Horrors! Woman touches own breasts on TV!

{Sorry--I couldn't figure out technically how to capture a still of the woman examining her breasts. It is much less sexy than this stock picture from photosearch.com. }It took a while, but I finally found the un-blurred video from the ABC News local...

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Breast Cancer Drove Her to This

[Imagine a red slash through the smiley face]The pinkness and cheeriness of the breast cancer industry made Barbara Ehrenreich note the pervasiveness of exhortations to be positive. This is from Saturday's New York Times, by Patricia Cohen:.....In “Bright-sided,”...

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Self-conscious Narrators

L took the picture of me above and it didn't seem to look like me. It reminded me of young Leonard Michaels (1933-2003), whom I talked about in class on Thursday. He was known for reading student stories aloud and then stopping when they ceased to hold...

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The Need for Health Insurance

At present the United States has the unenviable distinction of being the only great industrial nation without universal health insurance.Health insurance is like elementary education. To function properly, it must be universal and to be universal, it...

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Seo : Mudah atau Susah?

Perjalanan kontes seo Kenali dan Kunjungi Objek Wisata di Pandeglang telah memasuki akhir dari bulan kedua. Silih berganti para peserta masuk dan keluar dari halaman pertama, hanya beberapa posisi teratas saja yang perubahaanya tidak terlalu banyak dan...

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Maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe I'm wrong about the reason the original oncologist didn't give me Cytoxan. Maybe there was another reason, which I forgot in my chemo-brain-ness. But I must have been wrong for two years. In June 2007 I wrote: L reminded me that I'm not taking...

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Please vote.

Dear Cancer Bitch readers,I will relate a scenario to you and I'd like you to vote on my response.Today I went to a town hall sponsored by Fancy Hospital. My oncologists (past and present) were there, as well as my surgeon, and they all spoke and the...

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Neighborly

D called at noon when I was finishing up my morning sun salutations and we decided to meet for lunch at 12:30. I rushed out and got into L's car because it was closest to Clark Street and would get to Ben's Noodles faster. I'd gone about 20 feet when...

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