Bryan Bishop
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January 2013
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“Because when you’re the caregiver, you’re just as much the patient as the actual patient.”
― Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
― Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
“ALS is, in my opinion, the cruelest disease. At least with cancer, there’s a glimmer of hope. You can come up with a game plan and you can fight. ALS is terminal. In all cases. Nobody has ever beaten ALS. I don’t say this to be callous or melodramatic; indeed, I saw its effects up close. Worst of all, it affects only the body, so as people become progressively and inevitably more paralyzed, they are keenly aware of everything that is happening to them. Think about that: You are 100 percent aware of your own paralysis. The”
― Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
― Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
“You can see all the movies in the world made about cancer, but the first time you see a little girl with no hair, wearing a surgical mask, in a wheelchair … ugh. Pure, unadulterated pathos.”
― Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
― Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
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