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• Yet one more landmark! -Thursday, May 17, 2012
  Today I am an 11 year cancer-free survivor!  No one has yet used the cureword, I am still in long-term remission.  The[...]
  
  
• Another landmark!! -Sunday, May 6, 2012
  Yesterday I attended my eldest daughter's college graduation. Another gift!  I was given a terminal diagnosis when she was [...]
  
  
• YIKES!!! -Monday, February 27, 2012
  I just realized my website is down!!  Apparently I failed to renew my domain, and now I am having trouble accessing the dom[...]
  
  
• Sorry! -Monday, February 6, 2012
  If you've emailed me and I have not replied, it's because my email program crashed.  Will reply as soon as I can!  I k[...]
  
  
• Back Again! -Thursday, December 22, 2011
  Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted!  I've had a really tough semester at school.  I am attending[...]
  
  
• Heat it to Beat It -Friday, October 21, 2011
  Got notice that over 700 attended this years Heat It To Beat It walk in Maryland, and over $114,000 dollars were raised for rese[...]
  
  
• Heat it to Beat It 2011!!! -Tuesday, September 20, 2011
  I just returned from Baltimore.  Was a great trip.  I met several appendix cancer survivors, some of a year or less, o[...]
  
  
• In Baltimore!! -Saturday, September 17, 2011
  I'm in Baltimore for the 2nd annual Heat it to Beat It walk!  I'm getting better at knowing where I'm going and using the l[...]
  
  
• Sept. 11, 2011 -Thursday, September 8, 2011
  We are approaching the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11.  I read that there may be terrorist attacks planned for the anniversar[...]
  
  
• My Apple Tree -Saturday, September 3, 2011
  Don't know if I'm being sappy or indulgent or sentimental here, but please bear with me! Before my cancer diagnosis, I bought an[...]
  
  
• Our kids... -Monday, August 29, 2011
  One thing I noticed as a cancer survivor, my perspective in parenting changed.  I've recently communicated with other cance[...]
  
  
• Can you please help us with PROGRESS? -Thursday, August 18, 2011
  I've written here before that I am on the board of a new medical organization, the American Society for Peritoneal Surface Malig[...]
  
  
• Two Miracles in One Family???!! -Thursday, July 28, 2011
  All of us diagnosed with cancer know how the bottom can fall out of our lives at any time.  We know we are not promised tom[...]
  
  
• Heat it to Beat It 2011!!! -Tuesday, July 19, 2011
  Just wanted to let everyone know that the Heat It To Beat It walk is back again this year!  I traveled to Baltimore last ye[...]
  
  
• Did I tell you this story? -Tuesday, July 5, 2011
  Sorry I've been away so long!  I like to post once weekly, but am really behind!  Too much school! In my palliative ca[...]
  
  
• Ten years post diagnosis.... -Saturday, June 25, 2011
  Post cancer, I had had so many doctors (16-17 at one count), and spent so much time in medical facilities for appointments,scans[...]
  
  
• Back Home -Sunday, June 19, 2011
  I am ten years post my life-changing cancer diagnosis.  I am so,so very grateful I lived to raise my kids to adulthood...th[...]
  
  
• Vacation! -Sunday, May 22, 2011
  We are back from Washington DC....it was a busy vacation!  I had a list of things I wanted my family to see...the monuments[...]
  
  
• A few things! -Saturday, May 14, 2011
  We are leaving for Washington DC tomorrow, our latest family vacation.  I'm glad we do that,we have a tradition of taking a[...]
  
  
• AACR Annual Meeting -Wednesday, April 27, 2011
  Sorry I haven't been writing as often,  life has gotten busy!  Mostly school.... I talked to a woman diagnosed with ap[...]
  
  
• Press Conference! -Tuesday, April 5, 2011
  I'm in Orlando, have been here for 5 days for the conference and will leave for home early tomorrow.  As always, it's been [...]
  
  
• Update! -Wednesday, March 30, 2011
  I'm leaving for Orlando this Friday to attend the 102nd  annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.&nb[...]
  
  
• Podcasts: The Human Side of Cancer -Sunday, March 27, 2011
  For anyne interested in participating (I will!) below is information I was sent by Jessye Cohen, a doctoral student, about a sur[...]
  
  
• Palliative Care -Friday, March 25, 2011
  Sorry I have not been posting more...been kind of overwhelmed with school and getting ready for my upcoming trip to Orlando for [...]
  
  
• Article -Wednesday, March 2, 2011
  I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted here!  School is keeping me very busy. I wanted to make all of you aware of a[...]
  
  
• Newspaper Article!! -Thursday, February 3, 2011
  I'm so busy!  I'm in two graduate programs;  one at Loyola University in Chicago (graduate oncology certificate) and a[...]
  
  
• Facebook -Saturday, January 15, 2011
  Some cool things about the newspaper article....since it was published I received a card from our superintendent of schools.&nbs[...]