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Coil Embolization: Miracle of Medical Technology
by
Claire
My daughter's stroke was caused by an AVM...Arteriovenous malformation on her brain stem. The photo above is something similar to what hers looked like (I recall hers was a bit worse): take cooked angel hair pasta, throw it up against the wall and you get the picture. This tangle of tiny veins is NOT supposed to be there (or anywhere else for tha ...
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My Stupid Cancer Show Podcast
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Katherine B.

I was terribly nervous about doing this and it turned out to the be most pleasant, least anxiety inducing media event I've ever done. Matthew, Kairol and Jack were great and guys, Dimos (hope I spelled that right) should get a raise, he was wonderful. If you missed the show you missed a good one and not just because I was a guest. If you have exp ...
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Thanksgiving 1981
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Ronni B.
Most of the time, we celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends. And most of the time, we have the same meal – turkey, cranberry sauce, dressing, potatoes sweet and/or white along with whatever are the side dish traditions in our individual families. If you live long enough, the dinners all blend together; you can't remember one from anot ...
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Coil Embolization: Miracle of Medical Technology
by
Claire
My daughter's stroke was caused by an AVM...Arteriovenous malformation on her brain stem. The photo above is something similar to what hers looked like (I recall hers was a bit worse): take cooked angel hair pasta, throw it up against the wall and you get the picture. This tangle of tiny veins is NOT supposed to be there (or anywhere else for tha ...
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Kristen Stewart and shyness and sensitivity
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Douglas E.
Many interviewers and entertainment writers have described Twilight Saga actor Kristen Stewart as “cautious” and “shy.”At least one news story refers to her as a “Self-proclaimed introvert.”By the way, I am not presuming Kristen Stewart is shy, introverted or highly sensitive, and I don’t know her personall ...
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Gratitude by my father Duane Cardall
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Paul Cardall
Today I am grateful for family. Trials can destroy a family or bring them closer together. Our family is stronger because of what we've been through this past year. My extended family is stronger. I attribute my own success and the success of our extended family to the wisdom and love of my mother and father who've always put us first. My father, a ...
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A Prostate Survivor's Thoughts
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Rabbi Ed .
Thanksgiving is a time to wax a tad nostalgic as we count our blessings and recall what we’re grateful for. So here goes:First and foremost, I’m grateful to be alive and breathing. As one of the nearly 90% of almost 200,000 men a year, whose prostate cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, I got IT before it could get me. Not a day goes ...
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