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		<title>Don&#8217;t think too much&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 23:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was asked on a discussion board I frequent&#8230;. Is positive thinking self delusion? Suppose you are stuck with an illness and you have to depend on medicines/drugs (not the kind that Phil grows in his backyard) for a lifetime and these cause their own side effects and you have to deal with that. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=575&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living well on 3 hours a day&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 05:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 hours&#8230;that is how long I am free from the tubes/pumps each morning and again in the afternoon.  3 hours&#8230;often spent at doctor appointments or running errands and shopping. I want to make the  most of my three hours and the morning hours are most precious to me because I am somewhat energized after a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=571&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One step forward, two back&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lifeaftergastrectomy.com/2012/04/04/one-step-forward-two-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot believe it has been over a month since I last updated&#8230;.I kept putting it off waiting until I had some good news to report.  I am going to do my best before the end of this blog post to come up with something positive to report. I hope you aren&#8217;t expecting a chronological [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=566&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If the wheels on the bus go up and down; it might mean you just ran someone over</title>
		<link>http://lifeaftergastrectomy.com/2012/02/24/if-the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-up-and-down-it-might-mean-you-just-ran-someone-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I had posted yesterday my post would have been less than positive.  I am glad I didn&#8217;t post yesterday.  Today I received a very classy apology to a rather unfortunate incident.  I believe in sharing my experiences with blog readers in the belief that if one person can benefit from those experiences then it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=563&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Updates</title>
		<link>http://lifeaftergastrectomy.com/2012/02/21/medical-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230;last Wednesday I saw my primary care doc.  He looked at stoma site (tube insertion point into abdomen) and excused himself to go call plastic surgeon while I waited.  Came back in and said that plastic surgeon wants to see me next day.  He also commented that the plastic surgeon told him that he had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=519&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Random babbling&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read on another website about people thinking cancer is contagious and how some people have noticed the distancing of friends/co-workers.  I thought about some of the people I have lost since cancer.  I think many people pull away because they feel helpless or they are afraid/worried that they will be asked to provide more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=515&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Frustrated by pain&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was another day spent moving as carefully as possible to avoid using any abdominal muscles (impossible).  My stoma site is as painful as it has ever been &#8212; it is as painful as the incision site was after each of the three major abdominal surgeries. I finally conceded to the pain at the end [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=510&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I need a wormhole</title>
		<link>http://lifeaftergastrectomy.com/2012/02/03/i-need-a-wormhole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently discovered that ER visits in different dimensions aren&#8217;t horrible.  I know that in our dimension no one enjoys a visit to the ER but I just had one that wasn&#8217;t a dreaded event.  In fact, it was even a little *GASP* enjoyable. I woke up on Wednesday to discover that the feeding pump [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=502&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attitude of Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://lifeaftergastrectomy.com/2012/01/31/attitude-of-gratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share this post weeks ago be decided to hold off until I had 30 days under my belt to report on.  Let me start off by saying that I love the whole New Year resolutions tradition.  I enjoy taking time to reflect on the past year and try to make some sense [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=495&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shoot me next time&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lifeaftergastrectomy.com/2012/01/26/shoot-me-next-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion that surgeons (general or plastic) are definitely not people-oriented individuals.  I saw the plastic surgeon on Monday regarding issues with my stoma (tube insertion site).   He said that an aggressive treatment of silver nitrate over a few weeks should help.  What he didn&#8217;t explain was that &#8220;aggressive&#8221; meant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeaftergastrectomy.com&#038;blog=16769936&#038;post=492&#038;subd=lifeaftergastrectomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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