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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>She&#8217;s with Ehrenreich</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/06/10/shes-with-ehrenreich/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/06/10/shes-with-ehrenreich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[reader email]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=1077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My good friend, Johanna Wilson, recently posted a comment to my last blog.  I find it so compelling that I&#8217;ve deleted the comment and reproduced it here in its entirety.  It is honest, humble (perhaps a bit too self-deprecating, though), and I think quite representative of the way people with cancer feel—and a strong denunciation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pop Culture Watch: Optimism and cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/06/09/pop-culture-watch-optimism-and-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/06/09/pop-culture-watch-optimism-and-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=1068</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From a recent episode of the fantastic series, Glee (quote from the character Shelby Corcoran, played by the even more fantastic Idina Menzel): I wanna a look so optimistic, it could cure cancer. More evidence that Ehrenreich&#8217;s thesis is correct.  People!  That ain&#8217;t it.]]></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[cytomegalovirus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[viral infection]]></category>

		<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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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Capitalism and cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/23/capitalism-and-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/23/capitalism-and-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 06:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[materialism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Engels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marx]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The amazing Barbara Ehrenreich makes a connection, just after the crash of 2008, the 160th anniversary of the publication of the pamphlet that ignited the world: The Manifesto makes for quaint reading today. All that talk about “production,” for example: Did they actually make things in those days? Did the proletariat really slave away in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith in a seed</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/15/faith-in-a-seed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/15/faith-in-a-seed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Greg and I (masked and gloved) went to Walden Pond for a second visit, this time with our dear friends Alison and John.  We hiked the trails for a few hours.  There was life all around us—trees, insects, birds, and mammals were obvious everywhere we walked.  Walking with my loved ones, I thought of [...]]]></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[C. difficile]]></category>
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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>Boo Yankees!</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/01/boo-yankees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/05/01/boo-yankees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t read the literature on this myself, but my oncologist tells me the data are strong that taking walks—or just getting up and about—has a significant impact on recovery, especially regarding fatigue.  So, as I&#8217;m feeling so much better (being able to eat tends to do that), my partner Greg and I decided to [...]]]></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>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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		<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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		<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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.apoica.com/?p=91</guid>
		<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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		<title>Why do I have cancer?</title>
		<link>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/20/why-do-i-have-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.apoica.com/2010/04/20/why-do-i-have-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kpickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hear people puzzle over this question often.  Oh, not so much about why I have cancer, but why cancer exists.  In a world filled with bizarre, pre-enlightenment notions of &#8220;knowledge&#8221; that competes for our attention, it&#8217;s easy to see why so many would be confused.  Luckily, we know exactly why cancer exists.  It&#8217;s no [...]]]></description>
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