CANCER – Lorin Duckman Today

Cancer and Me

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/well/ai-chatbots-cancer.html

I have this kind of cancer. Almost died during treatment. Sharon and the doctor saved me. Sharon screamed through my fog that she needed me and wasn’t ready for me to die. I heard her. Hema (hematologist in cancer patient language) said I was one tough son-of-a- bitch.

I am.

A Tulip

A person in my blood cancer conversation group wrote about coping by exercise, research and positive thinking. I wrote him and sent him and another person coping with the disease a flower – a tulip, reminding them that a flower in bloom shows life.

In response, one wrote back, “CLL means Living a Long Life.”