The Dog Years of Ananias Zachenko

What do you do when you run out of time? Ask Ananias Ezra Zachenko what he did after he was diagnosed. He set an agenda, took care of his finances, delved into relationships, and considered the final act. Didn't go into denial, but defiance - there's the difference.

The diagnosis compressed his life into a year, to a year and a half, at best. The solution to the dilemma he believed was to switch to dog years to expand the time he had left. He always thought a dog year was seven years to our ...