Sit Down Before Reading: A Memoir by Dave Bexfield Laura buried her head between her knees to keep from throwing up. We were already an hour into our flight from Albuquerque to Houston on our way to MD Anderson Cancer Center, and she was only on page two of the consent form. “No one has cancer, no one’s dying,” I said, tucking her hair behind an ear. “It’s just a screening visit. We don’t have to go through with this.” I wasn’t sure what to say—I was wholly unfamiliar at be