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Carolmcq

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I am a married mother of three grown children and the grandmother to four grandchildren. I have a doctorate in Adult Education and used that degree to direct the Faculty Center for Teaching & Instructional Technology at Penn State Harrisburg until my retirement 3/31/2016 to fight melanoma full-time. After two gamma knife treatments to erase a brain tumor, I have left-side weakness resulting from edema and necrosis. This has greatly impacted my movement and prior activities. I still love being outside, watching the birds at our feeders, and practicing gratitude.
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Carolmcq
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the patient
Initial Diagnosis Month

December
Initial Diagnosis Year

2007
Stage at Diagnosis

Stage 2
Current Stage

Stage 4
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