BONUS LESSON 3Cancer and the Importance of Questions

This is very personal, but I feel that sharing it is necessary. This happened to me in December 1982. On Christmas Eve, I felt a pain in my stomach. Because I work out quite a bit, I thought I had pulled a muscle, so I backed off from my sit-ups for a few weeks. Well, a couple months later, the pain was still there.

Being the brave guy that I am, I finally mustered enough courage to go to the doctor to check out the situation. First, he wanted to do an ultrasound. I knew this was a painless procedure, so I said, “Fine.” Next, he wanted to do a CAT scan. I asked if this procedure involved any needles. Again, I said, “Fine, let’s do it.” The results were devastating. When he called me into an ...

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