Cancer on the Brain: One Man's Journey of Baseball, Business, and Beating the Odds

by Lefevers, Jay

ISBN13:
9781937110246
ISBN10:
1937110249
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2012-06-01
Publisher: Emerald Book Co
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In September 2005 Jay Lefevers was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He had a business of 11 years, a wife and three children, and was donating time to coach groups of inner city teenage kids. Over the next three years he would fight and beat the tumor, via three surgeries and radiation, only to be diagnosed with cancer of the lymph nodes in 2008. He continued to grow his business and persisted to coach, throughout chemotherapy and more radiation, with his company selected to the Inc. 5,000 list, and with his baseball team earning a trip to the state championship tournament. Jay would beat cancer in 2008/2009.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
The First Game	p. 1
Diagnosis	p. 5
Irons in the Fire	p. 10
Baseball Season	p. 16
The New Normal	p. 20
The Proposal	p. 26
Antiques	p. 32
It's Not Brain Surgery (Oh, Wait a Minute … Yes It Is)	p. 37
Letting Go	p. 44
Don't Put the Gown on Without Asking Questions	p. 47
Dealing with It	p. 54
Back to Work	p. 57
Worth the Risk	p. 62
The Man in the Plastic Mask	p. 65
Radiation Treatment	p. 69
The Biker Appraisers	p. 76
The Big Boys of Little League	p. 80
The Metal Plate	p. 88
Baseball the Hard Way	p. 93
Learning from My Players	p. 97
Hanging Tough	p. 102
A Nice Lull in the Action	p. 105
Taking One for the Team	p. 109
Taking the Time to Enjoy Life	p. 115
Ya Gotta Have Style	p. 120
Rolling with the Hurricanes	p. 127
The Chance of a Lifetime	p. 134
Playing for Keeps	p. 141
The Final Out	p. 148
When Man Plans, God Laughs	p. 156
Back to the Doctor's Office	p. 161
ER "Dramedy"	p. 165
The "Big C"	p. 174
Man Hands	p. 180
Deal with It	p. 184
The Nonissue of Commitment	p. 191
You're Very Fortunate	p. 201
Breathing in Paradise	p. 208
Family First	p. 214
Post-op	p. 218
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