One of my beloved best friends passed away from incurable pancreatic cancer 15 years ago. Years later, her wonderful daughter, Kelly O’Gara, is very passionate and devoted in the fight against cancer through her involvement with the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Kelly is running for the San Diego Rock & Roll Marathon on… [Continue Reading]
Image by Alan Light via Flickr by Rose Broyles With the recent tragic death of actor Patrick Swayze, I started thinking about how devastating this disease truly is. It does not discriminate between rich and poor nor young nor old. Besides Swayze’s high profile case, Apple mogul Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in… [Continue Reading]
A few months ago, my husband and I were watching a news special featuring a Computer Science Instructor at the University of Virginia who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Let’s just say that by the end of the story, I was sobbing. My husband and I decided to purchase the book to read more about… [Continue Reading]
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