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Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows Great Promise

Could an effective and safe Lyme Disease Vaccine be one step closer to a reality? Lyme disease is a brutal illness and anyone that suffers from it wouldn’t wish it on their worst enemy. Many patients have to go through multiple Doctors and years of medical run-around to finally be correctly diagnosed with Lyme Disease. [...] Continue reading →

Dealing with Dr Burnout – Paging Dr Seuss

I did not have it in me to see one… more… Doctor. Not one. You could have told me Dr. Seuss himself (a childhood favorite) wanted to see me and I would have said: I would not see you here or there, I would not see you anywhere. I would not, could not, in the rain, Not [...] Continue reading →

Chronically Grateful – How I found chronic gratitude in chronic illness

Getting sick is like fighting a Marvel Comics super villain every day of your life. You are the underdog, the unlikely hero going up against the evil Inflammation Man. You battle it with everything inside of you so passionately it can be all consuming. The hero’s life always goes to hell at first in those [...] Continue reading →

Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome – Could you have this?

Years ago, back when I rocked just one diagnosis (what I like to call the Little House on the Prairie simpler days) I marveled at the patients I saw that had a long list of diagnoses. I used to wonder how someone could have that many different conditions? Didn’t one or maybe two of the illnesses cover their [...] Continue reading →

Why do patients attack each other?

In the past few months I have seen so many instances of patients attacking each other, attacking character, implying awful things about them or just generally taking a medical discussion in a mean and unnecessary direction & I can’t stand it anymore. Let me be clear right from jump, I am not talking about rationally [...] Continue reading →

You know you’re tired when…

someone nicely asking: “are you tired?” actually makes you mad… tired? You have never been lucky enough to only feel tired a day in your patient life! How dare they try to be nice & ask how I am feeling! you type a few words & 2 seconds later you are wondering what the heck [...] Continue reading →

Going to Autoimmune OZ

You may have noticed I’ve been a little MIA lately (If you thought: “Hm.. were you gone?” it’s okay, I’ll only cry a little). Recently Kim, a patient/friend of mine, did the same thing. For months I haven’t heard a word from her. Her last blog entry in July scarily talked about how extremely ill [...] Continue reading →

An easy health journal worth keeping

The white packing box had that thin layer of dust across the top that said it had been neglected in storage for quite awhile. I opened the lid carefully & pulled out a small blue book barely measuring the size of a 3×5 card. It was a daily reminder journal, the kind you write all [...] Continue reading →

Becoming the Bionic Woman – Pros & Cons

I am officially bionic. I even have the remote control to my body to prove it! The thought of a metal pump implanted in your stomach, isn’t an idea anyone would jump at. Becoming bionic was never part of my plan to survive the illness that took my body hostage years ago. I tried the [...] Continue reading →

One product that could save your life & your sanity!

“What are you allergic to?” the nurse asked in that droll tone that said she had already asked that question too many times today. I didn’t reply, I just reached into my wallet & handed her the worn, folded paper, a document I made years ago when the short list of drug reactions I could [...] Continue reading →

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