Melissa B.When a Diagnosis Makes You LaughI went to the dermatologist last week to check up on my MRSA. (It’s “gone” but they did not test me for decolonization. I seem fine. )May 17, 20172May 17, 20172
Melissa B.I have MRSA and I Am Going to Beat ALL this ShitThey think I got MRSA because I am in and out of hospitals so much. First it was cellulitis in the same place I had it 4 years ago. Now…May 3, 2017May 3, 2017
Melissa B.Why I Don’t Need Brain SurgeryI am back in the denial stage of my illness.Apr 3, 2017Apr 3, 2017
Melissa B.inThis Glorious MessWhen darkness finally fallsI have been wrapped in pain and sickness so long I didn’t watch for the nightfall. Night falls during day, and it grips me worse than pain.Apr 3, 20172Apr 3, 20172
Melissa B.“Because I have a rare neurological disease”I end a lot of sentences like that lately.Mar 24, 2017Mar 24, 2017
Melissa B.I don’t promote storiesBecause I am becoming really isolated and depressed. Which makes it so hardly anyone reads them. Which I guess is fine. And I don’t “do”…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Melissa B.I need a breakI am stuck in a new battery of tests and pain, tests and pain and somewhere along the line I knew I was going to want to stop it. I just…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Melissa B.A Brain Surgeon Rejected MeAnd it really hurt, really bad. It was like walking in a dream, imagining this fix to my disease. He was going to fix me. He was going to…Mar 11, 2017Mar 11, 2017
Melissa B.Going to the ER to schedule my brain surgeryOops. Wait. That is literally not possible.Mar 10, 2017Mar 10, 2017
Melissa B.A few words on painPain is an unwanted house guest that may stay forever. You never know. It morphs into different forms and locks itself in with you. First…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017