Category: Silver Linings
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Letter to Dean Pomeroy and Patient Relations, UC Davis
July 25, 2012 Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A Dean, School of Medicine UC Davis Education Building 4610 X Street, Suite 3101 Sacramento, CA 95817 Re: Treatment at UC Davis Medical Center Dean Pomeroy: I am writing to bring to your attention evidence of the poor education your school is providing its doctors and the resulting impact…
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Excerpt: Silver Linings
Note: Silver Linings is now available for sale; click on the link to the right (from the blog)! Chemo ‘How I’m doing’ update November 9, 2008. This time last cycle I was curled around a bowl, sobbing and puking and wondering how many times I would have to hit myself over the hit [SIC: meant…
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Excerpt: Silver Linings
Note: Silver Linings is now available for sale on Amazon (click the link to the right) or can be read in its entirety for free as a PDF. 90% of my royalties will be donated to the Young Survival Coalition. Chemo etc. ‘How I’m doing’ update January 28, 2009 My counts didn’t end up indicating…
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Excerpt: Silver Linings
Introspective Interlude January 3, 2009 One of the girls in my chemo group asked today: “Does anyone get down like that? Sometimes I get so MAD at myself. I seriously can NOT believe I have/had fucking cancer. What the f?????? I feel like a freak. How did this happen? Am I a genetic mutant or…
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Excerpt: Silver Linings
Note: Silver Linings is now published. You can go to the Silver Linings page to learn more or click the link to your right to buy the book. (From Feb. 21, 2009) Rather to my surprise, the port removal surgery went pretty smoothly. There was a glitch, which I will get to, but over all, not…
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Excerpt: Silver Linings
Note: Silver Linings is now published. You can go to the Silver Linings page to learn more or click the link to your right to buy the book. Excerpt: Post-Surgery ‘How I’m doing’ update September 14, 2008. Missed a pain pill in the night and paid for it, but I am having less pain today,…