Share As difficult as my life has been; multiple cancers, numerous surgeries, constant partial bowel obstructions and debilitating pain,  I have seen worse.  And, when considering my suffering, I often try to remember the privilege of living in a nation where, even if the health care system is deficient in many areas, the medical system has helped me enormously.  I do not have to suffer excruciating pain without the assistance of pain medication, even if that means having to suffer a boring and inconvenient evening in the hospital, and I have never died from a septic infection, because when I [...]

Share Well, Instead of spending the spring and summer in Africa as planned, my body decided to take a more adventurous route and take on a bout of Typhoid, coupled with amoebas!  By early spring, I was exhausted by a series of typical, but more frequent, partial bowel obstructions and my immune system was low.  While living in Mexico and finishing up course work, I was barely eating, barely communicating with others and feeling all around terrible.  My spanish, however had improved impressively (especially after five days in the hospital!). Currently, I am planning on Re-Planning my senior project and [...]