An anniversary

Today I called Dr. Roy Sessions & wished him "Happy Anniversary." He laughed. "Which one?" Twenty-six. Yes, July 13th, 1983 is the date of my partial laryngectomy at Memorial Hospital in the Big Apple. I've called Roy every year to thank him for curing me of my laryngeal cancer and leaving me able to speak without an electronic device or through a tracheostomy opening. I've followed him (by phone) from New York to Washington,D.C., back to New York at Beth Israel and now in retirement at Hilton Head. He's writing a book on medical ethics in cancer surgery.