Acknowledgements Introductory Note Part I: Diagnosis 1 First Thoughts and Second Opinions 2 Healthcare for All Pt. 1 3 Patients and Patience 4 Father to Son and Back 5 Give It Up for Lent! Part II: Treatment 6 Day 7: The Countdown Begins 7 Day 6: Carpe Diem 8 Day 5: Vegetarianism Is Not an Option 9 Day 4: Sweatin' and Shakin' 10 Day 3: Making Decisions When You Can't Think 11 Day 2: Nausea and Fatigue 12 Day 1: Courage 13 Day 0: Communion 14 Day +1: Confinement 15 Day +2: Waiting and Anxiety 16 Day +3: Relaxed 17 Day +4: Toiling and Spinning 18 Day +5: Healthcare for All Pt. 2 19 Day +6: Patience and Hope? 20 Day +7: A Letter Arrives 21 Day +8: Anaemia 22 Day +9: Why I Write 23 Day +10: Why I Dyed My Hair Blue 24 Day +11: Shorn 25 Day +12: Tired, Itchy, and Hiccupping 26 Day +13: Waiting 27 Day +14: Signs of Progress 28 Day +15: Turn Me Lose, Set Me Free 29 Day +16: Fresh Air 30 Day +17: Postponement Part III: Recovery 31 Home Sweet Home 32 Home Update 33 The Social Determinants of My Survival 34 Letting the Days Go By 35 A Thread of Good Fortune 36 Magical Thinking 37 Hope Kept Me Eating 38 Sunshine, Suffering, Rebirth, and Freedom 39 Food Aversions 40 Inching Towards Normalcy 41 Human Fatigue and Canine Anxiety 42 Healthcare for All Pt. 3 43 Still Wearing My Helmet 44 Same as It Ever Was 45 Who Is That Masked Man? 46 Inspiration in the Oncology/Haematology Waiting Room 47 With a Little Help from My Friends 48 Springtime on My Face 49 Feeling the Love . and the Likes 50 Disease, Bodily Alienation, and Transhumanism 51 Dem Fingernails 52 Traversing the Rim of the Valley of the Shadow of Death 53 The Examined Illness Epilogue: Living with Mortality.