In 2012 i was diagnosed with advanced non hodgkins lymphoma and spent more than 22 weeks last year in hospital receiving chemo in around-the-clock sessions and doing battle with neutropenic fevers when my immune system was beaten back to the point we made measurements in single digits instead of 1000's. And throughout these (sometimes) challenging times, i learned that doing battle with cancer wasn't made up of horror story after horror story, but rather a huge learning curve that i managed to ride out with the motto: A chuckle a day, will keep diseases away! I also learned that there were a few key bits of priceless knowledge that I would have welcomed had I known more of the road ahead of me. Always keep your spoon, is the title of a short book that i intend to write that is a funny but insightful tale of things you want to know BEFORE you find yourself hospital bound for anything from an overnite to a fortnight. (You always keep your spoon off your meal tray because you will probably be hungry only when it's next to impossible to get a crumb from the cafeteria. And on the hospital floor, your dear and darling nurses have treats to share; BUT - rarely have the utensils needed to get them from container to mouth! You can eat any of it with a spoon but not all of it with a fork. Hence the title: Always keep your spoon. Bennett