How to Hide An Illness10 Simple Steps to Make Your Condition All But DisappearFeb 24, 20201Feb 24, 20201
Complicated GriefGrappling with a Mass Shooting in a Place I Could Never Call HomeAug 17, 2019Aug 17, 2019
Published inZORAThe U.S. Census Doesn’t Speak for MeWhen do I get to define who I am?Jun 26, 20195Jun 26, 20195
Sitting With DeathThough he had been taking other similar ragged breaths for the last several hours, when he breathed his last I knew in an instant…Mar 13, 2019Mar 13, 2019
How to Have Your Best ColonoscopyMarch is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. If you are due for screening, use these tips for best results.Mar 1, 2019Mar 1, 2019
Published inElementalFighting Cancer Before I Have ItAs a previvor — someone with a confirmed genetic risk of cancer — I’m hoping for the best but preparing for the worstFeb 25, 201911Feb 25, 201911
Published inAll About HealthChronic Illness is a Package DealA diagnosed illness often brings friends along to the party. Comorbity is often the norm, not the exception, with chronic health…Feb 22, 20192Feb 22, 20192
Published inAll About HealthThe Anxiety That Wasn’tI lay in bed, wide awake again. The night sweats and painsomnia of the previous months had mostly abated, but the anxiety was somehow…Feb 11, 20191Feb 11, 20191
New Year’s Resolutions for the Chronically IllThis is my first New Year officially among the chronically ill, and I resolve…Jan 1, 2019Jan 1, 2019
Published inAll About HealthThe Privilege of My DiagnosisAfter two years of exhaustion, I was diagnosed with a chronic, painful, autoimmune condition — and what a privilege it was…Dec 17, 20184Dec 17, 20184