As medical students we often only get the textbook definition of so many diseases, and when we read over the symptoms and treatments we merely just memorize and pass them over.  Mackenzie’s Mission brings so much more than just the textbook definition of Amyloidosis. It brings the emotion, the struggle, pain, frustration, things that we don’t see on paper. This is so important for us as future physicians to see and hear, because this disease is not just a question on the test it is somebody’s life. And, it truly reminded me of why I am here. More medical students need to hear this!