My Path to Diagnosis

For Ehlers-Danlos Awareness month, we are prompted to share our paths to diagnosis for day fifteen. It was a dreary … More

Diagnosis: Zebra

After lifetimes of confusing medical problems, an answer is now clear for many “When you hear hoofprints, think horses.” That … More

I Was Addicted to Milk

For weeks we worked with my physicians to discover that although my swallow reflex was completely intact, I could no longer feel that area of my throat, which caused me to panic.

A Busy Beginning to the Summer

Wow! I had to look back at the last time I had posted a blog here, I thought I had … More

These Antibiotics are Killing People Every Day

Do you read the paperwork that is handed to you by your pharmacy when you get a new prescription?

A Power Chair Gave Me Back My Life

Walking hurt, so I stopped walking. When it stopped hurting as much, the pain was replaced with neuropathy and when I walked, I began falling. The day before my 52nd birthday, a powerchair was prescribed. I waited with bated breath for the freedom that it offered.

Revisiting A Bad Drug – One Year Plus After an Antibiotic Injury

When I think back to my life, just 19 months ago… camping… Something I don’t know if I will ever be able to do again…thanks to an antibiotic…