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		<title>Merry update!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The holidays have come and gone and we&#8217;re pushing into January!  I&#8217;m so glad!  It&#8217;s been a great past couple of months, but it&#8217;s been an emotional time.  I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of reflecting on where we were a year ago at this time and with that has come so many mixed emotions; swinging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2012/01/09/merry-update/</link>
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		<title>Signed, sealed and delivered 2 times.  UCLA finally chimes in&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Half of my cancer battle is fighting the cancer.  The other half, it seems, is getting my scans down to UCLA for them to review and tell me their recommendations! I recently had my 3 month follow up scan on October 6th.  We found out the results from the local hospital only a couple of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/10/30/signed-sealed-and-delivered-2-times-ucla-finally-chimes-in/</link>
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		<title>More Fingerprints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing that is so nice about having cancer during this day and age is the internet.  You can find easily find information, valuable resources and network with other people that relate with what you are going through.  I love (and hate) reading people&#8217;s blogs that are dealing with my same diagnosis.  It can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/10/03/more-fingerprints/</link>
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		<title>Another roller coaster ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was watching a movie with Tyler the other night.  I was on the laptop and only half paying attention to what the movie was really about, but I glanced over and noticed that he was crying.  I asked him what was wrong and it took about one second for him to burst into sobs.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/04/30/another-roller-coaster-ride/</link>
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		<title>Test results and the plan..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We got home yesterday from our trip to UCLA.  I can&#8217;t even begin to explain to you how thrilled I am to be done with that place for awhile.  I&#8217;m so ready for life to just settle down and for us to find some sort of normal, whatever that may look like.  I don&#8217;t like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/03/24/test-results-and-the-plan/</link>
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		<title>No rest for the weary!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received an email from Dr. Liau and there was not any additional pathology available this week from my surgery, so they will bring my case up next Wednesday at tumor board to see if there is more information.  This is what I do know, though.  At this point, we will be flying back down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/03/03/no-rest-for-the-weary/</link>
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		<title>Another one down&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I wasn&#8217;t very diligent about keeping anybody updated while I was down south.  It was killing me, but the biggest reason was that my pain factor is quite a bit more significant with this surgery than it has been with any of the past surgeries.  I was able to jabber a little bit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/03/01/another-one-down/</link>
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		<title>Day 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[its been a relatively quiet day today, as I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve noticed by the lack of updates. Here&#8217;s a quick update: Charysse was moved out of ICU and into her own room tonight around 5pm PT. She&#8217;s reporting that she&#8217;s had no visual effects from the surgery. That&#8217;s a miracle! She&#8217;s already asking if she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/02/25/day-2/</link>
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		<title>ICU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We finally got to go into the ICU to see Charysse. It didn&#8217;t take long for her snarky side to come out. About a minute after we got there, someone said something and she corrected their grammar. Attagirl. She&#8217;s in a lot of pain—who wouldn&#8217;t be after getting a craniotomy—but they are working to get ahead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/02/24/icu/</link>
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		<title>Surgery is Over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news: the surgery went as planned and Charysse is doing well! We just met with Dr. Liau and she told us that she was able to remove the majority of the tumor. The tumor that is left is simply inoperable. The initial reports from pathology indicate that the tumor is still low grade—yay!—however we will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charyssehesse.com/2011/02/24/surgery-is-over-2/</link>
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