How a Phillipsburg teacher beat cancer and became a ninja
By Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com The Express-Times
Greg Smith is the Scarred Ninja.
"I try to embrace it, you know?" the first-year Phillipsburg High School algebra teacher said during a walk around campus after class.
"I have this giant scar on my chest and it's kind of a testament of who I am. If I didn't have it, I probably wouldn't be here because that surgery saved my life."
Three years ago, Smith went under the knife to remove cancerous lymph nodes, the result of Stage 2 testicular cancer discovered the year prior.
The four-hour operation required an incision from his chest to his pelvis, and 70 staples to close it. It was his second surgery and followed four cycles of chemotherapy that forced him to take a year off from college.
But Smith emerged from the treatment cancer-free.
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