On December 17th, 2013, while in her last year of psychiatry residency at UCLA, Dr. Elana Miller was diagnosed with stage IV acute lymphoblastic lymphoma. Below is a photo essay of her journey.
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June 17, 2014:

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Elana Miller is a psychiatrist who blogs at Zen Psychiatry.





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