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my iPhone: a cure for chemo brain?

Apparently, there is life after chemo brain. I can’t prove it yet, but I may be on to something big. Okay, so my big idea might not be an original idea per se, but I could be the first person … Continue reading

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weighing in sucks

For the last year, the scale on the sixth floor of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City has done nothing but torment me. Three times a month, I have to get weighed in, and it racks my nerves … Continue reading

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50′s 60-pound weight loss is only the half

Looking at pictures of 50 Cent’s dramatic weight loss takes me back to 2008, the year I had my surgery and started chemo. It sure wasn’t pretty, but more on that in a moment.   50 dropped 60 pounds — … Continue reading

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