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2002-09-05
11:31 p.m.
Someone signed my guest book and tipped me off to Blondefox�s Diary here in diaryland. And I hope that person knows how cool that was to do. Seriously, I don�t know if people can understand how much it means being able to read about someone going through the same thing (Hodgkin�s for us chicks) and it just so happens that her diary is witty and serious and candid and fresh and stuff. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has a program that hooks patients who have been through the ringer - I mean treatment � with newly diagnosed patients. I remember when I finally got to talk to someone � J from Massachusetts � I finally got the real scoop on what was going on and what was going to happen. I had only heard from the doctors for the first few weeks of diagnosis and they are so used to assigning harsh treatment programs they can�t ever act in any proper way to help your confusion. Up until talking to J I only envisioned chemo as a barf fest through bad movie experiences and I thought cancer at a young age was a death sentence. I recall asking her if chemo sucked and her not being able to find the words to explain. That made me nervous. I wonder if I would be any good at easing the minds of the newly diagnosed. I could hear myself shouting, �well, sorry about the Hodgkin�s � forget about crapping for the next four months!� I would advise patients to purchase a swimming nose plug and some black market opiate drugs if they really wanted to make it through treatment with the least amount of discomfort. huh? - 2004-01-15 resolutions - 2004-01-09 video reason - 2003-12-30 sik - 2003-12-06 voiceless - 2003-11-19
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