Tag: life
member name: Sharon K.
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February 27, 2009 11:42 PM EST --
My sister and I were talking about her colon cancer a year of so ago and she came out and said, "Boy, I must be a pretty terrible person that God has punished me by giving me cancer." . . .
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October 13, 2007 12:21 PM EDT --
My sister has colon cancer. It has spread to her lungs, liver, and abdomen. She's been on very aggressive chemotherapy since August of this year. So far, knock on wood, the chemo actually seems to . . .
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October 21, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
When my sister and I went to her oncologist last week he told her that she would be taking chemotherapy treatments and chemotherapy pills for the rest of her life. Yes, there may be times that her tumors . . .
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October 22, 2007 05:53 PM EDT --
We all have friends or acquaintances. Some of them are the best people that ever walked the face of the Earth. You can tell them your most private secrets and dreams. I can discuss my most sensitive . . .
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October 25, 2007 04:58 PM EDT --
Back in October of 2006, one year ago, I applied for Social Security Disability Benefits. I have arthritis in both knees and can barely walk let alone climb up subway steps. I need to lug around my shopping . . .
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October 17, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
My sister had an appointment with her oncologist this morning. For the past week or so she was wondering if she should just come out and ask him how bad her cancer is. We know it's bad but for some . . .
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October 17, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
Can something funny actually happen at an oncologist's office? I guess so.
The oncologist asked my sister how she was taking her chemo pills. I asked myself why he would ask such a question, after . . .
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October 19, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
You know all those used ink cartridges that you have lying around or have thrown out? Well, instead of getting rid of them how about donating them to a great cause that will help childhood cancer?
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October 01, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
Many people look at me oddly when I tell them that I haven't voted since 1984. They know I'm fairly intelligent, educated, and I keep up on the world around me. But with all that I still will not . . .
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November 10, 2007 07:10 AM EST --
This morning I read an article on Gather about how Oregon "voters really don't want higher taxes to pay for the uninsured's healthcare."
Among all the posts condemning the poor because . . .
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October 21, 2007 04:49 PM EDT --
Everyone wants to be perfect. When we go to school we all want an A in all of our classes. We go to baseball games, football games, basketball games and we want our team to make it to the playoffs, to . . .
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September 15, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
Some people think that the concept of an overweight person playing sports is a contradiction in terms. Well, it really isn't. Look at Babe Ruth or football players, most of whom weigh between two and . . .
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September 16, 2007 10:37 PM EDT --
Junior high school and high school were really no big deal to me. I was far from the best student but I wasn't the worst either. I went to all my classes and passed them. My favorite class was English, . . .
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September 22, 2007 09:54 PM EDT --
The beginning of October always brought great joy to me. It was the start of all the really good holidays with many days off from school to look forward to. So of course it stands to reason that Holloween . . .
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September 15, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
While I was growing up, self image was pretty important to adolescents. In those days it wasn't so much your friends who commented on how you looked as much as it was your teachers. Kids back then . . .
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September 26, 2007 10:39 PM EDT --
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE: THE STORY OF ALTHEA GIBSON is children's book. Maybe that's my problem. I'm far to old to remember childhood and don't have little children around. That might be the . . .
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September 14, 2007 07:53 PM EDT --
Hi - I just opened my first group. It's Fireplace Stories (http://wwwfireplacestories.gather.com). Since I love to read and write short stories I thought it would nice to open a group for short story . . .
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