This hit me in a variety of beneficial ways. First was the notion that a "story" doesn't have to be complex, just have an easy point to make, an easy moral that we can all remember. Second, Story III brought tears to my eyes; how touching that Mick Chochrane had such an indelible influence, as recognized by the comment about his book being the "first one" read by a prisoner. Third, and most important to me, was his story about his sister, and her medical travails, of which I have experienced a very similar path: Stage 4 diagnosis with spread to the skeletal system, brain tumor, and the sequelae, but similarly to have survived to what she calls "Stage 5" [survival afterward the supposed end]. In my case I am prolonged by immunotherapy. I highly recommend her website for anyone, not just cancer survivors.
On May 4, 2018 R Charleson wrote:
This hit me in a variety of beneficial ways. First was the notion that a "story" doesn't have to be complex, just have an easy point to make, an easy moral that we can all remember. Second, Story III brought tears to my eyes; how touching that Mick Chochrane had such an indelible influence, as recognized by the comment about his book being the "first one" read by a prisoner. Third, and most important to me, was his story about his sister, and her medical travails, of which I have experienced a very similar path: Stage 4 diagnosis with spread to the skeletal system, brain tumor, and the sequelae, but similarly to have survived to what she calls "Stage 5" [survival afterward the supposed end]. In my case I am prolonged by immunotherapy. I highly recommend her website for anyone, not just cancer survivors.