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My Wife with Cancer: Big Strong Girl

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Thursday, July 9, 2009. Here we go.game on! Today is Karen's first chemo treatment. Karen is up for the fight. Just look at her photo above taken this morning before we left for her first treatment. That's a look that says "don't mess with me" (Trust me, I've seen that look before and she means business). It's not now or never. It's not black and it's not white. Takes more than a few days. And a long, long night. You can't do it all alone.

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My Wife with Cancer: Giving thanks

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Thursday, November 26, 2009. It's not what we have in our life, but who we have in our life that counts.". A year from now, when we think back to this time, our memories won't be of the diagnosis or the treatment, but rather, it will be of the many simple acts of kindness, friendship and love that have been repeated every day along this "journey", including:. And a steady stream of flowers, phone calls, emails and cards - enough to fill ...

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My Wife with Cancer: The Burden to Be Strong

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Sunday, September 27, 2009. The Burden to Be Strong. With last Thursday's treatment, Karen has reached the half way point in her chemotherapy. There was no singing and dancing to celebrate the metaphoric "light at the end of the tunnel." Instead, she approached it just like the week before, and the week before that: get up, get on with it and move forward. That's what you do when you have cancer. Is there a choice, really? Convey the ima...

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My Wife with Cancer: Spring Awakening; Rude Awakening

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Spring Awakening; Rude Awakening. It's spring. The azaleas are blooming with bright pink flowers. The grass is growing greener (well, at least in other people's yards). The sun is setting later in the evening and warmer weather is near. But this year, spring awakening also brings a rude awakening. Where the hell did that come from all of a sudden? I asked out loud. How could you not have noticed it before?

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My Wife with Cancer: I am not my hair!

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Monday, August 17, 2009. I am not my hair! Karen has decided to bare it all.her bald head that is. These days, as the temperature has broken 90 degrees for several days in a row, she has tossed aside her caps, scarves and hats and stepped out into the world - or at least Harrisburg - as bald as a full moon. Her friends shout out, "You go girl! 160;I agree.  . I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am not your expectations, no, no. I rea...

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My Wife with Cancer: A Father and Daughter's Shared Journey

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Saturday, August 22, 2009. A Father and Daughter's Shared Journey. This past week, while Karen underwent her fourth chemo treatment in Philadelphia, over 1100 miles away in Woodbury, Minnesota, her Dad sat in a similar blue recliner as toxic chemo drugs ran through an IV line into his veins and raced through his bloodstream in search of hyperactive cancer cells. They speak little of their fate or their fears, or the details of their trea...

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My Wife with Cancer: It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye...or their hair.

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Saturday, July 25, 2009. It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.or their hair. They say time takes its toll on a body,. Makes a young girl's brown hair turn gray. But honey, I don't care. I ain't in love with your hair. And if it all fell out. Well, I'd love you anyway. Randy Travis (Forever and Ever). OK, the "Hair Retrospective" was funny while it lasted. But not funny enough to get through this. July 25, 2009 at 7:16 PM.

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My Wife with Cancer: And how was your morning?

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Thursday, October 22, 2009. And how was your morning? I have been travelling a lot these past few weeks for work and keeping up with what's happening at home and checking in is often done via email. I got this blog-worthy email response from Karen when I checked in with her this morning from Austin, Texas:. Woke up at 4 AM after three hours of sleep. Found stink bug under covers with me. Freaked out. Walked dog. Kissed child goodbye.

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My Wife with Cancer: Race for the Cure

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Race for the Cure. These were great events that brought my family together to support an important cause and to honor Karen - and thousands of others - fighting breast cancer. A huge thank you to Chris who raised a very impressive $5000 and to Sarah who recruited family members and friends in Scranton. September 24, 2009 at 1:09 PM. September 26, 2009 at 4:43 PM. I will keep you and your wife in my prayers.

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My Wife with Cancer: April 2010

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My Wife with Cancer. A husband's chronicle of an unplanned journey. Sunday, April 25, 2010. We've come full circle since a year ago at this time. The beautiful pink flowers on the azalea bushes are blooming again, just as they were when I took the first picture of Karen for the blog. And although I haven't blogged at all since Karen finished her chemotherapy in November, the "journey" did and has continued. The video tells a story of resiliency and hope - not just Karen's, but that of all women who battl...