Cancer

One year since I nearly died

May 15, 2026

Here’s something your doctor will probably never ask you: “Do you want this potentially life-saving treatment? Or would you rather die?”

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Dripping acid

May 10, 2026

One of the treatments I had in the last year – most likely the chemo I received prior to the CAR-T – did a real number on my bladder.

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The reality slap

February 7, 2026

Dr. Russ Harris was looking forward to welcoming his first child. But it wasn’t long after his son was born that he realized something wasn’t right

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The boy who lived: Celebrating life in luxury

January 10, 2026

To celebrate being alive, we drove from Jerusalem to what is undoubtedly Israel’s ritziest getaway hotel property, Six Senses Shaharut

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Year-end lists: Gratitude

December 27, 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, it’s traditional to make lists. I’d like to draw from a custom our family has adopted for Shabbat: a gratitude list!

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Explainer: How does CAR-T cancer treatment work?

December 13, 2025

Here’s news I know many readers have been anxiously awaiting: The CAR-T was a success! It’s time for a CAR-T “explainer.”

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The patient hiker

November 30, 2025

What do the Trump plan for Gaza, hiking Nahal Katlav in the Jerusalem Hills and getting CAR-T treatment for cancer have in common?

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Is Israeli emigration harming medical services?

November 16, 2025

I was at the hospital, prepared to be called into surgery for a procedure. I wasn’t taken for 7 hours. Is emigration harming Israel’s medical system?

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Miracle in the medicine cabinet

November 9, 2025

People relate in very different ways to their medicine cabinets. Some folks will toss out anything they’re no longer using. Others hold onto every med indefinitely, even when the expiration dates have passed. I fall into the second category. And on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah a few weeks ago, that tendency may have […]

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What a way to end it all

September 28, 2025

What would I do if the CAR-T didn’t work or didn’t give me the long remission I’m so hoping for? Or a secondary cancer? Would I choose more treatment?

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