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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 16:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blood transfusion]]></category>
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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>Being Katharine Hepburn</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/29/being-katharine-hepburn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<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>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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