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    Tiny Wonderful Moments

    by Lisa February 28, 2014
    February 28, 2014

    A couple of our friends have said they’re holding their breath for the post that says: “we’re coming out the other side.”  This is not that post. We still have …

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    Scary shadows in the valley of nadir

    by Lisa February 19, 2014
    February 19, 2014

    It’s getting harder, folks. Mike himself would say that the first round of chemo had its share of awful moments, but overall it was easier than we’d expected. Well, the …

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    Tiny Awful Moments

    by Lisa February 11, 2014
    February 11, 2014

    Mike’s hair started to fall out last Tuesday, and the next day we went to visit a cousin with clippers and she did the close-crop honors. Now Mike has a …

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    Chemotherapy For Dummies: What does BEP do?

    by Lisa February 4, 2014
    February 4, 2014

    Since Mike’s testicular cancer diagnosis, I’ve learnt all sorts of new words – words like seminoma, bleomycin, etopiside, cisplatin, and nadir. Nadir. Every time I hear that I picture somewhere …

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    Our not-so-happy New Years news… Mike has cancer

    by Lisa December 31, 2013
    December 31, 2013

    Happy New Years!! So. Two days ago we learned Mike has testicular cancer. Amazing, isn’t it, how your life can change on a dime as the result of two words? …

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