In late 2015, Jeff Hopper looked in the mirror one morning and saw that something wasn't right. His Adam's apple was well out of place. On Christmas Eve, his doctor called to tell him that a large mass had been found in his neck and chest.

The months that followed included visits with specialists and surgeons, chemotherapy and radiation, and eventually two radical surgeries to remove what was now known to be a liposarcoma in one of the body's most intricate regions. Through all this, the author continued to write and speak, with emphasis on what it means to be a patient in the hands...