Vincent
The first time that I ever had like, a foodborne illness, it was from a bell pepper. A bad bell pepper. I was so sick. I graduated so hard. Then, in 2013, I was 53 years old and living in Florida, I got sick again — this time after eating a lettuce salad at the […]
Serena
In 1993, after living for years in the Portland area, I moved with my husband, John, to Lincoln City, Oregon. We were blessed to find 40 acres in the coastal mountains, fifteen miles from town. John worked for United Telephone, and I worked at a local restaurant. It was the perfect place for our three […]
Gerry
Chemotherapy is no fun: we knew it wouldn’t be, but we weren’t prepared for what was coming. It was mom’s first round for breast cancer, and she was prepared for it. On her third day after the first treatment … she still felt great. She was tired, perhaps, but we still went wig shopping for […]
Charles
The evening of June 3rd, 2016, was like any other Friday – after work we headed home and ordered out. My husband Charles, who was 49 at the time, called a favorite pizza place in our hometown of National Park, NJ, for a half sausage Sicilian pizza for pick up. When he came home he […]
Elliot
All the people in my life expressed their joy that I was recovering, which made it harder to let them know that I was still struggling.
Patrick
“When I got home, it was clear that Dianne was, in fact, very sick.”