breastcancer”hiseyestolook
atherchest
”bad”shesputteredoutalaugh”thatslikebeingalittlepregnantversusalotpregnant”
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sheouthisopen”
iknosjust蘒dontsee”renstruction”
”ah”hebarrassed”goodasnew”
”froheoutside,”shesaid,andhthosethreewords,herdefensivenessrealizeditilthen
butyes,shehadbeensofter,veryhun
”iniveofyou”heasked
katherinestudiedrainutebeforenoddingslowly”shewastherefor,theproverbialphonecallaethroughnyaroughspot”
”like””likedeastectolike
choosingasurgeonandaplasticsurgeon,andtryingtodecidehthodofrenstructionlikedealinghtheknowledgethatuntilthesurgeryphnodesestedinthe
pathlab,ididntknoherthecancerhadspread
likeuchlessthedisease
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said
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parthedoctors,thepreoptests,thesurgery,thedrains,thefolloentsraetosootherfriendsdrove
toothers
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cruz”sherubbedrachelsshoulderhherfingeails”sowehadthatinn,too”
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”no,butyouleftheralone”
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sheasgone”
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criticized
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roy”
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