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I have got to be the luckiest guy alive – because I am still alive. It started when I broke my ribs. That “lucky break” led to an X-Ray, which is how
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This is a tale of a lengthy medical journey full of surprises. **Disclaimer: images of a tumour are shown below. It was May 11, 2016, the day before my birthday. I was
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Sitting in my doctor’s waiting room for a visit to find out the reasons for a breast lump, I recall that 50 years earlier, my mother had breast cancer. As a guy,
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