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	<title>My PICC Line &#187; Aplastic anemia</title>
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	<description>My personal journey, with aplastic anemia, through the healthcare industry</description>
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		<title>Illness and loneliness</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2010/09/22/illness-and-loneliness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[allogeneic transplant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diagnosis rate of aplastic anemia is three people out of every million and when a sample of my bone marrow confirmed what blood tests were suggesting, I remember feeling that ratio sit heavy in my stomach. Sickness forces a person to confront an uncomfortable truth; despite the instability of our own lives, the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Papa Joe says No</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2010/03/09/papa-joe-says-no/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2010/03/09/papa-joe-says-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aplastic anemia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bone marrow transplant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My move to the West Coast has meant spending most of my time seeing doctors. A good bone marrow transplant demands preparation. But when there is some down time, it&#8217;s spent with my caregiver. She&#8217;s the only person I know out here. She&#8217;s also my mother. She has a thing for asking me questions about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aplastic Anemia patient Shawntell Taylor shares her story</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2010/01/22/aplastic-anemia-patient-shawntell-taylor-shares-her-story/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2010/01/22/aplastic-anemia-patient-shawntell-taylor-shares-her-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shawntell Taylor is a survivor. She was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia in 2004 has since underwent three unsuccessful interventions, including two rounds of ATG. Taylor explains in the above clip she also had two unrelated donors &#8220;cancel on me.&#8221; Like I said, Shawntell Taylor is a survivor.]]></description>
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		<title>Second response letter to Blue Cross Blue Shield&#8217;s denial of coverage for donor search</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2010/01/14/second-response-letter-to-blue-cross-blue-shields-denial-of-coverage-for-donor-search/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2010/01/14/second-response-letter-to-blue-cross-blue-shields-denial-of-coverage-for-donor-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October I posted my letter of appeal after Blue Cross Blue Shield&#8217;s told me it would not cover my bone marrow donor search. After hearing no response for several weeks I resent the letter certified and finally heard back. The verdict was&#8230;there was no verdict. My appeal was not reviewed because I did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climber shares his experiences with Aplastic anemia and bone marrow transplant</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/12/27/climber/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/12/27/climber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aplastic anemia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matt Fioretti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a short feature on Matt Fioretti at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance website. Fioretti, a mountain climber and guide, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia a short time after leading a climb along Nirekha Peak, in the Himalayas. When reflecting on the  bone marrow transplant he eventually underwent he says,  “My attitude was good. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When appealing an insurance denial, send certified</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/12/14/when-appealing-an-insurance-denial-send-certified/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/12/14/when-appealing-an-insurance-denial-send-certified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October I issued a letter of appeal to my insurance company after they denied coverage for a bone marrow donor search(read the appeal here). After receiving nothing back for weeks, I took the advice of a friend&#8217;s father and resent the letter certified. It cost $5.40 but did force a response, couldn&#8217;t use the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Visualizing Aplastic Anemia</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/12/02/visualizing-aplastic-anemia/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/12/02/visualizing-aplastic-anemia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aplastic anemia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins Medicine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Often I&#8217;m asked by friends or family to explain aplastic anemia, and often I find myself stumbling over words, trying to produce a clear picture. Sure, I can say my bone marrow is failing to produce adequate amounts of blood but visualizing that is tough. The above video from Johns Hopkins does a nice job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATG treatment: 120 days, 90 days, 60 days, 6 months!? Oh my&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/11/30/atg-treatment-120-days-90-days-60-days-6-months-oh-my/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/11/30/atg-treatment-120-days-90-days-60-days-6-months-oh-my/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its been 140 days since ATG treatment, and as of now it has been unsuccessful. The treatment is based in the thought that aplastic anemia is an autoimmune disease&#8212;the bodies white blood cells  have attacked it&#8217;s bone marrow, causing the marrow to fail and blood production to diminish. Since onset I&#8217;ve heard a variety of numbers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare isn&#8217;t all that efficient</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/09/16/medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/09/16/medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aplastic anemia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mypiccline.com/?p=666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader posted a comment awhile back about the hospital experience of her mother, who was just diagnosed with aplastic anemia. Briefly what happened: &#8220;&#8230; the hospital attempted to discharge her. They indicated that she could receive the treatment for aplastic anemia on an outpatient basis. My sister challenged that as being unacceptable based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Submit Your Story: Don&#8217;t even think of giving up</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/09/15/in-their-own-wordsdont-even-think-of-giving-up/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/09/15/in-their-own-wordsdont-even-think-of-giving-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Submit Your Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antibiotics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antifungals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aplastic anemia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATG]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of myPICCLine.com&#8217;s readers are those who have themselves been, or had family or friends diagnosed with aplastic anemia (AA). There isn&#8217;t much patient perspective information out there, deciding against sharing the stories or wise words others have passed along would be a disservice to the entire community. Below is a recently received e-mail. &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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