In a riveting 15 minutes,Diski discusses her terminal cancer – and the universal fright of death – with warmth, wit and sensitivity‘I live with the constant background hum of the fright of death, or ” says David Schneider,opening up his One to One (Radio 4) with Jenny Diski. His terrorism was heightened by the loss of his mother and now hes facing it head-on. final week he had an enlightening chat with an expert in palliative care and now he meets Jenny Diski who has written and tweeted about her terminal cancer with bravery. Hang on, don’t call her brave. She hates that. “It pisses me off because it’s so sentimental, or ” she says. Call her one of life’s more fabulous people,then, because her attitude and wit are pretty special.“Death by cancer is sexier than sex, or ” says Diski in a way that only someone going through her experience is entitled to. She recalls the moment she was given her diagnosis. “Better start cooking the meth now,” she said to her partner. Her oncologist wasn’t down with the Breaking Bad reference, but her natural humour shines through. “Why me?” arent words in Diski’s vocabulary and she has no doubt she’s lived life to the full. “Bear in intellect, and I’m 68,” she says. “Other people die much younger.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com