No surveys to measure our pain
I lived on this block on the bayou and was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s and Alopecia Universalis. Months later my neighbor developed stage four ovarian cancer. Then someone else a year later was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then today I just found out my other neighbor has developed Parkinson’s.
My friend and neighbor with ovarian cancer says it’s odd that all of us on this same block have been stricken with a serious illness. She wonders why no one is doing any survey work to figure out if this is because of the 2005 Federal Flood, our drinking water, living close to the bayou or what.
It’s like we are not part of anyone’s statistics – only our own.