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The 50-50 Chance: Losing a Child
It’s hard to become a mother after having breast cancer, but it shouldn’t be this hard. Originally appeared at HyperVocal. I knew almost immediately I was pregnant. The first sign was my aversion to...
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Could Scientists Have Found a Possible Cure for AIDS/HIV?
If a scientist were able to cure AIDS/HIV, no one would doubt how much of a medical advancement that could be. Well, scientists in Germany claim to have found a cure and hope that this radical...
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When Your Parent Dies
What gifts of care or truth are worthwhile to the dying, and to those left behind? I did not say all I could, but it was enough. In the way we assign roles to those in our lives, I became your truth...
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Staring Down the Barrel
Until his first round chemotherapy is done, John Taylor feels like he’s staring down the barrel of a gun… There will be no celebration until the follow-up scans show success. Click or boom. Twelve...
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Learning How to Grow
After a stroke, Bryce Emley’s father suffers permanent physical and mental impairment, but the cruelest effect has been the damage to his manhood. I was three years old when my father had a stroke,...
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Boyfriend Shaves His Head to Show “Solidarity” With Cancer Stricken Girlfriend
A gesture of love becomes an internet sensation. When 18-year-old Deidre Sechi’s hair started falling out after her first full round of chemotherapy she knew it was time to shave it all off, but she...
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My Wobbly Bicycle, 17: A Tribute to My Husband
Poet Fleda Brown’s moving tribute to the man who sees her as beautiful, chemo hat or not. Well over two decades ago, I’d just left a dangerously destructive marriage. I was terrified of another...
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Going with the Alternative: Supporting My Mother’s Healthcare Choices
When his mother’s cancer returned, Joe Barton learned how oncologists might regard alternative therapy: as competition, rather than complement to their care. My mother was just 45 years old when she...
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Father Helps Kids Get to Chemo
In the wake of his son’s death, Richard Nares started an organization to help low-income families get their children to chemotherapy. In 2000, Richard Nares lost his son, Emilio, to leukemia. Knowing...
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How Do You Make a Kid Feel Good About Chemotherapy? Re-brand it as...
— We can imagine that one of the worst things about going through chemotherapy for a child is the fear. And who fights fear better than a superhero? David Gianatasio writes in Adweek about what Ad...
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Marjorie: Her Eyes Stared Down Death
Tweet George Davis was only there to repair Marjorie’s refrigerator. But her eyes told him stories he would take home with him. — I was haunted by Marjorie’s eyes. The 83-year-old was staring down the...
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A Love Story for the Strong of Heart: Ed and Katrien
Tweet He moved to another country for her, and now she is doing everything she can to save his life. — I don’t think there is a human alive that doesn’t want to be loved by another human. Someone they...
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The Most Uncool Thing I’ve Ever Written About Drinking
Tweet With the trend of the lethal drinking game “Neknominations” becoming mainstream, Amy White wants to reach out to kids with her story … and doesn’t care how uncool you think it is. — I generally...
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The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Nick Geddes’ Long Road to Recovery
In April of 2011 while racing the Sea Otter Classic in California, I had an unexpected crash during the Dual Slalom finals that ended up changing my life. _____ Following a minor concussion I was...
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5 Things No One Tells You When Your Mother Has Cancer
View image | gettyimages.com There is no way to be truly prepared, but James Woodruff shares what he learned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer. — No matter how much research you do or how many...
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You Know It’s Love When He Says, “Honey, I’ll Freeze Your Head”
For this my husband carried dry ice and panty liners in his tool box. — I stared at the screen, numb, while my husband tried to explain again the surreal website he found. “You put these ice caps on...
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The Opposite of Anguish
Embed from Getty Images Everything is transient, even death. It never happens like this, yet it always does. — Back in September, my dad was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and underwent intense...
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The 50-50 Chance: Losing a Child
It’s hard to become a mother after having breast cancer, but it shouldn’t be this hard. Originally appeared at HyperVocal. I knew almost immediately I was pregnant. The first sign was my aversion to...
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Could Scientists Have Found a Possible Cure for AIDS/HIV?
If a scientist were able to cure AIDS/HIV, no one would doubt how much of a medical advancement that could be. Well, scientists in Germany claim to have found a cure and hope that this radical...
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When Your Parent Dies
What gifts of care or truth are worthwhile to the dying, and to those left behind? I did not say all I could, but it was enough. In the way we assign roles to those in our lives, I became your truth...
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