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Lisa Adams is a stay-at-home mom who maintains a personal blog about her years-long struggle with breast cancer. But last week, two writers 鈥?Bill and Emma Keller 鈥?wrote opinion pieces in the Guardian and New York Times criticizing Adams for being too public about her pain. The Kellers are a husband and wife, both writers, who have had their own struggles with cancer. Emma had a double mastectomy to deal with breast cancer a couple of years ago, and Bill father-in-law died of cancer at the age of 79. Because Bill father-in-law was in England, he was offered palliative care and nothing more 鈥?and Bill Keller feels that was the dignified way to die. Both Kellers criticized Adams for using social media to talk about her illness, suggesting that what she doing isn ;t the appropriate way to cope with cancer. Needless to say, the internet was not pleased. Adams is a popular voice
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