“Warning? We don’t need no cancer warning,” said everyone who’s never followed directions even once. With cancer warnings around every corner, every speck of asbestos in the ceiling, breath of air, drink of water, it gets wearing to the point of being normal. More people with cancer? More young people? More millennials, […]
Self Glossing Portland Writer Gives Cancer Warning
July 19, 2018 by David Gillaspie
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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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