Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.
The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.
Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.
People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.
This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.