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~[ JILU~I I I[ jtllllllllii/lli~illi~ ~'--'~- ............... " ............ "- .... ! Cancer survivor's story inspires book By NATALIE JOHNSON When Mike Marshall was di- agnosed with non-Hodgkin's lym- phoma, it didn't only affect him, but touched his whole family. "I think it made us pretty tight - I feel like I've got another son, said Marshall's brother-in-law Gordon Stewart. "It was hellishly emotional.~ After six months of serving as Marshall's day to day caretaker, Gordon was inspired to write the novel "Rooms for Rent," which is about twin brothers dealing with a traumatic cancer diagnosis. When early cancer treatments in Shelton seemed to have little ef- fect on Marshall's cancer, doctors in Seattle advised that he move from Shelton to Seattle to receive treatment from the Fred Hutchin- son Cancer Treatment Center, or "the Hutch." One of the requirements of his treatment, Marshall said, was to live no more than 20 minutes from the hospital and have a full time caregiver. Gordon and Carol Stewart, Marshall's sister, opened their home to ~Iarshall, and Gor- don Stewart became his caretaker. "I like to say we were like shoes and socks for six months," Mar- shall said of his relationship with his brother-in-law. Stewart said that one of the Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Gordon Stewart, left, recently wrote a novel called "Rooms for Rent" inspired by his time spent as a caregiver for his brother-in-law Mike Marshall. ways he coped with the intensewe did," he said. "I read it over and ter, who turned out to be a perfect emotion and stress of his brother- I thought.., there's so much that's donor, Marshall's cancer has been in-law's cancer treatment was to interesting that people don't know in remission for five years. spend time each night keeping a about this." While the three were close be- journal. After months of treatment and fore the cancer treatments, Mar- "I wrote a history of everything a stem cell transplant from his sis- shall and the Stewarts said that the experience brought them to- gether in ways they couldn't even imagine. For example, after the transplant, Marshall took on his sister's blood type. "It was one hell of a good experi- ence,~ Stewart said. Over time, Stewart's habit of keeping a journal turned into creative writing, and his novel "Rooms for Rent" was born. While the novel is not strictly autobiographical and has several creative embellishments, Stewart said that it was entirely inspired by his and Marshall's experiences and the journal entries. "I've always wanted to write," Stewart said. "I think it turned out well." The Stewarts both said that the novel uses humor to lighten the heavy topic of cancer treatment. Marshall hoped that the book could give comfort to someone dealing with cancer. "If somebody could read this... maybe it could help them," he said. "There's a lot of cancer survi- vors walking around, you have to decide to be one of them - that's what I did." Overall, Marshall said he was satisfied with both the endings of the novel and of his own story. "rm thankful it turned out to be a happy ending," he said. "Some- times it isn't." Marshall and the Stewarts will have a book signing at Sage Book Store in Shelton on July 30, and the book is available through £ 2 t i t ! l ! ] ( ] ] i! ...... L JtZ£Zt /&DENTAL CEN R 1829 Jefferson Street Shelton, WA 98584' wx -w.shcltondentaicenter.com 360-426-8401 360 GO BRUSH Dr. We are pleased to welcome Stephen K Edwards, DMD to our office on a fulltime basis Come see why everyone is smiling! ! 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