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Cancer Journal #107

 Jan Carroll spoke to me with some asperity* regarding the fact that I have not done a blog entry in a while.  And I have an appropriate piece of writing to include.  But first, my PSA number remains too low to be detectable.  I go in again later this month to have the number again but am expecting the same monotonously good news. I joined a cancer support group a while back that meets twice a month.  It is for Stage IV cancer survivors who have outlived the time we were told we have yet to live at the time of the metastatic diagnosis.  We call the group the "Long Haulers" which I find to be an appealing name.  Anyway, I wrote a piece about us for the local arts and entertainment newspaper that I have not heard back on.  The editor that I deal with doesn't read his emails.  I get his attention by submitting a handwritten note asking him to go back on such and such a date to have a look.  There is no rush on this one since the group does ...