Nell Boeschenstein reflects on the culturally fraught discourse around post-mastectomy reconstruction.
cancer
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‘I was pain incarnate.’
As she lives with terminal cancer, Teva Harrison reflects on how fentanyl is helping her make the most of the time she has left.
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The Man Without a Nose
Cancer may have claimed Steve Bean Levy’s nose, but not his sense of humor.
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My Year Without a Nose
Steve Bean Levy recounts this past year as a man without a nose, after undergoing treatment for Sino-Nasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma — a rare form cancer that attacks the nose and sinuses.
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North Carolina’s Military Toxic Waste Negligence
A reporter’s North Carolina hometown water supply contaminated millions of people, including her mother and two of her now-deceased brothers.
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A Few Words about Fake Breasts
Nell Boeschenstein, writing almost seven years after her prophylactic mastectomy, examines how breasts — whether real or fake, attached to or removed from their original owner — carry an overabundance of personal and cultural meaning.
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The Last Resort
Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Story
Hoffnung um jeden Preis
Privatkliniken in Deutschland verkaufen Krebspatienten Hoffnung zu Höchstpreisen — mit durchwachsenem Erfolg.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Story
The Last Resort
Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices. Some, like the Hallwang Clinic, cater primarily to foreigners.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction
The Last Resort
Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices. Some, like the Hallwang Clinic, cater primarily to foreigners.