There are cosmetic plusses. Having cancer means everyone tells you how swell you look. But, most delightfully, all this has brought me much closer to those I love. There's a tendency to want to tell people all that you love about them and what it has meant to you to know them. I spend more time with the people I want to spend time with.
Today is a good example.
It's supposed to cut off the blood supply to my tumors, and kill them or at least slow them down without killing me. At least, that's the theory for which I and some 60 others are playing lab mice. Today, my friend Tim, a shooter-artiste for CNN, joined me. He was in D.C. on assignment and made time to pick me up at the airport and share the day. As a direct consequence of my condition, Tim and I have taken to having lunch together in Atlanta every Friday.