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cate94

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54. Sometimes it is hard to tell if anxiety

Thu Nov 6, 2014, 08:41 AM

Nov 2014

is coming from habit or from your gut. Sigh. I wish your nervousness had been caused by habit, and it wasn't that your gut was right.

This has to be so grueling for the two of you. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed with you. Good thoughts. prayers and

I also want to thank you for some of the wisdom you have shared in this group. It is helping me quite a bit. When I found out I had cancer, a dear friend of mine found out the same week she had cancer too. The difference is that hers turned out to be small cell lung cancer that has metastasized to the brain. I've been trying to be one of those people you want in your "life boat".

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