By Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio — 2018
Each time I share my story of living with an illness I feel stronger. I'm not embarrassed to talk about it anymore.
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CLEAR ALL
Like most veterans, I found the transition from military to civilian life a struggle—a tougher struggle than I had anticipated. For me, I found that one of my trickier struggles was with my identity.
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The Paralympics had not yet been invented. These veterans were sports trailblazers. They were medical miracles as well.
More than 600,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have been left partially or totally disabled from physical or psychological wounds received during their service. Some of them compete in the Defense Department Warrior Games and find a place to continue to overcome.
You can build back your life
When Peter Keating took off from the starting line at the Boston Marathon, it was the realization of a dream come true, but he never imagined just how unique his 26.2-mile trek would be.