http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/an-anniversary Austin, Texas novelist Ruth Pennebaker, who's old enough to call herself "fabulous," writes about family, politics, marriage, friendship, feminism, aging and whatever else occurs to her. Her latest novel, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, was published by Berkley in January 2011. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/an-anniversary/comment-page-1#comment-396 Julie Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:18:35 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=323#comment-396 So beautiful. So true. Thank you for sharing this! So beautiful. So true. Thank you for sharing this!

]]> http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/an-anniversary/comment-page-1#comment-395 ruthpennebaker Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:18:47 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=323#comment-395 Thank you all. Lanezen, congratulations to you, too. All the cliches are true: It does get easier with time. -- Ruth Thank you all. Lanezen, congratulations to you, too. All the cliches are true: It does get easier with time. — Ruth

]]> http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/an-anniversary/comment-page-1#comment-394 lanezen Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:50:04 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=323#comment-394 Thanks, and happy anniversary to everyone who has one. I am having my 63rd birthday today, and I am 16 months from my diagnosis, feeling fortunate and thinking of getting a new puppy. http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com Thanks, and happy anniversary to everyone who has one. I am having my 63rd birthday today, and I am 16 months from my diagnosis, feeling fortunate and thinking of getting a new puppy. http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com

]]> http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/an-anniversary/comment-page-1#comment-393 Sophie Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:42:02 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=323#comment-393 Happy anniversary and thanks for continuing to make us laugh and think. Happy anniversary and thanks for continuing to make us laugh and think.

]]> http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/an-anniversary/comment-page-1#comment-392 Cancer Bitch Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:41:12 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=323#comment-392 Happy anniversary. I think 13 is a lucky number. Biz ein hundred un svanzig, as we say in Yiddish--until 120 (years). It's been a year and a half since my diagnosis. And I say this in all seriousness: moving to a house with my husband was worse than all of cancer, except for a few days on Taxol. Luckily, the worst (of the moving) is over and I'm content. --C. Bitch Happy anniversary. I think 13 is a lucky number. Biz ein hundred un svanzig, as we say in Yiddish–until 120 (years). It’s been a year and a half since my diagnosis. And I say this in all seriousness: moving to a house with my husband was worse than all of cancer, except for a few days on Taxol. Luckily, the worst (of the moving) is over and I’m content.
–C. Bitch

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