Dinah Chong Watkins

Diagnosed with scleroderma in 1996, Dinah has been around since the age of Methuselah — oh no, wait, that's her husband. Still a child bride (it's all relative), she escaped the cold, snowy winters of Toronto for the cold, smoggy winters of Beijing and Shanghai. There she found true socialism with Chinese characteristics, where comrades and Krispy Kreme were worshiped side by side. Repatriated back to the shores of sunny California, Dinah likes piña coladas and long walks on the beach ... and is counting on her husband's 401K to provide all that.

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