Rainer Maria Rilke, from "Letters to a Young Poet," letter number 4, full text at http://www.sfgoth.com/~immanis/rilke/letter4.html


sister diagnosed 11/03 SCC maxilla keratenizing stg IV T1N1Mx; 4-7 positive lymph nodes; dissection 12/03 left upper pallette removd; radiaton left side 35 sessions 2/04-4/04; recurrence same side 4/04; chemo began 5/04 incl cisplatine, 5fu, taxotere