Local Business Offers Hope, And Smiles, To Those Touched by Cancer
The Make Lemonade Project is a gentle reminder to squeeze your loved ones tight.
June 25, 2021
Great proverb. It’s the optimistic oomph you need when car troubles, job woes or bad breakups knock you down. But when the word cancer falls on your ears, the silver lining can be buried deep in a dark cloud. However, there is always hope. And that comes with love, a tribe of people who care, and possibly some lemonade too, metaphorically speaking.
In 2015, Kelsey and Michael Darling began their fresh, blissful life as mister-and-missus. Four months into their marriage they received tragic news: Michael had a 12-centimeter mass in his chest caused by a rare genetic form of cancer. It was stage 4. “Right after the diagnosis, we spent six hours meeting with nurses, social workers, doctors. It was so overwhelming,” says Kelsey Darling. “It was all happening so fast. In an instant, we’re looking death i
In Hawaii, a healthcare system apart By Noam N. Levey
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HONOLULU When the giant kapok and nawa trees that tower over the Queen’s Medical Center in downtown Honolulu were planted more than a century ago, Hawaii faced a health crisis.
Many on the islands, including the queen who founded the hospital in 1859, feared that native Hawaiians, devastated by smallpox, measles and other illnesses brought by foreigners, were in danger of dying off completely.
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Hawaiians live longer than their counterparts on the mainland. They die less frequently from common diseases, such as breast and colon cancers, even though these cancers occur more often here than in most other states. They also pay less for their care; the state’s healthcare costs are among the lowest in the country.