Enjoy Every Sandwich

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  It’s My belief is it really right to put n’ expiration date on somebody’s life.     I believe one is better off …. not knowing…. and going on with life believing they have options.  An Ohio Girl Dying Of  Cancer Plays First College Home Basketball Game. While being diagnosed early autumn after suffering from vertigo and dizziness while playing for her high school team. Lauren Hill, a Mount St. Joseph’s College student with a rare form of brain cancer, played her first home basketball game on Saturday December 13 2014.

    Expecting to die  is  never  a bright spot in anybody’s life.  Forever,  Hill gained national attention in early November when she played a Division III basketball game at Xavier University  for Mt St. Joseph and Hiriam College. However,  In early December, The Hill  family  indicated they had signed up for hospice care at their home.  Hill  has  a brain tumor  the  size of  a lemon, and it is growing daily. Is this mindset really what one should take or is the Alternative a different outlook on life.  Lauren gained her wings 4/10/2015.

 Another example of knowing and expecting your dying was on October 30, 2002, after Warren Zevon’s terminal mesothelioma diagnosis.  He was then  featured on The Late Show  with David Letterman as the only guest  for the entire hour. The band played “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” as his introduction. Zevon performed several songs and spoke at length about his illness.  Zevon was a  frequent guest  and occasional substitute bandleader on Letterman’s television shows since Late Night  first aired in 1982. He noted, “I may have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years”.

    It was during this broadcast  Zevon  first offered his oft-quoted insight      on facing death: “Enjoy every sandwich.” He also took time to thank David Letterman  for his years of support, calling him “the best friend my music’s ever had”.  For his  final song of the evening, and  final public performance, Zevon  performed “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” at Letterman’s request. In the green room after the show, Zevon presented Letterman with the guitar that he always used on the show, with a single request: “Here, I want you to have this, take good care of it”. 

 Another huge  fan of  Warren Zevons was Dr. Lee Lipsenthal  a profound explorer of self help while helping people heal from their fear of death and embrace  the true joy  of  living the extraordinary journey life has to offer. As Medical Director of the  famed Preventive Medical Institute that helped thousands with disease overcome their fears of pain and death. 

  The power of  his own beliefs  was tested in July 2009,  when Lee himself   was diagnosed with esophageal cancer.  As Dr. Lipsenthal and also his wife Kathy navigated his disease and treatment.  Lee discovered he did not  fear death but  felt  fully alive within his own living mortality. Often, terminally ill patients reach a surprising, transforming conclusion — that you have to be ready to die to embrace being alive. “To deny your chance of  dying is to deny life.”  With courage,  candor and his own conviction. It was after this stunning diagnosis of an often fatal cancer. 

  Dr. Lipsenthal embarked on a journey of bravery and self discovery to guide his way through the greatest of  uncertainties.  It  was  also  in  his book  “Enjoy Every Sandwich.”  He allowed us into his darkest days and    the brighter ones as well. To read his book is to step through a door that opens only one way into a larger life. 
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