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a good friend of ours, 30 years old, was diagnosed with sarcoma 5 years ago, a couple of weeks before graduating from Columbia B school. Underwent radiation for a few months, followed by many months of intense chemo while living at her parent's house in Las Vegas. About a year later, somewhat bouncing back from the chemotherapy, hair growing back, she moved back to New York and got a job. Maybe a year after that a metastasis showed up in her lung. She went back into intense experimental chemos because the original kind no longer worked, did that until she waa refractory to chemo. Some time after that a tumor showe dup in her other lung. She had that lung removed last spring. She quite her job and moved to California to recover. A few months ago she moved back to New York, got a job she didn't like very much and started to work again. A couple of weeks ago she got the job she'd always wanted in New York, and that same week a new tumor appeared in her one remaining lung. About a week ago they discovered a mass in her pelvic cavity that wasn't even there 2 months ago. They took that out along with one of her ovaries 2 days ago. Yesterday she went back to work. We went to visit her last night, went to the Red Cat for drinks and Cookshop for dinner. We walked around New York despite her pain from the large incision the surgeons made from hip to hip, and despite all she's been through in the past 5 years, all the pain and surgery and crushing disappointments, she's still eager to work, still optimistic and still beautiful. Some day I hope to be as courageous as her.