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            Her friends all said she battled her cancerous spot with a heart like an unremitting cyclone, that her determination was the very stuff of inspiration. She paid their comments no mind, though she heard them a lot, and charged ahead with her life. Of course, she made sure to keep several of the pens that came with her medication in her purse – the ones with dire yet colorful names of supposed cures – to use at opportune times. And there on her keychain was a little rubber sign with Scarzotec splashed on both sides, right next to her keyless Lexus key.