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		<title>Off We Go, Into the Wild Blue Yonder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Disney Dream Cruise Ship. Photo courtesy of Disney. All this planning and waiting and waiting and planning and it&#8217;s finally HERE! We are packing the last of our bags and then we are off to our very first Disney Cruise, just us three &#8212; Don, me, and Theo. It is fitting that the ship&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3626&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And Radiation Kicks My Butt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Rauch Neilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I somehow was under the impression that radiation was a piece of cake compared to chemotherapy. I was wrong. I did five days of double doses last week to try to destroy the marble-sized lesion on my right hip. That would ease my pain and help me to regain mobility. The double doses helped me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3619&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Status Update: Four Down, One to Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After today&#8217;s radiation treatment, I&#8217;ll have four down, just one to go &#8212; tomorrow. It&#8217;s been a rough week. I leave for radiation every morning at 9:30 and by the time I get to the hospital, get set up, get zapped and get home, it&#8217;s usually 1 or 2 p.m. The radiation isn&#8217;t so bad. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3610&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: The People Who Come and Go in Our Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer with her two sons. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Nemeth. Editor&#8217;s Note: Last week, as I was preparing for my appointment with orthopedic specialist Dr. Kimberly Les, my friend Jennifer reminded me that she works for a team of orthopedic surgeons at Royal Oak Beaumont, and graciously extended an invitation to help me in any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3597&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Treatment Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Beaumont Radiation. Consulted with docs. I will be getting first radiation treatment today. Amy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3594&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Status Update: Radiation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Rauch Neilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On our way to my first radiation appointment at 9 a.m. Scared of the unknown. Never have had radiation before. Will update you later. Amy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3591&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Believe In Magic?</title>
		<link>http://itsinthegenes.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/who-says-theres-no-such-thing-as-magic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Rauch Neilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sprinkling of pixie dust and we&#8217;re on our way! Photo by Amy Rauch Neilson. First of all, let&#8217;s clear something up right from the get-go. Yes, that is my Disney hat. No, I didn&#8217;t buy it when I was a kid, but two years ago, when I was a full-grown adult. Yes, I wore it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3552&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Day Filled with Promise and Possibilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Rauch Neilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent the day at the hospital and just got home within the last hour. As always, I was so blessed to have family and friends by my side. Don was there, as well as my sister Lisa, my cousin Lori and my bff Jennifer Levinson Nemeth. We had appointments with orthopedics and oncology. Jennifer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3548&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And the Femur&#8217;s Connected to the ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Wikipedia. I know there was a song my music teacher taught our class back in elementary school, one that had a catchy tune to help us remember which bones were connected to each other. I can still hear the jingle in my head, but I can&#8217;t remember all the words&#8230;&#8221;The hip bones connected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3525&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Girl With The Pink Ribbon who WINS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My doctors have told me that even though I feel worse, I&#8217;m actually in a better place than when I was diagnosed almost exactly a year ago. Then, breast cancer had invaded my breast, the lymph nodes leading from my breast, and both my lungs. After nearly a year of heavy doses of chemotherapy, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsinthegenes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7614856&amp;post=3500&amp;subd=itsinthegenes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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