I can take a crack. This is Jake's brother, Sam. The Japanese poet Yakamochi wrote:

We were together Only a little while And we believed our love Would last a thousand years.

Love you

It's correct, now.

This is his brother. He passed away around 8:30pm on Wednesday. He was still reading, writing, hearing from loved ones up until the end.

So sorry for your loss, and grateful for Jake’s writings about his journey - tough but invaluable reading.

Hope you and Bess are doing as well as can be hoped for under the circumstances.

There was no malicious intent - this is Sam. Jake simply likes that cooking device, so he put a link to it when he edited my essay. He makes almost no money from his website.

Dr. Bess Stillman describes her painful experience in excruciating detail so that others might have a guide to help them through the odyssey of clinical trials.