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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

  • Getting through an MRI

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    By Jessica Ashley, Shine staff, on Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:14pm PDT

    A friend of mine called yesterday while she was sitting on her bed, legs crossed, breathing deeply, trying her best to contain her anxiety. She phoned me to say that, after many months of trying to figure out why she was having terrible sinus pain, she was having an MRI.

    My friend is one of those people who hikes up the sides of mountains, skis across miles and miles of fresh powder, dives effortlessly in the ocean, and easily excels at any athletic endeavor she puts her mind to. She's like that in her career as well, and has no fear about taking on new jobs and responsibilities and moves to keep moving up the corporate ladder. But this MRI business, it had her all shaken up. Read More »

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