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Comment on I’m 27 and about to have a double mastectomy by Preserved: Fresh Salmon, Parts of My Body | Lizzie Stark

Preserved: Fresh Salmon, Parts of My Body | Lizzie Stark — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:20:02 +0000

[...] blog is probably aware that I have an unholy obsession with preserving foods, and that in 17 days I will undergo a life-changing operation, a double-mastectomy with reconstruction done on my healthy [...]

Comment on I’m 27 and about to have a double mastectomy by Lizzie Stark

Lizzie Stark — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:41:47 +0000

Thanks Sarah. Good luck with your test — I will keep my fingers crossed for you. If you have the gene, make sure you give yourself some time to sit with this decision; you probably have a few years before you would need to have the mastectomy, unless cancer runs very very young in your family. Believe me, I understand being in a rush to have the procedure, but I also value the years in my early twenties when I was able to enjoy having regular old breasts. I will be keeping you in my thoughts.

Comment on I’m 27 and about to have a double mastectomy by Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:32:32 +0000

I am 17. Today I go in for my genetic counseling. They will draw a blood sample there. My mother had the gene, and because they did not know until she had already had cancer once, she died this last fall, after 4 bouts with cancer. If the tests come back positive for BRCA1 (which both my grandmother and mother have and had), I will have a double masectomy asap. I am sad, but I could never put my dad through losing two of his girls. My younger sister (recently 16) will be getting the test soon as well. It’s a very sad ordeal, but it’s necessary to prevent death. You must remember that although you will have a double masectomy, you still have a (much lower) risk of getting breast cancer (through your lymph nodes) please never forget that you still need to be aware. I hope for all the best for you.

Comment on My First Pâté by Lizzie Stark

Lizzie Stark — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:15:33 +0000

Oooh. That sounds delicious too, and much simpler.

Comment on My First Pâté by Christine

Christine — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:16:53 +0000

That sounds delicious. My mother used to make pork liver pate but I’ve only made the simple chicken or turkey liver pates, which are really simple – saute the livers in some butter until cooked, season with salt and pepper, add brandy and pop in the blender, or run through a food mill which makes for a nicer texture.

Comment on Introducing the Massive LARP Calendar by Lizzie Stark

Lizzie Stark — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:46:40 +0000

Hey Joseph,

I’m happy to add you as an admin to the calendar (just ping me at larpcalendar(at)gmail.com), however, I think I’m abandoning this project, as it’s a huge effort to weed through events and keep them current — I simply don’t have the time. To date, I don’t think it’s helped anyone find a LARP, or if it has, I haven’t heard about it. So again, happy to add you, but I think the calendar may be at the end of its life.

Comment on Introducing the Massive LARP Calendar by joseph

joseph — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:27:01 +0000

is there somewhere where my staff can upload the calendar for 2010. we have 200 to 300 events per year and i would lvoe to get it up here.
thanks

Comment on Thanks for the Support by Inane Comments Continued « BrCa

Inane Comments Continued « BrCa — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:56:43 +0000

[...] bit sensitive. Lizzie was understandably surprised by the attacks but handled them very well in her follow-up response to the publicity. Though I would share to show positive ways we can handle these “inane [...]

Comment on Lizzie Flashes: The Neighborhood by Lizzie Stark

Lizzie Stark — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:20:45 +0000

Robert,

Your response is the most exciting thing to happen to my blog in a long time — thanks so much for writing. I loved “The Restraints” and wished my story did it better justice. Thanks for the comments, I will be revising once I’ve written a few more short shorts. I think you’re right — the exercise got my creative juices flowing, but now I’ve got to discard the formal bits that aren’t working and deepen what I’ve got. Unfortunately for me, real life and paying work keep interfering with my fiction habit — I should be back to trying short shorts again soon, and I’d love that Vietnamese translation link.

Lizzie

Comment on Lizzie Flashes: The Neighborhood by Robert Hill Long

Robert Hill Long — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:29:02 +0000

Dear Lizzie Stark,

I was doing a google to check links for things I wanted to archive, and came across this, & said Hm! Better check it out!

Good formal mimicry, I say, but even better to take it in a 180 turnabout. If you stick with it at all (for revision purposes), I’d say, take it even further away from my model–i.e., kill some of the formulaic fill-ins, and as you were diagnosing, get deeper into the character apart from all formal considerations.

I’m bookmarking you. I wish you medical luck and future health and writing as long as you wanna.

ps–there’s a very unintentionally funny translation + re/English/mangling of “The Restraints” on a Vietnamese site. Let me know if you want the link.

xo Robert