No one told you? -- The journey -- Treatment at last -- Learning about Carville -- LIfe at Carville -- Four months and counting -- First visit to Laredo -- Manhood and beyond -- The magic of dreaming -- The power of motherly love -- Life after death -- The road to advocacy -- Change is good -- Living with a clean soul -- Commonly asked questions
Summary
Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the stigma associated with the term "leper" and against beliefs that the disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly communicable, and that persons with Hansen's disease had to be banished from their communities
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220)
