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MAKE NEW NORMAL BETTER THAN OLD NORMAL? THAT’S THE NEW JOB

January 6, 2018 by David Gillaspie

I’ll never to get used to hearing about the ‘new normal,’ which is a pretty common topic after cancer treatment. “How is your new normal?” I’ve heard. “Do you miss the things you can’t do anymore?” I’ve heard. What’s the right answer? There is no right answer, but the questions ought to serve […]

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PORTLAND STORY THEATER TELLS THE TALE AT WILLAMETTE WRITERS

January 3, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Lawrence Howard and Lynne Duddy ran the first Willamette Writers meeting of 2018. For all the wishes for a Happy New Year still echoing, their presentation confirmed the idea. I came in right as they started and found a seat in the back, the last seat open. I start every meeting with high […]

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CANCER TREATMENT: 5 THINGS I KNEW BEFORE STARTING

December 21, 2017 by David Gillaspie

I will submit to the cancer treatment sequence of events that may or may not do what is predicted. Like a lamb to slaughter, I would submit to whatever it took to kill the shit out of hpv16 throat cancer. In the writing world we all dream of that one ‘YES’ that […]

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MICHAEL BECKER WALKS WITH PURPOSE

December 5, 2017 by David Gillaspie

I like people who channel their problems constructively. They’re effective in making me feel like the whiner I’ve always taken pride in. Michael Becker channels his problems constructively, and he’s a big boost. I found him in a search of cancer memoirs. We’ve exchanged pleasant emails. Have I told him I’m scouting for my […]

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CANCER MEMOIR FROM SMART GUY WITH HPV CANCER, AND IT’S NOT ME

December 3, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Michael D. Becker wrote his cancer memoir titled ‘A Walk With Purpose.’ By all accounts he’s lived a life with purpose, so the walking with purpose stuff is expected. He walks with purpose, so do you. So do I. We all walk with purpose. If not we’re just wandering around aimless, without […]

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CANCER STORIES: FEEDING PUBLIC FEAR AND PRIVATE WOE

December 1, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Things you’ll never know until you get cancer, any cancer: You’ll either be an object of sympathy, or an antenna of sympathy. Or both. “Keep up the fight,” or, “You’re a fighter,” or “You look like you’ve got this thing whipped.” That’s what I heard after running Hood To Coast at 49 […]

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TO MEN, FOR MEN, FROM MEN

November 30, 2017 by David Gillaspie

I’m posting this to men in the Toughen Up section because all the groping news seems like a medical issue, or mental health dilemma. What goes through a man’s head in the heat of the moment, when the secret button locks the door, when you finally ask, “How much do want this part?” […]

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CANCER VIEW: WEED FROM THE OTHER SIDE

November 26, 2017 by David Gillaspie

My cancer view had more weed hope later than sooner with DAG approved brownies. It started with a look for an alternate route for a cure instead of chemo road. What I found was a log of death in men who’d gone the alternate route instead of chemo, then switched to the hard stuff […]

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CANCER ROOM: BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES

November 22, 2017 by David Gillaspie

The biggest motivation for writing a cancer room memoir like ‘LICKING CANCER, The Full Response’ is paying tribute to the people I met in there. From staff to patients, it’s a team focused on the same goal, until it goes off the tracks, and it does in one way or the other for everyone. […]

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Neck Cancer And Alcohol Consumption: U.S. vs Belarus

November 9, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Neck cancer? In Belarus? Bela-where? Either check a map or be satisfied that Belarus is an eastern european country that used to be part of the Soviet Union. And they drink. A lot. Belarus scores #1 on Market Watch’s survey of ten drunkest nations on earth. #2 is Republic of Moldova, #3 Lithuania, […]

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MAKE NEW NORMAL BETTER THAN OLD NORMAL? THAT’S THE NEW JOB

PORTLAND STORY THEATER TELLS THE TALE AT WILLAMETTE WRITERS

CANCER TREATMENT: 5 THINGS I KNEW BEFORE STARTING

MICHAEL BECKER WALKS WITH PURPOSE

CANCER MEMOIR FROM SMART GUY WITH HPV CANCER, AND IT’S NOT ME

CANCER STORIES: FEEDING PUBLIC FEAR AND PRIVATE WOE

TO MEN, FOR MEN, FROM MEN

CANCER VIEW: WEED FROM THE OTHER SIDE

CANCER ROOM: BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES

Neck Cancer And Alcohol Consumption: U.S. vs Belarus

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