Facebook Helps Leukemia Sufferer Cope

Recent college graduate Suleika Jaouad waited until after she had undergone chemotherapy -- and been told by doctors that the treatment had not taken -- to consider how to alert her 1,500 Facebook friends to the news.

Recent college graduate Suleika Jaouad waited until after she had undergone chemotherapy — and been told by doctors that the treatment had not taken — to consider how to alert her 1,500 Facebook friends to the news.

At first, while the then-22-year-old woman was in the oncology unit of a hospital, her Facebook page remained as it had always been — reflective of happiness, joy, love, health. It still showed pictures of her boyfriend, the romantic streets of Paris, and her dog.

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