Shortly before his 44th birthday, John Diamond received a call from the doctor who had removed a lump from his neck. Having been assured for the previous 2 year

When John Diamond discovered that he had cancer, he decided to write about his feelings in his column for the Times. In this book, Diamond tells his story, disc

In the face of such overwhelming statistical possibilities, hypochondria has always seemed to me to be the only rational position on life." So begins this caust

A collection of essays, letters, and personal recollections in which Ruth Picardie records her feelings in the year before she died of breast cancer.