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Cancer and pregnancy—what if you had to have chemo while pregnant?
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Wed Sep 3, 2008 8:18am PDT
Did you see this article in the Times over the weekend? It's about women who find out they're pregnant after being diagnosed with cancer and...
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DO I or DID I have cancer?
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:00am PDTBefore I left Glamour we got a letter from a reader saying she liked me and all but that it was misleading to say I have cancer when I don't anymore. For some reason I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Is it misleading? And, more importantly, do I not have cancer anymore? (Talk about... Read More »
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Life with Cancer: How can I have some summer fun?
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:37am PDTIt's Lea and I am about 7 months post bone marrow transplant and it feels like summer, well sorta! I am blown away that it was a year ago today that I made my decision to go forward with a bone marrow transplant. Last year I was scared--really scared since I did not even know if I had a donor... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (2) | Blog
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Is it selfish to have kids if you have cancer?
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:05pm PDTHey guys, I'm in the city today having my first "writer's lunch" with an editor (yes, the editor happens to be a friend at Glamour, but still...we're talking about my ideas!). Anyway, I've asked Lea to step in and little did I know, she's got A LOT to talk about. A lot... Read More »
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Life with Cancer: Suddenly side affected
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Mon Jun 2, 2008 11:25am PDTLast night I lied awake for a good hour writhing around in pain from a...foot cramp. I know it sounds pathetic but it was insane. I stretched, I got up and walked, I cried, I massaged and it wouldn't go away. It was by far the worst charlie horse I've ever experienced and I have to admit, it... Read More »
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Pregnant with cancer--an update from Liv
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Wed May 28, 2008 8:43am PDTRemember Liv, the beautiful, newly-diagnosed CML patient who learned about her cancer at her eight-week pregnancy checkup? She decided to keep her baby and prolong treatment as long as possible. Well now she's in her third trimester and here to tell us how it's been going.... As you may... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (10) | Blog
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Life with Cancer: You're going to want to read this update from Lea
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Mon May 12, 2008 11:51am PDTHappy Monday! Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. Mine was lovely...and muy eventful. I plan to tell you all about it, but first I wanted to share this incredible post from Lea, our favorite guest blogger. As you know Lea had CML, just like me, but Gleevec didn't work for her. In December she had... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (4) | Blog
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Life with Cancer: It's blood test time again!
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:48am PDTI'm heading up to Sloan Kettering momentarily for another PCR blood test...the one I ship to Oregon on ice so they can try to find leukemia cells. It's been years since anything remotely cancerous has shown up in my blood--and as you remember the CML never even came back during the 10... Read More »
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A (Sort of) New Drug for Me:
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:12am PDTLast night I picked up my Gleevec prescription from a new pharmacy (I had to switch from the one I'd been using because some of the people behind the counter were kind of brusque and one of them was always standing outside smoking and then carrying his scent into the store...I'm a tough... Read More »
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She had to make the toughest decision ever--What would you have done?
By Erin Zammett Ruddy, Life With Cancer, Glamour, on Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:58am PDTHey guys, please welcome Liv, today's very special guest
blogger. She was recently diagnosed with CML but the news came at the
worst possible time: just weeks after she found out she was pregnant.
Here, her amazing story in her own words. -Erin
It all started with the most wonderful day of... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (8) | Blog
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