Recent news stories reported that deaths on U.S. roads in 2021 soared to a 16-year high. Any thoughts I have had about dying from cancer since I was first diagnosed in 2010 have been superseded by my fear of getting killed on Long Island roadways. The reports stated that road deaths climbed more than 10% to 42,915 in 2021 — the largest annual percentage increase in the history of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, which began in 1975. I haven't driven any great distances consistently since December 2019 when I underwent a stem cell transplant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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