Interviewer: What was the most rewarding part of the experience?
Johnston: “3 things! 1. When I received a box of my books, real books, in a real box, delivered to my home in Scotland – a book that I wrote – amazing feeling to see it in print. 2. When I visited New Orleans in April 2013 to launch the book and visited St Thomas Community Health Center and I could see what an amazing job they do there. I felt that I was doing something ‘useful!’ Something that built my confidence a bit, as I hadn’t felt very ‘useful’ since my diagnosis and since my capabilities lessened.”
