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Xeni Jardin’s cancer tweets get her a supporter: Lance Armstrong

The Tour de France winner and cancer survivor sends a message to the blogger as she goes through chemo. 

 

Fernando Alfonso III

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Posted on Feb 23, 2012   Updated on Jun 2, 2021, 9:01 pm CDT

When writer Xeni Jardin was first diagnosed with breast cancer, she wrote about how the experience was like a  trip to a lonely cold planet.

That same trip has been made by cyclist Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor, who lent his support to the Boing Boing blogger Tuesday in a tweet.

Photo by Xeni Jardin

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*First Published: Feb 23, 2012, 12:49 pm CST