Two stories on cancer nonprofits caught my eye this week, Susan B Komen for the Cure decision to defund Planned Parenthood because of a politically-driven investigation by Congress, and Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong nonprofit helping Lance more than anyone else with cancer. Let’s start with Lance who is current being investigated for doping and perhaps a [...]
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The problem with graduating from medical school is that when my stomach hurts and I don’t vomit or poop my brains out, I think: I have abdominal fullness. When I think “abdominal fullness,” I think cancer. I start to list off the rest of my recent “symptoms,” which all lead to cancer even though I [...]
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I began crying this afternoon because my husband got to start his cold this weekend when I was not sick, but I’m stuck starting my cold while he’s still sick, too. OH THE HUMANITY. My throat hurts, my sinuses are clogged, my stomach is cramping, my heart is skipping beats, my head aches, my eyes [...]
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A great comment on a post last week from Dolli-Mama ended with: “Cut your neighbor some slack and assume the best.” I didn’t like reading it. Because it’s like she was driving with me last week when I completely lost it after some drivers who, instead of merging, went right up to the construction and [...]
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As a teenager driver, I not only believed in tailgating, but I saw it as a duty to fellow speeders everywhere. I had places to go, and I had people in my way. People who paid for their speed limit adherence. Now, I was a masterful tailgater who used two feet to break and gas [...]
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Scott and I head to a lovely wedding. As the rain clouds cease in time for the outdoor ceremony by an idyllic farm house, I sigh and reach for my husband’s hand. Scott looks over my shoulder and says: That goat is you. Me: Hmm, yes honey. Wait, what? I follow his gaze… Me: What [...]
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Dear Open Letters, You are neither open nor a letter. You SEEM like you are open to everyone yet you are mostly posted only on websites where the readers will agree with you. (Except for the particular open letter you are reading, which was written on a website where the readers have written open letters [...]
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