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I ran this post in January, which is National Blood Donor Month. It got a lot of responses, especially on Twitter, and I'm happy to run it again. Blood donation is one of the best ways I know to give back for all that I received during my treatment and I really hope to inspire [...]
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing! Pat Riley Monday was the [...]
Last June, I wrote a blog post listing "Five Reasons You Should Seriously Consider Donating Blood." The fifth reason, supplied by the American Red Cross, was the most surprising to me. And, now that I know it, it is the number one reason I support blood donation:"More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each [...]
In an earlier post I talked about finally donating blood as an example of saying “yes” to myself after cancer. That post was about how good it felt to act on my changing priorities. This post is about the need to say “yes” to our community, because the only source of blood is a human [...]
A week or so before my mastectomy, I had to make an autologous blood donation. The possibility of needing blood during surgery scared me to death. I reassured myself the best I could that I wouldn’t use it and the blood would be available to someone else. I guess it was the word “donation” that gave [...]
Where We Go Now 