Time to Get On With Life

My experience with rare disease — part four

Rachel D Adams
7 min readMar 9

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my desk… Rachel Adams

I have been documenting my story of finding out that I had a rare form of melanoma. Unlike what most people want to believe, not everything is hereditary — this is not. I was just the random “lucky” person to draw the winning lottery ticket.

It all started with my need to get my eyes examined because my vision was getting…

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Rachel D Adams

(she/her/pan) I’m not a well-behaved woman. I am an ally, amateur photog, content creator, novelist, empty nester, traveler, wife, & friend.