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	<description>musings on the social contract</description>
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		<title>Many cards in our favor, some we dealt ourselves</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/06/11/many-cards-in-our-favor-some-we-dealt-ourselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this recent blog post, I discussed how my recovery after stem cell transplant has been much faster than average, and there are probably many reasons why that might be.  No doubt the fact that my donor&#8217;s genetic markers matched my own perfectly—well, the genetic markers that hospitals check were a perfect match, anyway.  There [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/06/04/say-goodbye-to-all-of-this/#comments</comments>
		<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>There&#8217;s mono, and then there&#8217;s mono</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/27/theres-mono-and-then-theres-mono/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/27/theres-mono-and-then-theres-mono/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 06:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cytomegalovirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Epstein-Barr virus]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=945</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier post I discussed cytomegalovirus (CMV) primarily in relation to its impact on the immunosuppressed—people with AIDS and those of undergoing a stem cell transplant, for example. As a prelude to that discussion, I mentioned that CMV causes mononucleosis.  This piqued a reader&#8217;s interest: . . .[I] found it interesting that CMV was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My &#8220;cold&#8221; is gone</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/14/my-cold-is-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/14/my-cold-is-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 16:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cytotoxic T-cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dictyostelium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engraftment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[infection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Killer cells]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It appears that I&#8217;m over whatever I had. My nose has stopped running, and my slight cough has resolved as well. I felt a bit under the weather yesterday, but I&#8217;m feeling better today—not as good as before this scare, but I&#8217;m getting stronger again. So much of this process is unknown, but a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some not-so great news</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/12/some-not-so-great-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 20:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post was an honest and authentic expression of my thoughts and feelings about my current state of being.  I wasn&#8217;t hiding anything.  But there is something else going on. This morning I awoke with a runny nose and some congestion.  This could be a minor bacterial infection, which would not likely be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some great news, biology, and cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/12/some-great-news-biology-and-cooperation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/12/some-great-news-biology-and-cooperation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[engraftment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatigue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graft Versus Host Disease]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=533</guid>
		<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>Cancer is material</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/29/cancer-is-material/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/29/cancer-is-material/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Maher]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=143</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Feeling better</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/24/feeling-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/24/feeling-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spores]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/20/some-history-and-another-tough-day/#comments</comments>
		<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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