When I experienced my first metastatic melanoma four years ago, I struggled a bit over the choice of treatments (cf. "Evaluating Options,"May 21, 2009). While visiting our son in Arlington, VA, my wife bought me Jerome Groopman's, The Anatomy of Hope. Groopman is a Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer; as you would expect, both knowledgeable and a gifted writer.
I highly recommend this book for anyone in need of help or wishing to help a friend suffering from cancer. It brightened my days and strengthened my resolve to live. I think you will find that it will do the same for you.
P.S. If you have not read it recently, add Vicktor E. Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning (1946) to your must read list. Although more philosophical and metaphysical in tone, it dovetails very effectively with Groopman's work and offers a more complete vision of the importance and power of a positive vision of the future.
About Me
- Dr. Frank
- I once published an essay entitled, “What Language Do You Speak?” The point of the essay was that each of us speaks a unique language based on our demographic characteristics, education, and experience. So, I am a 70+-year old, Wharton-school trained graduate, B.S. in Economics, plus 30 graduate credits in Quantitative Economics, who returned to graduate school after 20 years of higher ed teaching and administration, to earn a doctorate in education and begin a second and third career, initially in technology in the private sector, than as a K-12 educator, eventually as a superintendent of schools and finally a COO/CFO for a large non-profit publisher and professional development organization, Along the way, I spent ten years in experiential education, started four alternative schools, and edited a compendium of best practices in K-12 education. I’ve been a computer user since 1953, and involved in online learning and instructional technology for more than 30 years.
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