The Seattle Journal 4

Byron LeavittDarkness, Healing, Light, Suffering, Wonder Leave a Comment

(This is part four of a series. You can read part one here, part two here, part three here, and the free book that started it all here.) My first official treatment was the real dose of the experimental procedure. They rolled out the red carpet for it, too. The nurse spent hours readying the room prior to my arrival. …

The Seattle Journal

Byron LeavittDarkness, Healing, Light, Suffering, Wonder Leave a Comment

At the beginning of 2014 I was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  Near the end of January I started chemo therapy, and four months later the cancer was completely gone.  However, about four months after that it was back.  And that’s where this story begins. (To read more about those initial months, though, be sure to check out my …