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	<title>Quixotic Extropicist &#187; Melanoma</title>
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		<title>Melanoma Contact</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2008/01/15/melanoma-contact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With everything going on in my life, there is apparently still something that will make me drop everything else and respond. Hi there. I just read your page on mpip.org. I hope you are still NED!!! That is encourging. My 34 year old sister was just diagnosed in Sept and has just started her shots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biopsy Results</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/06/24/biopsy-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got a call back from my doctor, and I don&#8217;t feel like I really understand what he was saying, or more importantly, its significance. I really need to find a new doctor. I mean, he&#8217;s a nice enough guy, and seems very competent, but he must be from the old school of physicians, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Op</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/06/17/post-op/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday morning got to be quite hectic. Without going through the sequence as I figured it out, the consulting radiologist and my oncological surgeon had gotten together and decided to change my procedure. Unfortunately, everybody involved thought that somebody else was going to call me to let me know, and I had a last minute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Headed for Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/06/07/headed-for-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, my surgeon was wrong about the lymphedema. (I&#8217;ve stopped trying to finish the MRI story for now &#8211; I hope to get back to it.) The MRI results came back, and I definitely have a &#8220;lesion&#8221;. Instead of continuing to try and figure out what it is, we&#8217;ll wait for the lab results after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First MRI &#8211; continued</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/06/01/my-first-mri-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*** This is Part 2. Part 1 is here *** Phew. Had to take a break. I&#8217;m fascinated by all the technology involved with this, so it&#8217;s even harder than normal to contain my curiosity about every little facet, and I spend more time searching than writing. I did, however, manage to identify the raised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First MRI</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/05/28/my-first-mri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 22:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early yesterday evening I went over to Sharp Memorial Outpatient Pavilion for a scheduled MRI (my first one ever) to confirm my oncological surgeon&#8217;s recent diagnosis of the lump in my chest as a lymphedema. By which, I&#8217;m assuming he means &#8220;mild case of&#8230;&#8221;, because after recently learning the difference between lymphedema and the more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The PET Scan Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/05/23/the-pet-scan-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/05/23/the-pet-scan-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 19:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a technophile, so for me, taking a PET scan was an interesting exposure to a piece of highly sophisticated medical imaging equipment. I even had to be prompted to write about the experience from the perspective of a patient, not a huge construct of subatomic particles. And, although I am familiar with that special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lymphedema</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/05/17/lymphedema/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/05/17/lymphedema/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 06:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard from my oncological surgeon on Monday. The report had come back from the biopsy of the lump in my chest (finally) and the results were &#8211; inconclusive. He told me my options were to attempt another biopsy with a larger needle, or to just go ahead with a surgical removal. At first, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Inadequate Counselor</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/05/11/an-inadequate-counselor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/05/11/an-inadequate-counselor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 12:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Melanoma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got my first email from someone who read about my cancer experience online and is going through the same thing. It started off with &#8220;i am really scared.&#8221; I wrote back, and I hope I was able to give some comfort, and that I&#8217;ll hear from her again, but it&#8217;s such an awesome responsibility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lump Is Not Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/04/19/the-lump-is-not-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregrperry.com/blog/2006/04/19/the-lump-is-not-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a week of growing anxiety as I&#8217;ve gone through the process of doctor visits and tests, but I just got a call from my oncologist, who said that my recent PET scan results were normal. This means that no matter what the lump that I found in my chest turns out to be, [...]]]></description>
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