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	<title>my Breast Cancer blog &#187; Family</title>
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	<description>this is the story of my journey with breast cancer</description>
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		<title>For Kelly</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/11/21/for-kelly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[acute lymphoblastic leukemia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my cousin Kelly. She was 5 years old here, and she died just three weeks before her 8th birthday. This month marks 30 years since her passing from leukemia, and that means had she survived her disease, she would have been almost 38 years old.
Nowadays, many kids survive cancer. According to St. Jude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strength of a Rose</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/08/25/strength-of-a-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Death & dying]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader Jessica shared that she was left speechless after seeing the photos of 44 women and their breast cancer scars. Ditto for me. And after spending some time touring Jessica&#8217;s Strength of a Rose blog last night, I realize I&#8217;m at a loss for words again.
You see, Jessica lost her 54-year-old mother Rose to breast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comfort From a Boy</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/07/07/comfort-from-a-boy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abagail-thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adriamycin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bald]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thinking-about-memoir]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writer Abigail Thomas offers in her book &#8220;Thinking About Memoir&#8221; the following writing exercise: Write two pages (one post) in which a child comforts an adult.
That&#8217;s easy.
The child was Joey. The adult was me. And it happened in February, 2005, one day after I realized my hair was shedding from my scalp faster than I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Braving Boys</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/06/28/braving-boys/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/06/28/braving-boys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[braving-boys]]></category>

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I started blogging about breast cancer the day I learned it had invaded my body. But I’ve never routinely blogged about my children — invaders of another sort. I’ve been braving cancer for a little more than four years, but I’ve been braving boys for more than eight. Seems only fitting I document the beautiful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wet and Wild</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/05/15/wet-and-wild/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/05/15/wet-and-wild/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 18:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast-cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[See those two little boys? They are mine. The one on the right is Joey, and he was not quite 4 years old when I found out I had breast cancer. Now he&#8217;s 8. Danny, the guy next to him, was only 18 months old. He turns 6 in two weeks. The girls belong to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Breast Cancer Looks Like &#8211; Susan</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/04/03/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-susan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what-breast-cancer-looks-like]]></category>

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Susan, a mother of four and breast cancer survivor for two years and three months, says, &#8220;My college daughter, Kait, created this intaglio ink print (etched on a metal plate)  during my treatment in 2007. She never titled it, but to me it is what breast cancer looks like. This print is of our special vacation place, Lakeside, Ohio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Breast Cancer Looks Like &#8211; Kara</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/04/02/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-kara/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/04/02/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-kara/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what-breast-cancer-looks-like]]></category>

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The first time they accessed my port for chemo. My chest is pretty flat because they haven&#8217;t filled my expanders with saline yet.

My sister cutting my hair. This was soooooo hard. My boys were watching. Very emotional time for me.

The finished shave. It felt really weird.

A big hug from 3 of my boys. They  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Breast Cancer Looks Like &#8211; Sherri Jo</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/03/26/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-sherri-jo/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/03/26/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-sherri-jo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pink-ribbons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sailing-club]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[support]]></category>

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Sherri Jo says, &#8220;Until I had breast cancer, I never fully realized what wonderful family and friends I have and how much I am loved. The outpouring of love and support I received was truly amazing. Every few days there was a card in my mailbox, flowers at my door, or something wonderful to cheer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Breast Cancer Looks Like &#8211; Lisa and her Mom, MaryJoe</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/03/25/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-lisa-and-her-mom-maryjoe/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/03/25/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-lisa-and-her-mom-maryjoe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what-breast-cancer-looks-like]]></category>
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Lisa says, &#8220;My mom is on her second fight with breast cancer. She was diagnosed this last time near Mother’s Day and I was getting married in September.  Last June she had a bilateral mastectomy, then 18 weeks of chemo, and then 30 treatments of radiation. During her first appointment with the oncologist she told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Breast Cancer Looks Like &#8211; Tracy</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/03/24/what-cancer-looks-like-by-tracy/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/03/24/what-cancer-looks-like-by-tracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Side effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what-breast-cancer-looks-like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bald]]></category>
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Tracy says, &#8220;I decided to shave my head before my hair started falling out.  I asked my family and some friends to come with me so that I wouldn&#8217;t lose my nerve.  It was an extremely emotional day for everyone as you can see from the picture of my husband and children.  But what I found [...]]]></description>
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