Heather Donohue – Medium

Heather Donohue

Heather Donohue

Waiting

You wait. And wait. And wait some more. Trying to fill the innumerable hours between the scan and the results. The hours where you attempt…

Jul 11, 2017

Jul 11, 2017

Heather Donohue

Live With Intent

It feels incredibly similar, like I’m back in school. Only this time the exam I am studying for is actually life-or-death. The first year…

Jun 21, 2017

Live With Intent

Jun 21, 2017

Heather Donohue

How Do You Know When It’s Enough?

How do you know when it’s time to try something different? Is it all the advice you read, other people’s stories, hearing what worked for…

May 21, 2017

May 21, 2017

Heather Donohue

You Have To Do Something

You can sit and wallow in self-pity. You can perpetuate the myth of self-denial. Or you can get off your ass and participate in events that…

Mar 4, 2017

Mar 4, 2017

Heather Donohue

Trying Different Coping Mechanisms

I’m a naturalist at heart. My favorite moments are outside, playing in the fresh air and dirt. For years I have eschewed modern medicine…

Jan 20, 2017

Trying Different Coping Mechanisms

Jan 20, 2017

Heather Donohue

Maybe it’s less stressful

It has to be, right? It’s less stressful because I’m intimately familiar with medicine, I spend the majority of my time walking through…

Jan 17, 2017

Jan 17, 2017

Heather Donohue

Time Changes Everything

The most common question in EMS is “what did you bring to eat?”, followed closely by “did you guys have anything good?” (meaning any…

Jan 9, 2017

Jan 9, 2017

Heather Donohue

Monsters

I’m trying to fight a monster. In doing so, what I’m learning is that I have to first slay all the smaller guard monsters. I have to take…

Jan 1, 2017

Jan 1, 2017

Heather Donohue

Life is the best Christmas present of all

I met with my oncologist earlier this week for my monthly round of injections, full scale lab work and treatment discussions. This is in…

Dec 26, 2016

Dec 26, 2016

Heather Donohue

Hot flashes, Sugar Overload & Insomnia

It’s not a pleasant combination. Waking up in the middle of the night, drenched in sweat, bloated, and slightly nauseous. Sadly aware that…

Dec 17, 2016

Dec 17, 2016

Heather Donohue

Heather Donohue

I am a perpetually exhausted, incessantly multi-tasking, frequent insomniac who fluctuates between obsessively fanatical & non-intentionally inattentive.

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