Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske didn’t have to go public with her recently diagnosed breast cancer. She’s not taking that much time off. But on Friday she sat with me at her home and explained why it was important to speak out and why she decided to stay in Las Vegas for treatment instead of leaving the state.
If, God forbid, you come down with cancer, pray your case is handled in the same manner as Maria Shaffer’s.
When I met Christine Wunderlin three years ago, her left arm had swelled to about twice the size of her right.
We were in the fifth grade when my friend David started feeling tired all the time. Instead of wanting to play ball, he wanted to sleep. He complained that his arms and legs hurt. David was dying of leukemia, a form of cancer.
