Remember Me as a Writer, Not a Survivor

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My ovca sisters don't hear from me much anymore. They probably think I'm in denial, that I believe I'm cured. They couldn't be more wrong.

Cancer may take me yet--next month, next year or in 10 years. Whenever death comes, my obituary will not call me a cancer survivor. I will die, simply, a writer.

TRUSSELL lives in Kansas City, Mo.

© 2006

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