Twice in the Psych Unit part 1 by Grant F. Sontag

written by Grant F. Sontag

Part 1
(part 2 here)


In 1996, while living and working in Cleveland, Ohio, I was diagnosed with a carotid body tumor - a rare, usually benign growth almost always occurring in men over forty. I was forty one at the time. The otolaryngologist, Dr. Harvey, explained that the risks of cutting along the artery wall were �stroke,