Behind the Shades

In this episode I discuss with Vanessa Waters her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. She also discusses the painful side effects from hormone injections.

In this episode Alex discusses his addiction to Alcohol how it has affected his life, and his recovery.

In this episode Heather talks about finding out she had bone cancer at the age of 21 and her grueling recovery as well as two following battles with breast and skin cancer.

In talk to John about his two previous bouts with cancer and how he is currently dealing with a third cancer diagnosis.

In this episode Julene talks candidly about her children’s addition to alcohol and drugs. In addition she speaks about her leukemia diagnosis and prognosis.

In this episode I interview Kitty about how her sons diagnosis of a Brain tumor and subsequent treatment affect all of their lives. A strong and inspiring story .

In this episode I interview Caitlin Filiato about her severe food allergies and the impact it has on her life, along with her mother Cathy for the parents perspective.

In this interview Chris discusses dealing with Chiari from an early age until the present day. This disease has also affected her children and grandchildren as well.

Kathy discusses the passing of her husband Frank to pancreatic cancer and how it affected her life.

Mary discusses the loss of her son during his deployment as a green beret in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009.

This episode is the continuation of the interview where two of my children question me about my vision loss.

I am usually the one asking the questions, but today I am giving the answers. My daughter Emily and son Bryan take over the show and ask me about my vision loss and how it affected our family.

In this episode Mary talks about overcoming breast cancer twice and also battling thyroid cancer.

During this episode Bryan and I discuss his battle with Alcoholism and a stroke at age of 48. He describes how his faith carried him through both illnesses.

On this episode I discuss dementia with my wife Patty whose mother had dementia before her passing and my sister Terrie who is currently dealing with dementia of her husband Al.

Kent discusses how he lost vision in one eye at 18 months and eventually went completely blind at 66 years old.

Virginia explains how she was first diagnosed with breast cancer and how fortunate she was that all pertinent doctors were there on the same day.

Sam talks about his vision loss as a result of Retinitis Pigmentosa and Betty Lou describes the side effects of her auto immune disease.

Jeremy and Amber discuss their relationship before and after a 2019 accident during a motorcycle race and his long journey back to a complete recovery.

Gwen discusses how her and her family dealt with the passing of her brother Jeff from an incurable brain tumor. She speaks candidly about how courageous Jeff was during his battle with cancer.

Bernadette shares her positive outlook on her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Everybody could learn from her positive attitude on how to deal with adversity.