The Man Who Knew Too Much
As a part of the process of approaching treatment, I actively avoided becoming too knowledgeable. I distinctly remember a day before the first round of chemo when our medical oncologist said something along the lines of “You could look up information on outcomes and survival rates among patient populations, but I suggest that you don’t.” We took him at his word, or at least I did and I put the focus on this one cancer in this one patient in…