Bellingham cancer survivor shares experience to remove stigma
In October 1993, Shawn Dahl and Linda Barry were engaged to be married and set to work planning their wedding, scheduled for June 1994. There was no way they could know life-changing news was just around the corner.
Dahl and Barry were regular participants in biking and running events around Washington. After running in a charity event that December, Dahl went to the doctor with a sore throat and mentioned some groin discomfort he thought might be related to the race. It wasn't.