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I started the blog on New Year's Day, 2009, to prove that humor cuts anything down to size, including cancer. Besides, I've always been a smart ass.
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Thanks, Beth! More fun and games....
about an hour ago
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Thanks, Webbie. I'm gonna try to banish it asap.
about an hour ago
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Just so you know, the lovely folks at Honey Dew Donuts donate to the Cause all year ’round, not just in October. They give $100,000 every year to the National Breast Cancer Foundation to pay for free mammograms, and in October, they encourage sleepy New Englanders to do the same. ...
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Scr@w tamoxifen. Every week since I haven't taken it, I feel better.
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…so, don’t say I didn’t warn you. I’m going to try to write about fatigue while I’m fatigued, which may be a little like, well……I’m too tired to think of a pithy metaphor.
Web
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Yes I do! I feel that way every time I talk to you! LOL!
October 24 at 11:03pm
Maria
Maria
Likewise! As, as "Cancer Vixen" would say, "MWA!"
October 25 at 5:16am
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The Accidental Amazon Hey, listen, thanks to all of you who have signed up as a fan of this page or of the blog. It really makes my day.

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Oh, me, too!!! One of these days....I'd love to get down there & visit.
October 17 at 1:13pm
Maria
Maria
There is a great need for you to be nationally syndicated - or published! On a par with Maureen Dowd - and FAR MORE substantial, intellectual, witty and artistic than "Cancer Vixen" (the other Nice Italian Girl . . .)
October 17 at 2:48pm
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Source: www.fhcrc.org
SEATTLE—While long-term tamoxifen use among breast cancer survivors decreases their risk of developing the most common, less aggressive type of second breast cancer, such use is associated with a more ...
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Exactly. And do they ever really talk to us about all this before we make our decision? no
October 17 at 1:26pm
Maria
Maria
Precisely - they expect us to be flummoxed by fear and to take any drug they prescribe without questioning same. rather like lemmings leaping into the sea, the Druids painting themselves blue and hurling themselves off cliffs, and lambs being led complacently and unknowingly to the slaughter - yes, I am proud at this point that, in this respect, I was one BAD patient!
October 17 at 4:29pm
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Source: cancer.uchc.edu
Through the generosity of the Charlotte Johnson Hollfelder Foundation, the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center offers a specialized program providing treatment and support for the debilitating fatigue that affects patients undergoing cancer treatments.
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Source: www.thebreastcancersite.com
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Source: thinkbeforeyoupink.org
Reducing the risk of breast cancer requires understanding and eliminating its causes. Pinkwashers are companies that claim to care about breast cancer but make or sell products that are linked to the disease. rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) is one of those products.
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The Accidental Amazon One of my pals and her sistah, who is a survivor, make some fun art. This little figure looks like me on a bad hair day. http://www.artlandishsisters.com/survivorwomen.html

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Clay figures represent the strength and beauty of women.We all know someone affected by breast cancer.Survivor Women are named after celebraties,famous people and enviornmental themes.Small enough to sit on a desk.The sculptures evoke an awareness of Breast Cancer.
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The Accidental Amazon Here's a very unlikely item I saw in the supermarket tonight. I thought, OMG. But I looked into it. Kleenex, makers of Viva Paper Towels, will contribute, they say, at least $125,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Fund this year. See the next two posts about what the BCRF funds.

Maria
Maria
I also bought a roll for Bill for photography purposes . . . use your very vivid imagination on that one!!!!!!
October 7 at 9:12am
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October 7 at 2:54pm
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The Accidental Amazon Dr. Ganz has received grant funds from BCRF for her research. Here's a profile on her. http://www.bcrfcure.org/action_meetres_ganz.html

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Source: clincancerres.aacrjournals.org
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, University of California at Los Angeles Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 2Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Jonsson Comprehensive ...
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Conclusion? The pink crap ain't all bad.
October 6 at 8:32pm
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The Accidental Amazon This is like one of those infinity pictures...All Amazon, All the Time!! LOL It's my desktop showing my Firefox browser, wearing its Amazon Persona, with the blog opened up in it. Posted on my Accidental Amazon page in Facebook. It's official: I AM A TOTAL GEEK.