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WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID. IT’LL BE FUN, 2

January 18, 2019 by David Gillaspie

What is the goal of writing a book? To get readers to turn the page. Such a modest goal. Should there be any other? I call it a building block, that’s what I call goals. What happens when you achieve your goals, when you have readers turning to the next page. Write another […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: book, book editor, book pitch, cancer, cancer memoir, cancer treatment, chemo oncologist, history, hpv, hpv16, hpv16 cancer, literary framework, memoir, oncologist, oral sex cancer, radiation oncologist, screenplay, sex cancer, social worker, writer, writing

NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS KNOW NUTRITION FIRST

February 27, 2018 by David Gillaspie

My wife shared a joke with me. She’s a naturopathic physician, Dr. Gillaspie. It had nothing to do with the old television show with young Dr. Kildare and his colleague Dr. Gillaspie. “Early in our practices doctors from my class would talk about what it must be like as an RD, a real […]

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RADIATION, HYDRATION, SATURATION, REPEAT

July 13, 2017 by David Gillaspie

From cancercenter.com Because radiation is used on and in their bodies, some patients mistakenly worry that this automatically means their bodies become “radioactive” after they treatment. Most patients just want to finish radiation and don’t care about the baggage. That comes later. If they beat cancer, they accept the side effects. Once […]

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ANOTHER HANSEN FAN, DOCTOR HANSEN

July 9, 2017 by David Gillaspie

When life takes a bad turn you need good guys. This is one of them. Dr. Hansen is a Board Certified Radiation Oncologist. Once you see the equipment and meet other patients, you get a bigger picture of what people like Doctor Hansen do. After it’s all over, you hope you found the right driver […]

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AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OSCAR GOES TO?

July 7, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Who deserves the Oscar for the Affordable Care Act? Health insurance used to be simple when I was young. At least it seemed simple. Mom and Dad took me to the doctor when things looked funky, like my collarbone. Things break on kids, like bones when they fly through the air and land awkwardly. Have […]

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