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chicagoetc
03-16-2010, 04:07 PM
I don't know if you have seen this or not (hopefully someone did not already post it) but this was an interesting article on cancer in general...and how it is difficult to use words to describe the journey... I think it is by someone who has had prostrate cancer. I expecially liked: "As a patient, it’s hard to articulate how being seriously ill feels. In a profound way, we are boiled down to our essential animal selves. We crave survival."

The entire article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/with-cancer-lets-face-it-words-are-inadequate/

If you can't see it, let me know and I will see if I can cut and paste.

Melanie

PS: His regular articles: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/jennings/

Barbara2
03-16-2010, 05:39 PM
Nice article, and so very very true. I saved it...thank you.

Becky
03-16-2010, 07:25 PM
Great essay. Thanks so much for posting it

Sheila
03-20-2010, 04:42 PM
Melanie
Powerful stuff...thanks for posting this....I have saved it too.

Jackie07
03-20-2010, 05:14 PM
I enjoyed his writings, too. Thanks.

flynny
03-20-2010, 07:20 PM
One of my YSC friends emailed/posted this to their facebook and it is so true!