You know life has gotten stressful when even your intestines can’t tell if they’re angry or just moody. Enter the alphabet soup of the gut: IBD vs. IBS. To the untrained ear, they sound like two competing indie bands at Coachella. To your body, they’re worlds apart; but […]
What makes you nervous? Just last week, a medical provider came into the exam room and grabbed my hands. He asked me whether I was nervous as I appeared to be. I looked at him and noted, I was not necessarily nervous about the actual biopsy. Instead, I […]
The last few months have not been great months for me healthwise. I’ve been to specialist after specialist with no definitive findings and relatively little concern from the providers. Empathy fatigue is a real thing out there. However, I will not vent about that any further. Just riles […]
The last three years, mired in a pandemic, left the healthcare system in a chaotic state of being. I’ve seen it up close as I’m in the healthcare field. I’ve seen the mass exodus of staff, especially clinical staff. It’s been a brutal slog to address the workforce […]
This has been a tough, crazy week physically and mentally. Unfortunately, not intellectually. But folks, that is a whole other story and I’ll just save that for another time. Apparently, I’ve got a groundswell of stories to put out there. This week, you see, my hand has been […]
It is amazing how a get-well gesture can go so far into lifting up someone’s spirits. The days have been bleak, at times. And many have had bad days. There may be a bit of a sympathy drought. But no worries, she thought to herself. Today magic would […]
For the last six months or so, I have a friend that has been, sadly, very sick. I believe I have been sharing bits here and there about it. But I can’t share too much out of maintaining a sense of privacy for her and her family. […]
I don’t have it in me to write tonight. My pen to paper action is dead in the water. Or rather, my keyboard action is nill. I am lethargic, achy and uninspired. I had a million and one things to write about when I woke up this morning […]
My Superpower: Do I Have a Fever? I am quite proud of my sound judgment. I tend to make fair wise judgment calls. Do I make mistakes? Of course, I do and have. I seek second opinions on my much more advanced statistical analyses, when I can. […]
The texture of my sick days Curled up in a shriveled pile Blankets to my body so riveted My body fought off an invader of bile My head hung low and unspirited Awakening rejuvenated, not so much nonetheless a lingering glossy shine […]
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