Rachel Hockett

WEOS: 06/09/2018
WSKG: 06/17/2018

Discussing Multiple Myeloma diagnosis and treatment

Hockett is a graduate of Yale University where she studied

English and Theater. She was in the inaugural season, as an

actor, of Ithaca Summer Rep in 1970, and was co-founder of

OFF-OFF Broadway showcase theater, West Park Theater.

She is currently the co-founding artistic director of

Homecoming Players of Ithaca.

In Nov. 2017 she was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma,

a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell.

On today’s show, we’ll discuss her journey through this scary diagnosis,

treatment and eventual remission.

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