Archive for November, 2009
An Oprah appearance would get the word out
November 26, 2009 cancer, disability, oprah, survivorshipEveryone knows how powerful the Oprah Winfrey show is for getting someone or something high visibility. The show averages about 8.5 million viewers per airing. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. And it is currently the longest-running daytime television talk show in the US, having run nationally since 1986, for over [...]
Read More »The Link between Sports and Heart Health
November 24, 2009 athletics, sportsThis is my first guest blog post ever. It was written by Aurelie who owns the site Active Living Community. I post her article here because I live by what it says. Researchers have long been aware that physical inactivity is a risk factor for heart disease. It’s even believed that exercise is not only [...]
Read More »Book launch date set: Dec 16th
November 16, 2009 UncategorizedThe launch of my book Who Says I Can’t has been changed to Dec 16th 5-8pm at the world headquarters of the Pan-Mass Challenge in Needham: Date: Dec 16 changed!!Time: 5-8pmPlace: 77 4th Ave, Needham, MABring: Your copy of Who Says I Can’t purchased here As many of you may know, I have been working [...]
Read More »A Five-year Labor of Love
November 12, 2009 Uncategorized“You have zero chance of survival.” That is what my nineteen-year-old brain heard as my doctor told me that the cancer that took my right leg three years previously had now spread to my lung, two-fifths of which had also just been removed. What he probably said was, “No one has ever survived once this [...]
Read More »Understanding Our Differences program is 30
November 11, 2009 disabilityLast night the Understanding Our Differences program in Newton, Massachusetts celebrated its 30th anniversary. The room was filled with elected officials (Governor Patrick, Mayor Newton, Mayor-elect Warren, members of congress, state representatives) and many supporters of this organization. Here is UOD’s blurb on their mission: Understanding Our Differences, Inc. is a nonprofit organization providing educational, [...]
Read More »Jonathan Alter’s blurb for Who Says I Can’t
November 8, 2009 Jonathan Alter, PMC, cancer, survivorshipJonathan Alter is a senior editor and columnist at “Newsweek” and a contributing correspondent for NBC News. He’s also an author whose most recent book about FDR’s early days in the White House is called “The Defining Moment.” Jonathan is also a cancer survivor which he wrote about in the cover story for Newsweek in [...]
Read More »Inspired!
November 5, 2009 UncategorizedYesterday, my daughter Joanna (25) finished reading the final manuscript of Who Says I Can’t and she wrote me the following note which I am reprinting here with her permission. “Hey, So…I just finished reading the book and I am wiping tears from my eyes. I found myself laughing out loud at many points, smiling [...]
Read More »The Social Stigma of Staring
November 3, 2009 biking, disability, skiingAs happens at least three times a week, I was at the pool the other day and when it’s a weekend day, there are a lot of kids. And on the pool deck I walk around on crutches and the kids stare. I never like it but I have had to get used to it. [...]
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This is why I live in New England
November 1, 2009 UncategorizedFall hikes with my dogs with leaves in full color and the air crisp and cool. This is why I love living in New England. Fall is the most magic season here. And we love the hikes through the woods, across fields, along the numerous rivers around here and up the occasional mountain to catch [...]
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