Keep Your Cures Off My Cancer

[Jim Lane]

8. Chemo and multiple surgeries -- it was no picnic but the result is that I'm still here.

Yeah, I threw up a lot, had some bad months. Obviously, it was worth it.

On the bright side, among all the unpleasant things I had to put up with, at least I didn't have to put up with much well-intended lay medical advice. Most of my friends aren't the types to believe the woo. Those that do believe it probably knew me to be a complete skeptic about "alternative" therapies and a solid supporter of the scientific method, so they kept their thoughts to themselves.