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Biotech / Medical : Share your aches,pains,experiences,joys and cures.

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To: Rarebird who wrote (573)4/17/2007 12:15:41 PM
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Here's an email I got from a friend about what happened when a relative of hers was diagnosed with cancer two weeks ago:

You probably don't know -- why would you? -- that _____ has late-stage untreatable lung cancer. She's
actually feeling pretty well at present, and faces her situation with
irrepressible humor: "When I got the diagnosis, I went over to
Trader Joe's and bought a case of champagne. You might as well party
as long as you can." A model for us all.


She's pushing 80, I think, and maybe 50 years ago wouldn't have been so philosophical, but still...
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