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  1. Let's hear it for the nuns!

    3/22/10 11:25am by aftercancer
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    My grandfather was one of nine that survived to adulthood, six girls and three boys. Of his six sisters, four became Dominican nuns.  Read more >

  2. Health care and Fire Fighting

    9/4/09 12:20pm by aftercancer
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    I have to respond to the assumption that I expect health care to be free. By no means do I think that I should be able to walk in and get whatever health care I or my family want.What I am saying is that there needs to be a way to make healthcare affordable.One of the biggest barriers to this is the health insurance industry. Anyone who thinks that the way that we are providing health care today is the most efficient is sorely uneducated.  Read more >

  3. If I can't breastfeed should I be able to deduct formula?

    8/18/09 7:08am by aftercancer
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    My daughter was 17 months old when I was diagnosed with breast cancer so this story resonates with me more than I would have expected. According to an article in Newsweek magazine, the IRS has ruled that a woman medically incapable of breastfeeding after a double mastectomy may not set aside the cost of infant formula as a pre-tax medical expense.  Read more >

  4. Why are old people the only ones guaranteed health care?

    7/7/09 1:19pm by aftercancer
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    Seriously? Why is it that in order to be guaranteed health care in this country you have to be in the last third of your life? The most expensive part of your life in terms of medical and healthcare?  Read more >

  5. Thank You Senator Hagan

    7/2/09 12:43pm by aftercancer
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    You know, we don't say thank you often enough. I wrote and called and encouraged others to write and call and you listened! You voted with all of the other democrats in the HELP committee to address real health reform and you should be proud. I don't know how Senator Burr voted (continued)  Read more >

  6. Giveaway! TherapEase Cuisine

    6/8/09 12:50pm by aftercancer
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    So you or someone you love has cancer and chemotherapy is scheduled. Believe it or not you probably will have an appetite sometimes and now you have a challenge; What Should I Eat?  Read more >

  7. The Murder of Dr. George Tiller

    6/3/09 12:09pm by aftercancer
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    In 1989 I went to Washington, DC to participate in my first March for Women's Lives. I lived in Upstate New York at the time and I rode a bus for what seemed like days to get to DC. The Supreme Court had agreed to hear the Webster V. Reproductive Health Services case and it was a time of great concern. Estimates of attendance at this event range from 500,000 to 1,000,000 people.  Read more >

  8. Eat, Drink and be Merry

    5/1/09 8:41am by aftercancer
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    Ever feel like all you hear is which food or drink is going to cause cancer? Well there's good reason for that, here's why.  Read more >

  9. 10 year old breast cancer patient

    4/25/09 10:06am by aftercancer
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    I participate in a variety of message boards, forums, etc. I was made aware of this last night. There is nothing else I can say except if you are a praying person keep Hannah in your thoughts.  Read more >

  10. North Carolina's corrupt politics screw state employee health

    4/22/09 7:29pm by aftercancer
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    There is no other way to put it. Corruption and special interest groups have won and now North Carolina will be the first state to put all employees into the most expensive insurance plan unless they prove that they don’t smoke and meet certain body mass index thresholds. No other state in the nation actually cuts the benefits of state employees if they are caught smoking. Only Alabama charges state workers more because of BMI scores.  Read more >

aftercancer

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aftercancer
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What could you possibly want to know?  I've been married to the same man for 19 years.  We have two kids, 9 and 5.  Had some infertility issues getting the older and then surprise we had the younger.  Diagnosed with breast cancer at age 38 with no family history.  Now I'm saying and doing as much of what I want to as I like.

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