one woman’s journey navigating a new normal
The truth is I don’t know what to say; don’t know what to feel; can’t possibly understand the depths of sorrow and pain so many have been forced to scale since terrorists crashed American planes into American buildings and took the lives of more than 3,000.
The truth is, living with chronic illness and managing multiple diseases is costly – physically, emotionally and financially.
It came in over my cell phone where my gastroenterologist was telling me that we needed to talk about removing my pancreas and a possible transplant - sooner, rather than later.
It's been twenty years since I saw his chest rise, then fall for the last time.
After six years of being seriously ill, in early 2011, I spent three months offline and out of my office recovering from extensive surgery. Truth be told, it was life-saving, life-changing surgery. And that made it non-negotiable.
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