Jan 1, 2019
On a Saturday morning, a wife wakes to telling signs that her husband is not well.
Before Sunday comes, a devastating diagnosis: A young father has a one percent chance of surviving.
On a Saturday morning, a wife wakes to telling signs that her husband is not well. Before Sunday comes, a devastating diagnosis-- a young...
Jan 1, 2019
“Just let me die.”
That’s what Linda said after receiving her leukemia diagnosis.
Not all patients believe they can conquer cancer.
Linda and her daughter, Marissa, relive the first day in the hospital and the year of medical house arrest that was part of Linda’s life-saving treatment.
Just let me die. That's...
Jan 1, 2019
When given a 50-50 chance of surviving blood cancer as a teen in the 1970s, Sophia believed she was going to survive. And Sophia was right.
Fast forward to an eerie dream that nudges the then-30 something mom to seek a second opinion after a doctor dismisses her worries when she finds a lump in her breast. She was right...
Jan 1, 2019
Stuart Spigel wanted to be a forest ranger. His mother…well, she had other plans.
Dr. Stuart Spigel would become Nashville’s first oncologist. Though not the rustic wilderness he’d dreamed of exploring, cancer in the 1970’s was an uncharted field.
In a conversation with son and fellow oncologist, David...