Spinal cord ependymoma survivor confronts fear
When I was undergoing radiation therapy for my spinal tumor, I took my 12-year-old brother to the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center. He wanted to see the machine and was fascinated by the process.
On the drive home, he asked me, ¡°Bubba, what¡¯s the scariest thing you¡¯ve ever done?¡±
I had to be honest with him: I told him it was the surgery I¡¯d just gone through and proton therapy. It was really fear of the unknown. With cancer...
