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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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		<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[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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=625</guid>
		<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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		<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>Who loves the sun?</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/09/who-loves-the-sun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/09/who-loves-the-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 06:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I do. Being from Louisiana, and now living just south of the arctic circle, I need the sun.   But I can&#8217;t be out in it.   Sunlight can stimulate my immune system (particularly the immune-boosting helper T-cells), which will lead to that conflict I wrote about in the last post, known as Graft Versus [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rapping about evolution, sociality, cheaters and slugs</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/08/rapping-about-evolution-sociality-cheaters-and-slugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/08/rapping-about-evolution-sociality-cheaters-and-slugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 15:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article appeared in the NY Times a couple of days ago. I have my doubts about the general appeal of a rap performance about evolutionary biology, but maybe it&#8217;s great. Who knows? You can investigate Baba Brinkman&#8217;s &#8220;The Rap Guide to Evolution&#8221; for yourself here and here. Of particular interest, the article highlights [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conflict between the individual and the group</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/05/conflict-between-the-individual-and-the-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/05/conflict-between-the-individual-and-the-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I know.  I didn&#8217;t actually blog again last night.  Sorry for that, but since I&#8217;ve been feeling so, so, so much better, I&#8217;ve begun to realize just how much work I was laying aside.  I&#8217;ve been catching up. So as a mini-catchup,  I&#8217;ll offer this symbol and some thoughts: This is a nest of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Katharine Hepburn</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/29/being-katharine-hepburn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/29/being-katharine-hepburn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the drugs I&#8217;m on for immunosuppression makes me shake constantly.  It&#8217;s getting annoying. This side effect, coupled with the neuropathy in my hands, makes simple tasks, like lifting a fork, difficult.  I wonder if this is a glimpse into how people with Parkinson&#8217;s feel?  Probably nowhere nearly as bad, but it bites nonetheless. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Very tired, and sad</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/27/very-tired-and-sad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/27/very-tired-and-sad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Neuropathy, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, narcotics, dehydration, extreme fatigue, and crushing sadness—these are the experiences I&#8217;ve been enjoying for the last week. This has been a hard week—the last few days especially so.  With the ongoing C. difficile infection (which is perhaps fully suppressed now . . . maybe), I&#8217;ve been eating nothing but yogurt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Oh, congratulations on your stem cell transplant!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/24/oh-congratulations-on-your-stem-cell-transplant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/24/oh-congratulations-on-your-stem-cell-transplant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have had cancer for many years (officially diagnosed two months shy of four years ago, but I had it for years before it was finally diagnosed).  So, I know that many people—most people—have no idea what to say to you when they find out or when they see you after you&#8217;ve been ill, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fast forward</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/20/fast-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/20/fast-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, that last post didn&#8217;t actually go up until 31 days post-transplant—that is, today.  The first week post infusion seemed to go fairly well, but matters descended shortly after that, and my heart just hasn&#8217;t been in the blog.  I think I&#8217;ve mustered my gumption again.  Hopefully posts will be steady at this point.]]></description>
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		<title>Shelley</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/20/shelley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/20/shelley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frankenstein is by far my favorite novel. When I&#8217;m not in the bathroom applying ointments containing sodium hydroxide to various parts of my groin to kill the fungus that won&#8217;t stop growing, or taking pills to satiate the nausea that pops up from time to time, or trying to get some work done, or sleeping [...]]]></description>
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