Author Sandra Beasley shares her struggle with severe food and environmental allergies and discusses scientific, cultural, and sociological aspects of allergies.
Television personality Al Roker discusses his battle with weight loss, describing his initial successes after bypass surgery, his efforts to get back on track after regaining lost weight, and his confrontation with goal-compromising childhood issues.
In March of 1997, two secretly meet Dr. Jack Kevorkian. One of the brothers had been a quadriplegic for the past twenty-four years, fully dependent on his ailing mother for all of his needs. He had asked his younger brother to help him end his life and relieve the burdens on his family.
The author relates what she underwent during a month-long hospital stay during which she was diagnosed with encephalitis and discusses how the autoimmune disease affected her mental stability and her hospitalization influenced her life and family.
Angela Balcita recounts her struggles with kidney disease, describes how she felt when her boyfriend Charlie offered to donate his kidney, and discusses how his choice impacted their relationship.
Frances Kuffel discusses how she learned to accept and appreciate her new body after losing 188 pounds and how she adapted to life as a thin person, even when she felt uncomfortable in her new shape.
