Magic Dragon - Woodcut 8.5″ x 12″ Dale Phelps wss a retired Iowa orthopedic surgeon and prostate cancer survivor. “Rad represents the X-ray therapy as it attacks and kills the cancer cells. I thought of this image while undergoing therapy to add some mind/body therapy to the irradiation treatment”
Dale lost his battle with prostate cancer in 2009. Dale’s work is featured on blochcancer.org
My grandfather never went to a doctor. He died of prostate cancer at 71.
THE MIND IS A REMARKABLE THING; IT'LL DO WHATEVER IT HAS TO IN ORDER TO TAKE THE BODY THROUGH WHATEVER IT MUST GO THROUGH. DRAGON DAZE...A MOST UNIQUE 'SURVIVAL' OFFERING. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Visualisation is a powerful aid to combatting this bodily evil, Ron, but not burying one's head in the sand to start with certainly gives a head start, too. Prostate cancer over here is one of our biggest male killers yet chaps seem more hesitant to consult their doctor with concerns than they are to engage with the dragon-fight direct. Thanks for concentrating the mind so efficaciously on the subject with such a dual-purpose poem that is in itself engaging and dynamic. Bless you, Kate xx
Ron, when I read that a government panel may soon declare PSA tests invalid and tell Medicare they will no longer pay for the testing I was very dismayed -- there are no urologist represented on the panel -- I believe I am correct when I say there are medical doctors on the panel either -- just a bureaucratic appointed panel trying to further whittle the costs of health care for seniors -- dragons are mystical and romantic symbols -- honor, duty and heroism are a part of the legacy associated with their myth -- your association with the radiation treatment for prostate cancer and the fiery dragon is creative -- "in grown up rhyme, there is no dragon time, only time for truth" is bitingly poignant -- an enjoyable rendering -- I bid you love and peace my dear friend -- Jon Michael
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Best wishes always to you Ronald.
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This really is brilliant.
Blessings,
Christine