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Patient F

Patient F. Patient F’s life before his diagnosis consisted of bike riding, swimming, and scuba diving. He would venture to the outdoors, allowing his feet to take him three miles each day, then gathering his body atop a bike and wandering an extra thirty miles as long as rain didn’t hinder him. He was extremelyContinue reading “Patient F”

Patient E

Patient E. E’s life before her acquisition of cancer proved to be one filled with jubilance and promise, as she had a dream to open a salon, supported fully by her husband and her two young children. She worked long hours, working toward this aspiration until the symptoms of cancer began to take over theContinue reading “Patient E”

Patient D

Patient D. Growing up the comfortable depths of the Southills area of Pennsylvania, D had a pleasant childhood despite her mother’s death from an asthma attack when she was a mere ten years old. But eventually, everyone grows up and gets older. People start to make their own life decisions, and sometimes people choose poorly.Continue reading “Patient D”

Patient C

A vibrant Italian woman knows much about the world and its entailments- but men are a weakness that all women eventually become mesmerized with. For C, she met hers immediately after the end of the second world war when she encountered a youthful American soldier. There seemed to be no other choice than to fallContinue reading “Patient C”

Patient B

Patient B. It was May 17, 2002. His body converged as he practically leapt towards the floor doubled over in frantic episodes of pain. His wife reached for his convulsing body and dragged him to the emergency room. Flashes of faces popped into his view, the calming yet frenzied expressions of doctors whirling by asContinue reading “Patient B”

Patient A

Patient A. Her sweating palms clutched the hand of the bathroom door as she barreled into the stall, bringing along with her, her coworker. “I need you to come into the bathroom with me, because if I faint in there I don’t want someone to discover me passed out on the floor,” she whispered asContinue reading “Patient A”