The "Book"

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Each post below is a separate chapter. Read them all, and you have read the whole book.

My goal is to get this story out to as many people as possible while I navigate the morass of self publishing an actual touchable book or e-book. As such, I've posted the entire manuscript here broken up by chapters. Please take time to provide feedback.

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If you know someone going through a cancer journey, or those caring for those going through the journey, please refer them to this page. https://www.enemyhasaname.com/blog

Enjoy,

Kevin

Full Manuscript Draft - The Enemy Has a Name - August 16 2026.pdf

Chapter 20 - One Hundred Good Stories

In ancient times, when a monumental event occurred, people built a monument. Usually, this involved arranging rocks so future generations would remember what happened. Later, people invented little brass plaques in case the local tour guide was out to lunch. In my family, we do not usually pile rocks or install plaques. We get a T-shirt. The shirt celebrated day one hundred after transplant and carried the line: One hundred bad days make one hundred good stories. It was borro

Kevin Pashuk

Jul 221 min read

Chapter 21 - I Am Still Here

One Year Later A visit to the dermatologist was required because treatment for AML can increase sensitivity to other cancers, including skin cancer. The report was clear. As an added bonus, the doctor agreed to call my spots “mature marks” rather than old-age spots. Further testing from Juravinski brought more good news: No measurable residual disease. Strong donor-cell presence in my blood. T-cell numbers still developing but moving in the right direction. I discovered I nee

Kevin Pashuk

Jul 212 min read

Epilogue

The Names of Grace I do not know exactly what comes next, which should surprise absolutely no one after this year. There will be appointments, monitoring, caution, revaccination, rebuilding, and probably more medical adventures I would not have selected from the brochure. There will also be opportunities to love, serve, create, encourage, worship, and live differently because of what has been given back to me. I am not merely returning to life as it was. I am stepping into li

Kevin Pashuk

Jul 203 min read

Acknowledgements

No memoir of cancer is written by one person. To Leslie: you lived every stage beside me. You carried information, responsibility, uncertainty, hope, fatigue, and love. You remained my partner when leukemia tried to turn our life into a medical schedule and took away my emotional capacity to show love. Any account of my endurance is incomplete without your courage. To my family: thank you for the countless ways you showed up; adapting, waiting, helping, encouraging, and remin

Kevin Pashuk

Jul 192 min read

The Enemy Has A Name

The "Book"

Chapter 20 - One Hundred Good Stories

Chapter 21 - I Am Still Here

Epilogue

Acknowledgements