My maternal grandmother, Dorothy, warned us early and often: ”Don’t get old.” She died at age 83, which seems like an alarmingly short life when…
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My heart is full of joy after eight beautiful days on the road. I spent four days in Tucson, Arizona, for the Cologuard Classic, a…
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Friday, February 16, 2024, was a graduation day of sorts. My last appointment with my radiation oncologist, Dr. Joseph Meyer. There was no bell to…
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I miss farting. I Tweeted those words in the fall of 2013, just a few months after I was declared No Evidence of Disease following…
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My fingernails are blue Two of them, anyway. My left thumb and pinkie. Got color on them when the lovely Sarah and I got manicures…
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Ernest Hemingway, one of my favorite writers, is credited with saying, “Every man has two deaths, when he buried in the ground and the last…
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In my cancer advocacy life I’ve had opportunities to do some pretty amazing things. Shared my story at the first-ever Cologuard national sales meeting. Spoken…
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I’ve written before of my abiding love for The Road, the late Cormac McCarthy’s spare novel about a man’s journey to get his young son…
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Bodies of water, whether lakes, rivers, creeks, streams or oceans, never fail to draw my attention. The lovely Sarah and I were richly blessed to…
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My oncologist gave me the best gift I could have asked for this Christmas. He released me from his care. At almost 11 years since…