Every 90 days I lie in a whirling CT machine, dye coursing through my veins, and the doctors look to see whether the tumors in my liver are growing. If they are not, the doctors smile and schedule another scan. The rhythm has been the same since my doctors told me I had stage IV colon cancer two and a half years ago. I live for three months, take a deep breath and hope to start over again. I will probably do this for the rest of my life. Whatever that means.
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Kate Bowler
Historian of American Christianity; professor at Duke Divinity School
United States · b. 1980
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Canadian-American historian of the American prosperity gospel, diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at thirty-five in 2015. She wrote about it for the New York Times and in Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved.
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I did the things you might expect of someone whose world has suddenly become very small. I sank to my knees and cried. I called my husband at our home nearby. I waited until he arrived so we could wrap our arms around each other and say the things that must be said. I have loved you forever. I am so grateful for our life together. Please take care of our son.
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