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		<title>Late summer morning</title>
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It&#8217;s a beautiful late summer morning. Good for reading outdoors.
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		<title>Seedling trees and surviving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago in February 2007, I ordered 100 seedling trees to plant around my five acres to replace old trees dying out, to create some shade on the prairie and to screen the view of the new ethanol plant a half mile down the road. The trees came in March and shortly after they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=639&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Missed my voice . . .</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/missed-my-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After not posting here for quite some time, I had a very flattering comment from a reader to say my voice was missed, and that people worry when too long a time goes by between posts. I hadn&#8217;t thought of that. I follow some other people who are journaling about their experiences with cancer, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=628&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art therapy and breast cancer</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/art-therapy-and-breast-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breast cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just before my diagnosis and for some time during my surgery and treatment, I was having nightmares, what I later decided were &#8220;cancer dreams.&#8221; I&#8217;ve written here about looking for someone to help me process the strong emotional reactions I had to learning I had cancer and dealing with it. What I intuitively felt I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=567&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Illness as Metaphor</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/illness-as-metaphor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we are told to &#8220;fight a battle&#8221; with a &#8220;positive attitude&#8221;
&#8220;Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. . . My point is that illness is not a metaphor, and the most truthful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=513&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unexpected reaction to checkup &amp; wondering why I write this</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/unexpected-reaction-to-mammogram/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ultrasound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why I write]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last appointment before I left town was at the women&#8217;s imaging center which is near the hotel where I stay. They knew I had a long drive home,  so they took me back right away and handed me a warm gown to put on. I  love warm gowns. I always take along a scarf to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=455&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;If we can just see ourselves in each other. . . &#8220;</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/if-we-can-just-see-ourselves-in-each-other/</link>
		<comments>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/if-we-can-just-see-ourselves-in-each-other/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not dividing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uniting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems to me that the atmosphere in the country has changed. I think it&#8217;s because of the huge collective sigh of relief when George Bush left the White House for the last time.
My friends have been calling and emailing the last two days saying they are crying with excitement over the Inaugural ceremonies in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=424&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Words to remember from another survivor</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/words-to-remember-from-another-survivor/</link>
		<comments>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/words-to-remember-from-another-survivor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breast cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Boobs on Ice, a wonderful article called &#8220;Living our own Last Lecture.&#8221;  Please visit, please read.  Her advice: 

Please love others and live well while you can.
Give generously of yourself and your spirit.
Adopt a cause or two.
Be present to what&#8217;s happening around you and not distracted by the latest shiny thing of the blogosphere.

She says,
Like Randy Paush [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=417&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>People out of work losing health insurance</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/and-on-a-serious-note/</link>
		<comments>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/and-on-a-serious-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal health care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/?p=304</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am watching the 10 pm news about the number of people who are out of work. And, of course, most people have health insurance through their jobs. This is just an awful situation, when people are not only out of work but lose their health insurance coverage.
In this state, we have the option of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=304&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ok, I found something funny</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/ok-i-found-something-funny/</link>
		<comments>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/ok-i-found-something-funny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.photofunia.com/
Just when I said I was taking everything too seriously, I stumbled on this web site where you can put your own face in a number of photos. 
Some of mine:

 

 


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		<title>3-month checkup coming up</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/3-month-checkup-coming-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[after treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[check-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[followup visits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oncologist]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My next three-month checkup is Monday. My first appointment is at the women&#8217;s imaging center where I will see the doctor and have a mammogram and ultrasound on one side. I&#8217;ve forgotton which side. I have to continue my massage to reduce edema so the doctor will not need to order an MRI.  My second [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=275&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vigilant waiting</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/vigilant-waiting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[macrina wiederkehr]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common theme last year at the Life Beyond Cancer Retreat at Miraval was how to be vigilant but not anxious.
That was a year ago. I have been very slow to learn how to do this gracefully. I thought it was a balancing act, but I think I was mistaken.
As Sarah Weddington says, cancer cells are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=251&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Itching is a symptom</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/itching-is-a-symptom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From another breast cancer blog:
At the end of March of this year I had a mammogram that showed no signs of abnormal tissue. I thought I was good to go until the following year. One issue I discussed with my Doctor at that time was some itching I had on my left breast. He said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=249&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking of cancer. . . not thinking of cancer. . . thinking of cancer  . .</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/thinking-of-cancer-not-thinking-of-cancer-thinking-of-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the moment I got my diagnosis of breast cancer until over a year later, I could not go through a day without thinking of cancer. I had a moment in the morning when I woke up before I remembered cancer, but I didn&#8217;t have any mornings without thinking of it before I got out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=180&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life after cancer  . . . advocacy</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/life-after-cancer-advocacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The group that got together in October to do community advocacy and resource directory for local cancer patients and survivors is waiting for the rest of us survivors to keep moving along.
We&#8217;re having an informal breakfast meeting next week at the local cafe on Main Street at 8 a.m. We&#8217;ll talk about the goals: create [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=155&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not grace, but endorphins</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/the-puppy-and-the-endorphins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I imagined the perfect dog . . . a substantial dog. A dog that a person could respect. A five-year-old female black lab who was housetrained, well behaved, with a mellow personality (yet a watch dog), who had lost her person and was just looking for a quiet home in the country where she could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=140&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How my mind works while I&#8217;m waiting for test results . . . .</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/how-my-mind-works-while-im-waiting-for-test-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waiting for test results is a bitch.
I have received phone calls from my oncologist&#8217;s office two to three days after each regular checkup with her, when I get my tumor marker test results, which have been normal. This time, I haven&#8217;t felt normal, and I haven&#8217;t had a call back yet. Tomorrow will be ten [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=127&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding someone to talk to</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/finding-someone-to-talk-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breast Cancer Network of Strength (formerly Y-Me) has a new online counseling program.
YourShoes has the country&#8217;s only 24/7 toll-free hotline staffed exclusively by trained peer counselors who are breast cancer survivors. These peer counselors are experienced in handling all types of questions related to breast cancer, and can talk with you about your feelings and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=101&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PTSD and cancer patients</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/ptsd-and-cancer-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (Health.com) — The special terrors of the Iraq war have shone new light on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as it is suffered by U.S. soldiers. But medical patients undergoing arduous procedures and treatments can experience PTSD symptoms too, according to a California pain expert.
At the PainWeek conference in Las Vegas this week, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=98&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It won&#8217;t happen to me</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/it-wont-happen-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the mid-1980s I was sitting in a meeting with about 15 other women who were working together on a variety of programs.  I had just finished reading somewhere that women had a one in 15 chance of getting breast cancer during their lifetime.  I remember looking around the room and wondering which one of us it would be.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=73&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The women over at Breast Cancer Action</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/the-women-over-at-breast-cancer-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Our Bodies Our Blog
Our Bodies Our Blog has invited the folks at Breast Cancer Action  to write monthly guest posts on breast cancer and related issues. We welcome their first entry!
by Pauli Ojea
In the late 1980s, a group of women in a breast cancer support group decided it was time for change. These women, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=72&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expectations and magical allies</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/expectations-and-magical-allies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the book Dancing in Limbo, it says,
“Under ordinary circumstances, it is easy to have unrealistic expectations of a partner, friends, or family member. Once cancer enters our lives, we feel vulnerable, and want unconditional understanding and support. However, if this support was not an element of our relationships before cancer, it is unlikely to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=53&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Books and walks and illusions</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/books-and-walks-and-illusions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I knew nothing about breast cancer when I got my diagnosis.  During the visit when she told me I had cancer, my surgeon asked me what I wanted to do.  It was like multiple choices, and went like this:
Lumpectomy or mastectomy?  I said mastectomy.
One side or both?  I said both.

Reconstruction or not? I said it depended [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=52&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blue skies smilin&#8217; at me  . . .</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/blue-skies-smilin-at-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring. New beginnings. Looking forward to the new job.  Looking foward to all things new.  Opened up the doors and windows today and let the breeze blow through the house as I take down the curtains and throw them in the wash, and begin sweeping out those real and emotional cobwebs and dust bunnies and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=50&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking a new job. . . .</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/taking-a-new-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lanezen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Everybody needs something to look forward to.&#8221; &#8211; My dad.
A few months ago when I was talking with a &#8221;friend&#8221; about how I needed to move on from the job that I have, he told me that a woman my age with my history of cancer would never be offered another job.  He confirmed what I feared.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=49&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suck it up . . . or. . .</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/suck-it-up-or/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been feeling so full of grief lately, so unable to move on, so stuck in this post-treatment confusion: is it okay to try to go back to my &#8220;normal&#8221; life? Is there something else I should be doing? Why am I still so tired? What is this grief I feel? Do I need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=46&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with emotions . . .</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/dealing-with-emotions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow.  I was overwhelmed by emotions I did not expect.  I did not know whether they were &#8220;normal.&#8221;  I wasn&#8217;t prepared for them and I didn&#8217;t know how to handle them.  It was important to know if what I was going through was &#8220;typical&#8221; for a newly diagnosed cancer patient, what to expect, and where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=39&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Energy levels. . . and the need for change</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/energy-levels-and-the-need-for-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exercises such as yoga are helpful as the exercise can be tailored to each day’s energy level. Patients should be encouraged to create a healthy and pleasing environment. Many modalities should be suggested, eg, healthy diet, regular sleeping habits, and creation of a restorative environment with fragrance, sound, and visual effects.  From NOT JUST TIRED
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		<title>Understanding that this fatigue is different</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cancer related fatigue is profound and difficult to explain.  I ran across this article online, which describes this fatigue for patients and caretakers and provides helpful responses.  From Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 19, Issue 21 (November), 2001: 4180-4181 American Society for Clinical Oncology .  Excerpts:
HELPFUL INTERVENTIONS
How can we help our exhausted cancer patients and families for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=37&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What NOT to say or do. . .</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/what-not-to-say-or-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is from a Portland poster in the Best of Craig&#8217;s List. 
 Cancer rant
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/pdx/465030621.html
Includes &#8220;there is no &#8216;good&#8217; kind of cancer,&#8221; &#8220;don&#8217;t tell me things I don&#8217;t want to hear,&#8221; &#8220;DO NOT ask me about my hair,&#8221; &#8220;don&#8217;t tell me it&#8217;s going to be okay,&#8221; etc.  It&#8217;s a MUST READ.
 
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MORE things not to say or do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=36&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online advocacy training</title>
		<link>http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/online-advocacy-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship provides online training on how to become a legislative advocate.  Check it out here.
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		<title>Survivor toolbox</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cancer survivors who write about their thoughts and feelings may improve the quality of their lives, according to a study covered in a New York Times blog on February 26, 2008. The study, which appeared in The Oncologist, found that cancer patients who wrote about their emotions experienced benefits immediately after the exercise, and that the positive effects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=28&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About that attitude . . . depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Studies show that nearly a quarter of cancer patients will have symptoms of depression or an anxiety disorder during treatment. However, feelings of anger or sadness about your cancer and the changes it brings are normal and may actually help you cope.  . . .  The National Comprehensive Cancer Network www.nccn.org has developed systematic distress management [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=27&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About that attitude. . . guilt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Labels about cancer can lead us to guilt, which can be a huge burden for newly diagnosed patients. You may feel guilty about causing your cancer, about having your family go through it, or about not being able to do what you did before, if only for a short time.  . . .
It&#8217;s not unusual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=26&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About that attitude  . . . positive thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As you begin to tell others about your diagnosis, you may feel pressure to maintain a positive attitude, which can be especially difficult when you are scared, anxious, or not feeling well. False optimism is unrealistic, and experts say feeling that you are not &#8216;doing cancer right&#8217; can be a huge burden. No compelling evidence exists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralwomen.wordpress.com&blog=3098390&post=24&subd=ruralwomen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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