Pam Hysong

I read with interest your article about the North Carolina Institute of Technology. Mr. Dowling — or “Professor” Dowling as he likes to be called — is on the move. He briefly set up practice near Hendersonville, N.C., but now has moved to a very remote part of Madison County called, of all things, Luck. My husband suffers from a type of sarcoma called malignant fibrous histiocytoma. It has spread to his lungs and bones and, a few months ago, there seemed no hope. He had a lengthy hospital stay in January and February, 2002. But after getting home from the hospital, he began taking Gleevec (an anticancer drug), which has had miraculous results. He is gaining weight, gaining strength, and slowly reducing his pain …