Stories

When I was forced out on the street by my wife after seventeen years of marriage, it was more than just a case of family breakdown.  I am learning disabled and suffer from epilepsy.  My seizures are unpredictable and managing daily tasks is quite a

I was a nineteen-year-old college leaver looking forward to my first job when I was diagnosed with Diabetes.  What was hardest for me was not getting used to testing my sugar levels or taking insulin injections but having to cope with my family’s reaction to

I am a thirty-one-year-old mother of four young children with Multiple Sclerosis and Celiac.  I have chosen to keep my illness a secret and in fact, shared my diagnosis with Bikur Cholim before sharing it with my extended family.  I was desperate to keep up