back in February Wayne and I took a cruise. We went on a new-to-us cruise line, Norwegian, which operates on Freestyle dining (no set table or time restraints for dinner). Even though we didn’t have regular dinner table companions like we’ve had on our other cruises, we still ended up meeting and chatting with some super nice folks....

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The husband and wife who were both diagnosed with cancer at the same time

April 6, 2011
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Today I saw a heart wrenching story on Today about a husband and wife who were both diagnosed with cancer at the same time. Their names are Elisa and Nathan Bond. Nathan was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer, Elisa with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. He was given a 65% chance of surviving the...

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Could you help your husband kill himself?

March 11, 2011
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I came across the most horrible story ever: Husband films assisted suicide of wife to prove it was not murder. By “most horrible story ever” I don’t mean the reporting was bad. It was the topic itself that was horrible. After having watched my mom die, then experienced the pain of cancer myself, I...

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My husband saved my life three times, he should be my hero!

March 4, 2011
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Over the years almost all of my girlfriends at one time or another have remarked that Wayne can be a little gruff.  Some have even outright asked what I see in him, how I put up with him, etc. Wayne’s not as gruff as he sometimes comes off. When he’s in serious mode he can be pretty...

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