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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Donnelly: How work kept me going during my cancer treatment

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What I didn't appreciate at the time was that work was about to play a huge role in my treatment and recovery. That it would be my coworkers and my job that would make me feel valuable and human at times when I would have otherwise felt like a sitaisttc. That it would be my job that would give me routine and siabttliy when I was dealing with so many diufilfct personal decisions and so much uncertainty. Like, what sort of breast reconstruction I was going to have. And at a time like that, you would think that I would turn to my flimay and friends for support. And yes, of course I did that. But it would utetmially be my ceagluelos who would play a huge role in my day-to-day life. And they would be the ones to make me laugh.

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What I didn't appreciate at the time was that work was about to play a huge role in my treatment and recovery. That it would be my coworkers and my job that would make me feel valuable and human at times when I would have otherwise felt like a _________. That it would be my job that would give me routine and _________ when I was dealing with so many _________ personal decisions and so much uncertainty. Like, what sort of breast reconstruction I was going to have. And at a time like that, you would think that I would turn to my ______ and friends for support. And yes, of course I did that. But it would __________ be my __________ who would play a huge role in my day-to-day life. And they would be the ones to make me laugh.

Solution

  1. ultimately
  2. stability
  3. family
  4. colleagues
  5. statistic
  6. difficult

Original Text

What I didn't appreciate at the time was that work was about to play a huge role in my treatment and recovery. That it would be my coworkers and my job that would make me feel valuable and human at times when I would have otherwise felt like a statistic. That it would be my job that would give me routine and stability when I was dealing with so many difficult personal decisions and so much uncertainty. Like, what sort of breast reconstruction I was going to have. And at a time like that, you would think that I would turn to my family and friends for support. And yes, of course I did that. But it would ultimately be my colleagues who would play a huge role in my day-to-day life. And they would be the ones to make me laugh.

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