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Out of Practice: When a Trusted Physician Closes the Door

My doctor was a safety net. I had settled in and expected to stay until I...
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago BY AMY ESTOYE
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Stage IV Breast Cancer: Endurance

I had difficulty letting go of the fantasy of being the lucky one, the...
Posted 3 months 3 days ago BY TRISHA READY
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Just A Migraine?

Noggin, we have a problem.
Posted 3 months 1 week ago BY DAVID JONES
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What I (Don't) See

For the longest time, I didn’t understand what was going on with me
Posted 4 months 5 days ago BY JANET LYNCH
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: When More Friends Equals More Loneliness

I am desperately lonely. I am incredibly burnt out on people.
Posted 4 months 1 week ago BY TYLER EDWARDS
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A Sudden Spell

Did she make the right decision(s)?
Posted 4 months 1 week ago BY ERIKA HOFFMAN
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This is Not a Strength

At what point did it become a “strength” for one human being to possess...
Posted 4 months 2 weeks ago BY JACQUELINE CAMACHO
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A Monster Problem

What on earth were these strong smelling, whitish, yellow globs yielded...
Posted 4 months 2 weeks ago KERRY MARTIN MILLAN
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Breast Cancer: A Forty-Seven Year Journey

An interesting example of how breast cancer treatment has changed over the...
Posted 5 months 3 days ago BY EUNICE PORTER
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Three Patients Without Hope

How difficult it may be to keep hope in our hearts and minds when...
Posted 5 months 6 days ago BY LYNN ASSIMACOPOULOS,
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Still Ticking

Our author has a day.
Posted 5 months 2 weeks ago BY LAUREN SHAPIRO
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Anxieties: Visitor Unexpected

That was the last time I went outside the apartment alone for two years.
Posted 5 months 3 weeks ago BY MARILYN JUNE
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