Pursuits

Bringing Incurable Optimism to the Fight Against Cancer

Cancer patient Tom Galjour high-kicks a punching bag outside his apartment in Houma, Louisiana, on Feb. 3, 2015.

Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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For Tom Galjour these days, it’s all about the bloodwork.

And on a recent cold, dreary February day, rain streaking the hospital windows, gray clouds scowling on the horizon, he emerges cheerfully from his monthly checkup with his oncologist to announce that his bloodwork is stellar.