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Jamie Troil Goldfarb and husband Jeff Goldfarb in 2011

A Melanoma Diary

Jamie Troil Goldfarb, 40, is a patient advocate and works in public relations. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland, with her husband and son.
Latonya Wilson

“But You Look Fine!”

Latonya Wilson advocates for better understanding of metastatic breast cancer and more outreach to African Americans.
Ken Brown and Malcolm Bilimoria, MD

Go Live Your Dream

Ken Brown, a pancreatic cancer survivor for five years, hiked the world’s tallest freestanding mountain with his cancer surgeon.
Sidharth Ghosh

Now I Value Life, Relationships and People More Than Ever

Sidharth Ghosh is an IT professional, sportsman and kidney cancer survivor in Delhi, India.
Justin Birckbichler

A Testicular Cancer Diary

Justin Birckbichler, 26, is an elementary school teacher in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the creator of the blog A Ballsy Sense of Tumor.
Laura Greco

Out of the Blue

How an unexpected lung cancer diagnosis reshaped Laura Greco’s world

World Transplant Games After Liver Cancer

Author Karen Hoyt has a story about hepatitis C, cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver transplantation.
Charlie Christmann on a cruise in April 2017

A Prostate Cancer Diary

Charlie Christmann, 60, is an engineering consultant in Placitas, New Mexico.
Deborah Cohan, MD

Ecstatic Healing

Dancing through cancer with Dr. Deborah Cohan
Catherine Guthrie

Why I Went Flat

Health journalist Catherine Guthrie shares why she decided to skip reconstruction.
Larry Bologna

Lawrence Bologna

My name is Larry Bologna and I have worked for a hospital for almost 27 years.

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Caz Challis

Caz Challis

I was diagnosed with lymphoma when I was 36 years old, and 24 weeks pregnant with my third child.
Zsuzsanna Snarey

Zsuzsanna Snarey

I live in England, but I was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 1949, I contracted polio and was given a blood transfusion.
Karl Halpin

Karl Halpin

Fast-forward 15 years, still not a symptom in sight. (Oh! Hep C is a patient one).

Robert Knight

I would not be the person I am today had I not contracted HIV. It has made me not only appreciate my life, but my journey.
Timothy Brown

Patient No More

Timothy Brown—a.k.a. “the Berlin Patient”—is the Man Who Once Had HIV.
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