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	<title>Apoica &#187; C. difficile</title>
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	<description>musings on the social contract</description>
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		<title>Say &#8220;Goodbye&#8221; to all of this . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/06/04/say-goodbye-to-all-of-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg and I moved back to our home in Vermont today.  Now, instead of weekly visits to the hospital in Boston, we&#8217;ll only have monthly visits.  This would&#8217;ve come much earlier had it not been for the (likely) false diagnosis of CMV and the myelosuppressive therapy that ensued, which may well have been key to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some great news, biology, and cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel amazing. I am so energetic, I can barely contain it.  Anyone who has spoken to me on the phone lately can attest.  For the last two weeks, my energy and strength has been rising every day, and now I feel better than I&#8217;ve felt in years.  In early 2007, I was in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A clean bill of health</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/04/a-clean-bill-of-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 19:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what I got today.  Except for not knowing if the cancer is really gone . . . and my magnesium levels are not back yet, and my C. difficile sample won&#8217;t be finished until tomorrow, and my white blood cells were down slightly.  But in general, I&#8217;m doing great.  And I have to say, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer is material</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/29/cancer-is-material/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ll notice I&#8217;ve added that image to the blog, a link to The OUT Campaign, a site dedicated to encouraging atheists to come out about their views.  This is something that I&#8217;ve had a hard time doing for many years, despite overcoming many other fears years ago (for example, having been out as a gay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling better</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/24/feeling-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last couple of days have been rough, and I couldn&#8217;t post.  But now it seems like the Flagyl is finally suppressing the Clostridium difficile infection.  These bacteria—like so many other organisms—can shut down most of their metabolic activity when environmental conditions are unfavorable, and while in this state, they are essentially impervious to antibiotics. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some history, and another tough day</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/20/some-history-and-another-tough-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mention in the About page, this blog is not going to be a diary of pain and suffering. Nor will it be a record of hopeful triumph, courage, bravery, and . . . vomit (well, it probably will be about vomit from time to time. I certainly have been doing enough of that). [...]]]></description>
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