serious illness i was dealing with. cancer is really as i said early, the emitable enemy cancer faces. in the book it says that cancer doesn t care whether you re a mother, father have children or have a career. cancer wants to declare war on you. as a cancer patient, you become conscious of that. these are my middle grandchildren that live in new york. we had a wonderful experience with them. they came over one day. you can tell they re daredevils. they are very loud. i tried to explain to them about the meaning of that s archer the latest, first boy in the family. i have an ally now with archer. i tried to explain to do
former nightly news anchor and best selling author tom brokaw has written a book published today about a journey he never anticipated taking. his aching back was a form of cancer. tom is now in remission thanks to help of extraordinary doctors, including one of his doctors, and emotional support of his wife meredith and rest of the brokaw family. when did you realize i might have been sicker than you thought? when we were in montana and you were having a lot of back pain. you asked to get a kiss from archer. leaned down to give you a kiss and your body convulsed. you just your body became paralyzed. i thought something is seriously, seriously wrong. it became a moment for all of us recognizing life is so fine. you might be gone.
tom s daughter sarah and grandson archer. tom s account of his experience out today. it s a lucky life interrupted memoir of hope. he hopes to have other facing similar diagnosises and their familys as caregivers. tom, congratulations on the book which is so effective. thank you andrea. we decided i should write this book because we learned how important it is for families to understand what they re going through. there s fundamental tips in there. if you get cancer you should find a friend who s a physician or medical expert. make him or her i had that with jennifer our oldest daughter emergency room physician. she d keep notes, do interpretation, do research in other areas. the other thing you need to do