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A memoir of a half-century neurosurgery career and the development of neurology, neurosurgery, and the Illinois Neurological Institute. \u0026amp;ldquo;She is making a huge contribution and has given us all a new lease of life.\u0026amp;rdquo;\u0026amp;ldquo;Working on and podcast with dad was incredible,\u0026amp;rdquo; adds Sinead. \u0026amp;ldquo;I was referred for a colonoscopy that week and had surgery two weeks later, after which medics assured me that they had got everything and there was no need for chemotherapy.\u0026amp;ldquo;Then in 2012, I had a very sharp pain one evening in the same site where the colon surgery was so I went to the GP the following day and he requested a CT scan which revealed a malignant growth on my liver. document.head.append(script); But Jess was young. const badgeElement = el.querySelector(`[data-badge="${badge}"]`); Currently, he serves as a general assignment reporter at WGN News in Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States. 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Normally, Jess would have easily met with her GP face-to-face. const thresholdInHours = Number('0' || '0'); Daniel was born September 16, 1954 in Pasadena, California. event: 'ee-transaction', window.dataLayer.push(vars); Tell them you love them, have a laugh and a cry with them and send them treats \u2014 this definitely kept me going.\u0026amp;rdquo;\u0026amp;ldquo;Cancer is such a complicated disease with each person having their own unique coping mechanisms, or in some cases an insufficient amount of same,\u0026amp;rdquo; adds Frank. fireAddToCartEvent(); } }; window.loadGTM = function () { } Discover your full benefits as a Premium subscriber. subscribeLink.style.display = 'inline-flex'; premium_content_redirect_url: decodeURIComponent(returnURL), if (badges.indexOf('home-delivery') > -1 && !isHomeDelivery) { }).map(function (key) { } {"gigya.api.key":"4_CO8231Ix1RbYi2EmMbsrlw","gigya.screenset":"Default-RegistrationLogin","gigya.mobile.screenset":"Default-RegistrationLogin","gigya.authFlow.redirect":"true","gigya.check.enabled":"true","gigya.check.host":"gigya-check.independent.ie","competitions.submit.endpoint":"https://competitions-api.independent.ie/entries","competitions.api.key":"0b15feaa-62b2-45a2-8244-723a9e80748e","subscriptionwall.cookie-domain":".independent.ie","subscriptionwall.metered.missing.fields":"data.occupation,data.phone,data.salutation,data.yearofbirth,profile.firstName,profile.lastName","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.home-delivery":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/home-delivery/","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.premium-plus":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.premium":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium/","kaching.enabled":"true","outbrain.kaching.enabled":"true","quantcast.enabled":"false","didomi.enabled":"true","social-embed-consent-wall.enabled":"true","homepage.regional.sections.mapping":"Cork:regionals/corkman/:corkman,Dublin:regionals/dublin/:dublin,Kerry:regionals/kerryman/:kerryman,Louth:regionals/louth/:louth,Sligo:regionals/sligochampion/:sligochampion,Wexford:regionals/wexford/:wexford,Wicklow:regionals/wicklow/:wicklow","active_cmp":"didomi"} {"url":"https://shared.mediahuis.be/ka-ching/independent/ka-ching.umd.js?20210830","adunit":"m.independent.ie/Life/Health_Wellbeing/Living_With_Cancer","targeting":{"art_id":"40529550","article_id":"40529550","kw":["Meet","the","father","and","daughter","who","have","battled","cancer","together"],"gs_channels":["shadow9hu7_pos_diageo_safe2","gs_health","gv_safe_adult","gv_safe_arms","gv_safe_crime","gv_safe_death_injury","gv_safe_download","gv_safe_drugs","gv_safe_hatespeech","gv_safe_military","gv_safe_obscenity","gv_safe_terrorism","gv_safe_tobacco","pos_diageo_safe","pos_natural_disasters","gs_health_specialities","gs_health_misc","gs_family","gs_health_cancer","gs_family_children","gs_health_digestive","gv_safe","gv_processed"],"article_type":"premium"},"platform":"MOB","pageType":"Article","pagePaid":true,"lazyload":true} {"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Meet the father and daughter who have battled cancer together","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Independent.ie","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://m.independent.ie/theme/_base/"},"@id":"independent.ie"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/living-with-cancer/f142b/40529548.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/ott%20Lennon%20002%20copy","height":"700","width":"1240"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.independent.ie/"},"dateCreated":"2021-06-11T21:40:25.000Z","dateModified":"2021-06-14T02:40:39.000Z","datePublished":"2021-06-14T01:30:00Z","keywords":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/living-with-cancer/f142b/40529548.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/ott%20Lennon%20002%20copy","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Arlene Harris","image":"https://www.independent.ie/incoming/b3e8d/39131708.ece/AUTOCROP/w100square/arlene-harris.jpg","url":"https://www.independent.ie/opinion/independent-journalists/arlene-harris/"},"description":"When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, their family members usually rally around to help them cope with both the practicalities and the emotions associated with the disease. user: { }; plans.forEach(showPremiumBadge); Again, I had surgery within a few weeks and this time I had chemotherapy for a year.. } return; (scripts[i].innerHTML.indexOf("shopfront_url") !== -1)) { Patrick Elwood is an American journalist and general assignment reporter for WGN News. if (!selectedPrice) { return 'none'; //Update the css class for the sundayworld HD Bundle. 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