Karen DeBonis

A person looking through a peephole at a blurry woman.

The Best Advice A Doctor Ever Gave Me

Just two simple words, but that advice not only gave me the strength to keep going, but a path forward as I searched for a diagnosis.

“At Least It’s Not Cancer”

Cancer does not have an exclusive contract with suffering. Why, then, do we use these five words as a way to dismiss the loneliness and pain of others?