{"id":12774,"date":"2012-05-22T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T22:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12774"},"modified":"2012-05-23T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T19:41:42","slug":"christina-is-six-years-cancer-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/22\/christina-is-six-years-cancer-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Is Six Years Cancer Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend Christina, along\u00a0with her mom, Maureen,\u00a0drove down from Monrovia for her annual oncology check-up. After surviving breast cancer six years ago she is still free of the disease. One more year of no cancer and she would then graduate to no more yearly check-ups.<\/p>\n

In celebration of her good news my mom and I met them in Old Town<\/a> for a quick lunch before they drove back home to L.A. Since my mom and I got there a bit early we walked around, enjoying some of the smells, sights and sounds of Old Town, including a one-man band playing central and south American music. I even videoed him on my cell phone performing “El Condor Pasa” which I posted on my YouTube channel<\/a>. My mom and I also talked to a woman who worked in the Casa de Aguirre souvenir store. She was originally from Brazil and has been here already a few years. Also in the same store was a group of touring Hungarians whom my mom ended up talking to for a while. They were trying to pay for items with pennies and nickels. We met and chatted with two others from the same group later at the the restaurant.<\/p>\n

We finally met up with Christina and her mom at The Alamo Mexican Restaurant<\/a> right on the main street the runs through Old Town. The food was a little dry but still pretty good and they are the cheapest and possibly the friendliest eatery in the area. My shrimp burrito was so big I had to take half of it home.<\/p>\n

We had a really good time helping Christina celebrate this important milestone of her now being a six year cancer survivor.<\/p>\n

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Church of the Immaculate Conception <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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My friend Christina, along\u00a0with her mom, Maureen,\u00a0drove down from Monrovia for her annual oncology check-up. After surviving breast cancer six years ago she is still free of the disease. One more year of no cancer and she would then graduate to no more yearly check-ups. In celebration of her good news my mom and I … <\/p>\n

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