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Essays @nytimes, @washingtonpost, @believermag, @SELFmagazine, @glamourmag, @parentsmagazine, @redbook, @goodhousekeeping NYU Law, UMich, mother, skier.

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The are very few good things about having cancer but I try really hard to look on the bright side. Because what else can you do, so I thought of one. Ice cream every day to keep the weight on. #Cancer #Chemo

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@JulieKlam Also you can totally leave your pants unbuttoned

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@likaluca

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@kellybergin Oh, this is a brilliant thread. Last week they alarmed my bed. If my foot hit the floor w/o me calling a nurse, mean cacophonous bells went off. But I didn’t take a selfie.

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@jenniferweiner @amazonbooks This is so cool!

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Poem title: A Few Brown Bananas

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@Kcecelia @JulieKlam Also beautiful and kind.

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@jennromolini I got out on that word in the 5th Grade spelling bee. I was mystified.

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@Darinstrauss This makes it sound bad. I look fine. I act as if. The truth is chemo is rough but there’s still so much greatness in my life.

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I feel guilty, as jews do, but this is the week I feel lousy on chemo and I just decided not to pay a shiva call bc of it. Legit? #jewish #kosher

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@Darinstrauss Well, my doc thinks it’s working (he palpates and says the affected nodes are smaller). Scan in early July. Low blood counts, so I’m weak. Have to figure out that part. Too much sleeping. Thx for asking.

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@temim @SarahNumber4 Does litigator count for rooted in writing? Not really. But it’s storytelling, sort of.

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@page88 @latimesbooks How cool that you wrote this. Look forward to reading tonight, before bed.

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My daughter won the citizenship award at her elementary school graduation yesterday. She was selected from a class of 125. Her name was called. She got a plaque. This is a wave I will ride for a long time. I hope she will, too.

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If this isn’t the most hopeful thing ever. First bloom. Just as I turn from the lowest point of this chemo cycle. #hope

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@GaryPercesepe Mine runs marathons. 23 of them and counting. So he has some masochist, too.

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Every oncologist has to have a little sadist inside.

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@LauraZigman I wish I could play. Next year.

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Today was pretty good. I went in the hoy tub. I put on a yellow bikini.

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@esmewang Gorgeous shot and portrayal. Plus tweet.