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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKamala Harris: Everyone Gets Sick. And We Deserve Better.
Last edited Sun Dec 30, 2018, 02:44 PM - Edit history (1)
In 2008, our mother asked my sister, Maya, and me to meet her for lunch. When we arrived, our mother didnt seem like herself. We wondered what was going on. Then she took a deep breath and reached out to us both across the table.
Ive been diagnosed with colon cancer, she told us.
I know that many can relate to the emotions I felt in that moment. Even just reflecting back on it now fills me with dread. It was one of the worst days of my life.
The hard truth is that every one of us will go through an experience like that sooner or later, whether it is coming to terms with a loved ones terminal illness or experiencing our own. My mother was a breast cancer researcher. She understood, from a career of looking at cancer cells under a microscope, that no matter who we are or where we are from, our bodies are essentially the same. They work the same way and they break down the same way, too.
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Kamala Harris: Everyone Gets Sick. And We Deserve Better. (Original Post)
WeekiWater
Dec 2018
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ret5hd
(20,491 posts)1. Why "NUT"?
Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)2. Probably autocorrect for NYT
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)3. Ahhh! Makes sense.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)5. Just logged back in ant read your comment.
My immediate reaction was that of being horrified. What had I done? Did I overlook something awful in the article?
My bad. I meant NYT. The text on my phone is so darn small for my aging eyes.
TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)4. K&R