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Gary Bonacker prefers the term “cancer thriver” to “cancer survivor.” “The second you are diagnosed with cancer you are a survivor until the day you die,” says Bonacker, who, along with his wife Sue, owns Sunnyside Sports. “A lot of people think being a survivor means you have beaten cancer.” Diagnosed with brain cancer in […]
Most of my friends are nonparents, I don’t really fit in with the “mom groups,” and those stick-figure-family car decals drive me nuts. That said, I still appreciate the mom-to-mom connection. And sometimes a mom just needs to hear that she’s not the only one who has cried during Bambi, or let two weeks go […]
Eff Cancer Benefit BENEFIT—Cancer is the worst. Not only is it a creeping menace that always seems to strike the nicest people, but the medicines used to stop it in its tracks are brutal and costly. Ugh. On the bright side, it often brings out a spirit of generosity and goodwill in the community. Give […]
Here’s a statistic that may not sit well: Of the next eight women you see, chances are one of them either has or will get breast cancer. Of the first seven men, one of them either has or will get prostate cancer. But why talk about cancer in a beer column? If the beer you’re […]
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