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Ted Hovey Thought He Could Battle Cancer Alone, Then He Found ‘Family’ at Yale
Theodore “Ted” Hovey made a conscious decision while battling multiple myeloma that he would largely do it by himself. He went unaccompanied to his appointments – “I don’t want to have to entertain the person who’s there with me” – and took on the cancer one-on-one. But from his visits to Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, Ted, 59, who’s spent most of his working life in the marine industry, quickly learned that he wasn’t alone.