Since 1973…..wow, a long time ago. I went to the U of I and graduated with a B of Science through the Physician’s Assistant Program in the medical school there. I married Dennis McBride in 1980 who I had met while he was going to medical school and I was in PA school. We moved to California where he did his residency program in ObGyn and I started working in San Francisco.
Currently we live in a bedroom community about 1 hr. north of SF and I work in a family practice clinic up here. I have two great children, Katie who is 16 and Graham who is 11. My world was turned upside down about a year and a half ago when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. But, I’ve been through everything….surgery, chemo & radiation and seem to be fine now. I’ve come to appreciate my life & family all that much more since this experience. I feel blessed.