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		<title>Let the Death Panels Commence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I&#8217;d read about the drug Avastin, something about its approval maybe being pulled back. It&#8217;s a very expensive drug prescribed as a last-ditch effort for breast cancer patients. It&#8217;s not a cure, but it provides an extension of life and quality of life in the hope (that America has no shortage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/08/30/let-the-death-panels-commence/</link>
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		<title>Pain in the Gas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gas is the biggest pain in the &#8212;gut. When my spinal cord first started atrophying, I began building up gas. I just knew I had a tumor in my abdomen. It turned out to be &#8211; gas. That was over two years ago. I even went to the emergency room one time. But this was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/07/18/pain-in-the-gas/</link>
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		<title>Coping With Surviving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got to get back into &#8220;this&#8221; blog. When I so naively started it, I said &#8220;this blog&#8221; was for sharing my experience with Multiple Myeloma (MM). This blog wasn&#8217;t to be about opinions or feelings, but rather just medical news. Well, that&#8217;s still what I want this to be, but pardon me if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/06/25/coping-with-surviving/</link>
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		<title>Obamacare Taking On Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obamacare taking on water By: Jeffrey H. Anderson Special to the Examiner 05/28/10 9:34 AM EDT As they followed one another off the political cliff in voting for the health-care overhaul, Democratic senators and representatives comforted themselves with their own self-created myth that, although ObamaCare was horribly unpopular as a bill, it would prove to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/05/29/obamacare-taking-on-water/</link>
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		<title>Not Time to Throw In The Towel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news, I guess, at the doctors the other day. My markers seemed to either stay steady or improve. Although my doctor ordered the m-spike test, the lab missed it. Since the other markers were OK, he&#8217;s not worried. As a matter of fact, instead of seeing him in 3 months as usual, I will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/05/15/not-time-to-throw-in-the-towel/</link>
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		<title>Life Is Such A Journey Every Single Step</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh boy. I&#8217;ve been in one learning experience after the other lately, or so it seems. First of all, tomorrow I have my second baclofen pump refill and then after that appointment I have my three month check up with my oncologist. I am anxious to know the results of my labwork, to see whether [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/05/11/life-is-such-a-journey-every-single-step/</link>
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		<title>First Intrathecal Pump Refill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had an intrathecal pump implanted on November 4, 2009 for muscle spasticity in my legs. I used to take 80mg of Baclofen pills every day for this symptom, but they were not very effective and I was sleeping nearly 24/7 with that dose. Lioresal is Baclofen in liquid form. The pump is programmed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/03/04/first-intrathecal-pump-refill/</link>
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		<title>Distractions &amp; Surviving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m struggling with my spinal issues. I&#8217;m having a really tough time but that&#8217;s how it goes. When you have an illness or disability or both, you&#8217;re going to have ups and downs. I know that. It&#8217;s kind of like, &#8216;deal with it.&#8217; OK. I will. I am. I have been staying in bed nearly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/02/26/distractions-surviving/</link>
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		<title>Continuing and a Haiti Repeat, For My Son That Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This cold weather has got to go! I&#8217;m blaming my lack of umpf on the cold. I&#8217;ve canceled my PT session this week and the following. I&#8217;m taking a break until I get my pump refilled and the medicine dosage increased. Maybe by then our temperatures will rise and I&#8217;ll be more eager to cope. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/02/23/continuing-and-a-haiti-repeat-for-my-son-that-is/</link>
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		<title>Pride is Like Bad Breath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Pride is like bad breath: everyone knows you have it but YOU!&#8221; [author unknown] I had to share this. I heard it watching one of those Sunday morning ministers. It was too icy and cold to get out today&#8211;for me anyway. The minister was a fairly good speaker. This quote caught my attention. I&#8217;m more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cakassel55.healthblogs.org/2010/02/21/pride-is-like-bad-breath/</link>
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