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		<title>Informational Video on Youtube</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>All is Well :) (Day 126, Ch. 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things are still going well!!!    No complaints here.   I am getting stronger and am not in any pain.  My pectus excavatum is still corrected and my incisions look good.  I don&#8217;t want to become too redundant, but I wrote that I wasn&#8217;t doing well physically for sooo long, that it&#8217;s nice to report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Under the Weather(Day 119, Ch. 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am all stuffy and my lymph nodes are swollen.  I woke up with a sore throat today.  I think I&#8217;m under the weather.  I&#8217;ve had to cancel some things today and just take it easy.  I can&#8217;t risk really getting sick since I only have two sick days left till the end of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaining Strenth Back(Day 116, Ch. 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I actually have a little bit of muscle again.  Yea!  I had lost almost all strength from going through 3 surgeries and not being allowed to lift over 5 pounds for so long.  I can tell that I&#8217;m getting some of that muscle back.  I&#8217;m still doing a little light exercise 3 times a week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Out Again (Day 109, Ch.3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;ve passed 100 days since the Ravitch Procedure!  Yea!  I never got to a hundred days after my first two surgeries- the most was 91 days.   I&#8217;m still without pain and doing great. : D  I&#8217;m really back to normal and just regaining strength through working out a little.  I&#8217;m really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Better :) (Day 85, Ch. 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m glad to put the &#8220;ER- blacking out&#8221; incident behind me and move forward.  That was sooo scary!!  I am doing a lot better.  I&#8217;m taking a little medicine and taking hot baths when I am in pain&#8211;usually one in the morning and one at night.  That seems to help a lot!! I&#8217;ve eased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scary Event (Day 80, Ch. 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone!  I&#8217;m sorry I haven&#8217;t written in so long!  So much has been going on that I haven&#8217;t seem to get the chance to sit down and write. I&#8217;m going to try to keep this updated more.  Especially because I want to know how all of you who have been reading this are doing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas Everyone!!(Day 57, Ch. 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish all of you reading this a Merry Christmas!  Thank you so much for being such a great support through this journey!  It would have been soo much harder without the encouragement from all of you. I am doing very very well and don&#8217;t have any new progress to report at the moment.    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lungs Working Better(Day 45, Ch.3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a crazy time of year!  I&#8217;m so glad to be feeling better and able to enjoy life.  I am feeling really great!  I think I&#8217;m back to functioning and doing all the normal things in life.  Now I just need to build up my strength through exercising.  I&#8217;ve gained some muscle back from just [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Thankful Thanksgiving(Day 33, Ch. 3)</title>
		<link>http://pectusblog.com/2008/11/a-thankful-thanksgivingday-33-ch-3/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=a-thankful-thanksgivingday-33-ch-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan and I enjoyed relaxing together yesterday.  It was nice to time to spend together and not to have any pain at all!  We just watched movies, ate cornish game hens and mashed potatoes, and drank eggnog and hot chocolate.   We were soooo thankful for just a normal day and some time to rest.  [...]]]></description>
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