David & Betsy

A linguist told me "squirrels" is the hardest word to say in the English language. I started a project called Squirrels Stories for the things that are difficult to talk about.

David is waiting for the pathology report after surgery to remove a tumor from his kidney. You can hear some of his radio work here.

David is waiting on the pathology report after a surgery to remove a tumor on his kidney.
You can hear some of his radio work here @soundcloud.com/shortwaveology. This is part of a larger group of audio portraits called Squirrels Stories of people talking about living with cancer. To hear more visit www.SquirrelsStories.com. You can also follow along at www.facebook.com/SquirrelsStories.

Betsy has been out of the woods for ten years after a battle with a rare and deadly fallopian tube cancer. If you would like to talk to Betsy about her experience write to me here. 

Here is Betsy’s advise for others who may receive the same diagnosis.

Betsy has been out of the woods for over ten years after an extremely rare fallopian tube cancer. She was told not to be a statistic. Betsy has offered to talk to people about her experience. Please let me know if you would like to reach her. This is part of a larger group of audio portraits of people living with cancer called Squirrels Stories. You can hear more stories at www.SquirrelsStories.com. You can also follow along at www.facebook.com/SquirrelsStories.

Betsy, before and after.

Squirrels Stories by Jamie Courville is a collection of stories; it is a place for things that are difficult to talk about; it is where these amazing audio portraits were originally published.