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Thank you Clive James

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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.

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Love it and hope for it!!!!

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Ducksoup

"...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."

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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

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Justasheet1 in reply toCllcanada

What a tough choice.

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KateEvaLen in reply toCllcanada

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!

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otonal

A great loss to the world and an inspiration to us all. Rest In Peace Clive James.

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