"Dorothy Moore" is an American pop, R&B, and soul singer best known for her 1976 hit song, "Misty Blue".

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Then I also contracted Hepatitis C from all of the blood transfusions I was getting because of my crazy kidneys. The doctors said that one of the donors probably had such a slight case that they were not able to detect it during the screening process.

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The week before my wedding, they told me they found the cancer. The week after, I had a partial hysterectomy.

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I said to myself, ?how can this possibly happen?? I had just gone through all the chemotherapy and now, I have cervical cancer. I guess I just have to laugh about it; because if not, it is just too much for me to handle.

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I do not feel like I was gypped in my life at all. I actually feel as though I was given a special gift.It made me see my life and my family in a different light.

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It is somewhat of a rare genetic disease.

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I find myself getting so upset because I was never able to be a good mother for my daughter or a good grandmother for my granddaughter because I was always so sick. I only hope that I can live long enough to see my granddaughter graduate.

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Most of the patients are poor, and on Medicare, and doctors don't make as much money treating those kinds of patients.

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No one can guarantee me anything. I am much older and much sicker than I was when I had the first transplant, but I am confident in my doctors and confident that I will find a donor.

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I think sometimes it makes you sicker than what you really are to take so much medication.

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