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><channel><title>beth g sanders&#187; friends</title> <atom:link href="http://bethgsanders.com/tag/friends/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://bethgsanders.com</link> <description>social media strategy &#124; online communications &#124; blog consultation and design</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:19:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <atom:link rel='hub' href='http://bethgsanders.com/?pushpress=hub'/> <item><title>Surgery Week Two: Unremarkable. But Also Remarkable</title><link>http://bethgsanders.com/surgery-week-two-unremarkable-but-also-remarkable</link> <comments>http://bethgsanders.com/surgery-week-two-unremarkable-but-also-remarkable#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:06:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>beth g sanders</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family & Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[friends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kids]]></category> <category><![CDATA[love]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mom]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://bethgsanders.com/?p=7058</guid> <description><![CDATA[Unremarkable. It means ordinary, lacking distinction. Not something we generally consider a compliment. But medical terms are strange. A test result that is negative is usually a good thing; positive means you have whatever awful thing they are testing you for. So unremarkable is a medical compliment. As in, the biopsy done during my surgery [...]
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