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My daughter battled an illness called Anorexia and we battled it with her.   The first sign there was a problem occurred at supper time.  “Are you not hungry?” I inquired as my young daughter played with her food.  “No not really” she replied.  Then she began to lose weight and I... Read More →

It’s very difficult to express the pain that I have carried and continue to carry because of abuse that occurred in my childhood.  I won’t lie to you and tell you it made me stronger because it didn’t.  It changed me in ways that are tragic and unless you are a doctor you... Read More →

I write this testimony on behalf of my father, Luigi who has now died.  He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1988 at the age of 64.  My family is from a very small rural town in Northern Italy and when we learned he had cancer we were afraid.  Would he be able to access quality... Read More →