Our Client Stories

"I remember feeling the room turn sideways when he told me," says Nancy as she recalls being informed of her breast cancer diagnosis last September at Providence's Southern Oregon Cancer Center. "We're sitting there talking about chemo treatment schedules for the winter, but I'm just in a state of shock... and it hasn't even occurred to me yet that I have…

Before the Affordable Care Act, Susan had never really had health insurance. In fact, she says she'd never really had much preventative care at all. "Growing up and then later on as well, we just weren't real big on western medicine. Going to the doctor was for broken bones. Everything else, you get sick: try adjusting your diet, take these…

When doctors at OHSU's Casey Eye Institute removed the pads from Ramon's eyes following his glaucoma treatment, the first thing he saw was his adult son who had driven him to the visit. It was the first time Ramon had seen his son's face clearly in several years. "I felt very emotional," Ramon says, "and to be honest, I cried."…

"So many beautiful things have happened in my life," says 71-year-old Marina. Smile on her face, she proudly recalls raising her 4 sons in a hut with a thatched roof in her native Peru. "For money, my husband worked as a driver while I fried chickens for my neighbors. Rain leaked through our roof," she says, "and I would pray…