New York, New York, Saturday, April 13, 2013: My third cancer is new. It did not present itself as a suspicious sign the way the lump (tumor) did under my right arm leading to a diagnosis of Hodgkin’s disease followed by major surgery and two rounds of radiation treatment when I was 28 years old. […]
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Dental Updates and Movies
Tooth 18 Extracted Family, friends, loved ones, and casual acquaintances have been asking about my tooth extraction on Tuesday. My left rear bottom molar—tooth 18—is extracted. My father Isadore’s birthday was yesterday—from whom I inherited many of my stubborn genes [not to mention the stubborn genes on my mother’s side]—and Isadore (who would have been […]
Learning to Live Again, My Triumph Over Cancer
Library Journal review Solkoff, Joel. Learning To Live Again: My Triumph over Cancer. Holt. Jun. 1983. c.220p. LC 82-18743. ISBN 0- 03-057647-4. SI6.95. MED/PER NAR Solkoff is diagnosed as having Hodgkin’s disease, a type of cancer. He fears the disease and the possibility of death. He undergoes radiation treatment to eradicate the cancer, “Radiation treatment […]