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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 14 > Given a date to die — and missing it

Given a date to die — and missing it

Jack Triperinas was diagnosed with cancer and told he had six months to live. Three years later, he says that outliving his prognosis has caused him both joy and heartache.

By Betsy Q. Cliff / The Bulletin
September 14, 2008

For nearly a year, Jack Triperinas kept a neon-pink notice on his refrigerator that would give paramedics instructions on what to do to try to revive him if he collapsed.

Required by hospice after Triperinas, now 76, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given six months to live, the....

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