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The Newsroom

Posted on March 22, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 42 Comments

My friends tell me I have a horrible knowledge of popular culture. If you reference the Kardashians, I’ll assume you’re talking about one of OJ’s attorneys. My ignorance runs the gamet—from Hawkeye Pierce to Marsha Brady all the way to…

Tagged with: Cancer, Fox 5, journalism, Loren Nancarrow, News, t.v., the newsroom
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Down on the Corner

Posted on March 20, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 80 Comments

I got the news today that I’m half way through my radiation/chemotherapy routine. I was surprised I wasn’t farther along, so I hope my healers will forgive me for not popping the cork on the champagne. So let’s send up…

Tagged with: Cancer, chemotherapy, encouragement, healing, john fogerty, Loren Nancarrow, radiation, treatment
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Life’s Navigation System

Posted on March 14, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 47 Comments

{Loren’s Blog in Loren’s Voice: Life’s Navigation System} Wonderful invention, the navigation system. Takes you where you wanna go with a minimum of fuss. But the thought occurred to me—what happens to all those wrong turns we used to make? Is…

Tagged with: Cancer, GPS, Jack Kerouac, Loren Nancarrow, navigating life, navigation, On the road, reiki
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Throwback Thursday

Posted on March 7, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 50 Comments

[Please click here for the audio version of this post: THROWBACK THURSDAY] Let’s throw it back to an earlier Thursday when chemo and radiation were not on my mind—but saving democracy and the Earth were. Let’s throw it back to Loren…

Tagged with: Cancer, healthcare, insurance, Loren Nancarrow
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Wow! What a ride!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 56 Comments

[Please click to hear my audio version of this blog post: Wow! What a ride!] Today I began a new project: a podcast. They tell me it’s like a blog with audio. Or, if you prefer, T.V. without the pictures. I got…

Tagged with: Cancer, dolphins, Hunter S. Thompson, Loren Nancarrow, podcast, time
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Where in the World is Loren Nancarrow?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 389 Comments

Turns out I have been unclear. In my attempts to be artistic and profound, I have been vague. I haven’t really told you exactly what’s been going on in my life. The reason I haven’t been in my anchor chair…

Tagged with: brain, Cancer, diagnosis, Fox 5, Loren Nancarrow, prognosis, Tumor
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So, now you’ve got blue nails…

Posted on February 9, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 22 Comments

I rolled out of bed this morning laughing at the thought of my formerly-buttoned-down, conservative friends awaking to cobalt blue fingernails. The last couple days you’ve put on a lovely coat of polish and now you’re faced with actually living…

Tagged with: Brain Tumor, Cancer, Cobalt Blue, Loren Nancarrow, The Nancarrow Project
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Uncle Lou

Posted on February 7, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 33 Comments

Uncle Lou long outlived his contemporaries. He ate like a bird and always made appointments. Lou Dameson died a few months back. As best we can tell, he was close to 100 years old—ages after lung cancer was supposed to…

Tagged with: Brain Tumor, Cancer, Loren Nancarrow, Uncle Lou
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Cobalt Blue

Posted on February 5, 2013 by lorennancarrow — 102 Comments

My friend, Bill Toone, is a wildlife biologist. I’m sure he won’t mind me saying that he boils the whole world down into the chemical reactions that make us who we are. We eat because of chemical reactions. We breed…

Tagged with: Brain Tumor, Cancer, Loren Nancarrow
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