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	<title>my Breast Cancer blog &#187; Chemotherapy</title>
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	<description>this is the story of my journey with breast cancer</description>
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		<title>Chocolate: The New Chemotherapy?</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2010/02/11/chocolate-the-new-chemotherapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If research says it, it must be true, right? I&#8217;m not so sure about that. I mean, some science says as little as one drink per day can up your breast cancer risk, and extra weight by way of stuff like chocolate can do the same. Yet new research presented just yesterday reveals that Cabernet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flashback: December 24, 2004</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/12/24/flashback-wrap-up/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/12/24/flashback-wrap-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radiation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do have my breast. And I have a fairly good prognosis. My lump was removed and measured 1.1 cm, which is small. My lymph nodes were negative for cancer, although four were removed for biopsy purposes. My margins were clear, and there was no apparent spread of cancer. My cancer is considered stage 1. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wishing You Well</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/12/19/wishing-you-well/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/12/19/wishing-you-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mastectomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tram flap surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[well wishes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cancerspot.org/?p=3514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sending out some well wishes to a few friends &#8212; Carmen, who, on her second run with breast cancer, is recovering from tram flap surgery. And Lynea, she&#8217;s navigating the murky waters that come flooding in after a new breast cancer diagnosis. Also, Stacie, sporting a newly-shaved head as she fights her way through the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flashback: November 24, 2004</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/11/24/november-24-2004/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/11/24/november-24-2004/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lumpectomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pathology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radiation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cancerspot.org/?p=3298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My phone rang at 10:00 a.m., and the doctor who did the biopsy said the pathology report was back already. He said that unfortunately, cancer cells were found. He said I would need a lumpectomy (surgery to remove the lump), radiation, and possibly chemotherapy. He told me to buy a book called Dr. Susan Love’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Scar Tells a Story</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/08/22/every-scar-tells-a-story/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/08/22/every-scar-tells-a-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what-breast-cancer-looks-like]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every scar tells a story. Here&#8217;s Angi&#8217;s:
I got my first port in April 2005.  I was told I should probably get a port prior to chemo (for breast cancer), so I found a general surgeon who could perform the surgery ASAP.  I only had to do four rounds of chemo, but I didn&#8217;t want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Wrap, For Free</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/08/19/its-a-wrap-for-free/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/08/19/its-a-wrap-for-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[france-luxe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good-wishes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laurie-erickson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the most beautiful hair ornaments in the world, France Luxe is the place to shop. Headbands and barrettes are the specialty at Laurie Erickson&#8217;s store, but for those without hair, she&#8217;s got something pretty amazing, too.
Through her Good Wishes program, Erickson is donating silk headscarves to women and girls losing their locks to illness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comfort From a Boy</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/07/07/comfort-from-a-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/07/07/comfort-from-a-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abagail-thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adriamycin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cytoxan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haircut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scalp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking-about-memoir]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cancerspot.org/?p=2439</guid>
		<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>Look Good &#8230; Feel Better</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/05/22/look-good-feel-better/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/05/22/look-good-feel-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american-cancer-society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bald]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cancerspot.org/?p=2304</guid>
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The toughest part of my dance with breast cancer was losing my hair. Seems crazy, doesn&#8217;t it, that a tumor was living in my body, threatening to take my entire life away, and I was worried about my hair. Yea, crazy. I know that now that I&#8217;m alive, probably because the same drugs that left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/05/10/happy-mothers-day/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/05/10/happy-mothers-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 16:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cancerspot.org/?p=2261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here I sit in a chemo chair in February 2005, getting dosed with the toxic drugs that are hopefully saving my life, while my mom sits nearby, holding my baby niece Jordan. This lovely man toured the infusion center on this Friday, singing a personalized song to each patient in my similar predicament. He sang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Breast Cancer Looks Like &#8211; Iris</title>
		<link>http://cancerspot.org/2009/04/01/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-iris/</link>
		<comments>http://cancerspot.org/2009/04/01/what-breast-cancer-looks-like-iris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what-breast-cancer-looks-like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
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Iris says, &#8220;Much more than cancer, are friends with whom you can rely on during the most difficult stages of treatment, they do look as a beautiful field of lavender. I had the privilege of being supported by my friends, who planned for my an amazing visit to flower fields of lavender in Quebec after [...]]]></description>
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