Lifetime Relationship, or: Lucky for me, I’ve contracted a cancer I can afford. For now.

John Bordeaux
Nov 6 · 13 min read

What if I offered you a cancer that could be surgically removed, but which also was likely to recur? You could be cancer-free after surgery, technically, but hanging over your head, for the rest of your days, would be another tumor, ever possible. A cancer without remission. No escape. You may live out your days without another tumor. Or…

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John Bordeaux

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Former CKO, KM Lead, IBM consultant, USAF veteran. Current Sr. Management Scientist, cancer survivor, grandfather. jb@jbordeaux.com

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