Not many cancers have wonderful poets to capture in words what it means to have life saving novel drugs available! Clive James's poem in praise of Ibrutinib hits the mark - and then some.
If you haven't read either of his recent poetry collections, go out and buy or borrow from your local library ASAP. You are in for a treat.
Love it and hope for it!!!!
"...the war whose battlefield is you." I will note that line, remember it, recite it.
Just heard from my daughter's godparents. They're at Mayo. He, aka "God," (to us), has cancer metastasizing all over the place. I remind myself there is hope for me. "Down the hatch. This is today."
I have a different take, both on Ibrutinib and the war analogy.... perhaps well summed up by...
Dr. Kate Granger...
As a cancer patient who will die in the relatively near future, I believe rather that instead of reaching for the traditional battle language, [life] is about living as well as possible, coping, acceptance, gentle positivity, setting short-term, achievable goals, and drawing on support from those closest to you.
theguardian.com/society/201...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat...
To each their own...
~chris
What a tough choice.
I agree Chris. don't like the battlefoeld language with regard to cancer but do love the hope and the strength and the inspiration that I always get from good writing!
A great loss to the world and an inspiration to us all. Rest In Peace Clive James.
Holding Court: Clive James Writes about the end of life and CLL
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