Time after time, I find myself confronted with the same question: how do I tell the guy I’m interested in about my medical issues? Valentines Day is three weeks away, and as the focus shifts to hearts, flowers and finding or celebrating the love of your life; I struggle again with how to answer my [...]
Okay, it’s confession time. I hate to admit it, but I love medical shows – ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice – if the episode is new, I’m there, even if it’s not new, often I’m still there. I struggled not to cry when Abby and Luka got married on ER and I wept when Izzy’s [...]
Lately I’ve been researching my disease in an effort to determine what my future holds for me. For the past 25 years, I’ve been living with an invisible disability. Yes, I take medications and I have four different doctors plus a dietician, but mostly up until now unless you were with me for a day [...]
My niece turned two a couple of months ago, and she’s learning more every day. Newly aware of her body and with a penchant for the word “no”, Natalie can now tell people who she wants to change her pull-up or her clothes and who she doesn’t want to change her. In response to this [...]
