Feelings and Experiences
Dr. Kevin R. Anderson received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego in 1986. Following a surgery and urology residency at University of…
My name is Anne Marie Carr and I was diagnosed with hATTR amyloidosis in September 2015 at the age of 57. My journey with this disease began in the Spring of 2010,…
New Miami Hurricanes defensive line coach and assistant head coach Todd Stroud will be able to teach his players about adversity from first-hand experience. In 2015…
There's a hill behind Matt Millen's home in Bucks County that he used to climb. When his heart grew too weak, it became the "hill that crushed me."
Now, with a…
Every medical case, to paraphrase the writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, is lived twice: once in the wards and once in memory. Some of what follows is still intensely vivid…
This is a non-fiction book that tells how I beat an incurable, terminal disease known as amyloidosis. Amyloidosis turned my heart, literally and figuratively, into…
Presented in diary format, 'Beating Back AL Amyloidosis' takes the reader through the changes in Rachelle's health as Light Chain Amyloidosis gradually manifested…
It is now nearly four years since my husband, Doug, was diagnosed with an extremely rare disease called Amyloidosis.
It came out of the blue, though we now…
Matt Millen, the four-time Super Bowl champion from Whitehall High and Penn State, underwent a heart transplant early Christmas Eve, nearly three months after being…
Matt Millen plans to return to the broadcast booth this fall, beginning with Penn State's season opener in September, as he continues being treated for amyloidosis…