The soft beeping of medical devices deepens the silence of the operating theatre waiting room. Lying between monitors and intravenous drips, Michael* calmly awaits his turn to be brought in for triple-bypass heart surgery. Michael is a cancer survivor, and the thought of major surgery no longer frightens him. At age 35, he's already survived three bouts of lymphoma. He was just 20 when first diagnosed with lymphoma in his chest. At first, he was treated successfully with chemotherapy. Two years later, the lymphoma returned and required further treatment with radiation.

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