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80Low Iodine Diet for Radioactive Iodine Treatment
If you've entered the phase of radioactive iodine treatment you have most likely gone through surgery to have your thyroid out (or at least part of it) and are now on synthetic thyroid medication. You may not have thyroid cancer, but still have to...
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59Uncertainty and Cancer
When a doctor tells you that you have cancer, no matter what type of cancer it is, your world blurs and your focus stays with that one word. Cancer. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in September of 2009...
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62Writing a Novel
I’m typical among writers who have always wanted to write a novel—since they were nine years old—that kind of typical person. Not the Great American Novel, but a novel in its own right. I’ve been...
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54Ohio and Family
By Christi R. Suzanne I went back to Ohio, my birth state, a few years ago. I did not grow up there, spent about a year and a half in Cleveland, years that I don’t remember. My parents took me to visit the small town where they grew up,...
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66Mustache - creative non-fiction
By Christi R. Suzanne His mustache hid a lot of things—mostly his upper lip. My friends didn’t think so, a lot of them were afraid of him because of his quiet nature and solemn stare. I’ll admit it; my Dad could scare the shit out of me...
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75AP Style Basics
Chicago is the oldest and most comprehensive style guide out there. Since it is so comprehensive, or because it is so comprehensive, it often takes much longer to find what you are looking for. This guide is primarily used for book authors, but...
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65Labyrinth Fish
A labyrinth fish is a small tropical fish that breathes air with their gills, like other fish, but also possess another breathing structure, the labyrinth. The labyrinth is a breathing structure located in a chamber above the gills and has many...
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70Do Shooting Stars Have the Power to Fulfill Wishes?
I hate to be the harbinger of bad news, but wishing on falling or shooting “stars” isn’t going to get you that brand new red porche or the man of your dreams. First of all, a “falling star” or a “shooting star” isn’t really a star...
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75Earthworms and Reproduction
Now that you’ve learned a little about the earthworm’s digestive system and are ready for more “juicy” details I'll tell you a little about earthworms and reproduction. I’m not going to indulge you in any graphic earthworm sex scenes,...
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78Earthworms and Digestion
The body of an earthworm seems simple; upon further investigation it’s ugly too. There isn’t much to it and it looks too fragile to have existed on this earth for as long as it has, 120 million years. Darwin started studying them in 1809. ...
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