When you live inside a clinical trial for years, it becomes more than just a medical study. It becomes part of your life story. Five years is a long time. It is filled with appointments, travel, tests, forms, and scans. It means having people checking on you constantly and knowing you are part of something much bigger than yourself. When it ended, I felt like a major chapter of my life was closing. A few things were happening at the same time: I was a patient, but I was also
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"If no one else was telling their story, then maybe I needed to tell mine. And maybe, just maybe, that would give others permission to share theirs too."
