Recent Stories
Head and neck cancer: Two stories about giving and receiving
“Cancer taught me that we all have a timeline. Cancer has put a timeline on my life, and I appreciate every day, every moment like I never have before."
Weight Loss Surgery: Becky Sawtelle Two Months Later
Before surgery and two months later Weight loss surgery is a big deal. Sometimes, confesses Becky Sawtelle, she thinks if she had to do it over again, she might not [...]
St. Patrick’s Day: Ri Ra’s 12th Annual Portland Plunge
At 5:00 this cold St. Patrick’s Day morning, I walked across the sand at East End Beach in Portland. It was pitch black, but you could hear the sound of the ocean. The frigid ocean. [...]
The Art of Supporting the Cancer Community Center
For several years, the Cancer Community Center held an art auction. Proceeds made it possible to continue offering free services to people impacted by cancer.
How Bill Nemitz May Have Cheated Colon Cancer
Bill laughs in the face of a colonoscopy Sharing what’s on his mind is what Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz does for a living. Sometimes though, it takes more [...]
Transplants: First a Heart and Now a Kidney
Andy Loman, of Augusta, needs a kidney — along with 95,240 other people in the country, 105 right here in his home state of Maine.