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Mental HealthMS
Jun 1, 2021

Diagnosiversary

These women right here, my MS sisters, have never left my side, and although our initial connection was that we all have MS, we could not be more in-tuned with each other if were sisters by blood.
IBDMental Health
May 18, 2021

Disability Makes Me Feel Colorful

“Personally, my disability was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. It is difficult. It is painful. It is exhausting.”
Mental HealthMS
May 13, 2021

Lifeline

“We all outgrow things, sometimes we outgrow people, and sometimes we need to make changes to ensure the most positive result living our own reality.”
Mental HealthTransplantation
Apr 27, 2021

PTSD is real…and weird

If you had asked me even a few months ago if I carried any PTSD with me …
Mental HealthTransplantation
Apr 26, 2021

Rebirth

“I woke up and without even knowing the outside world existed, I knew I existed. I knew I was alive, and I felt light and nothing hurt anymore.”
IBDMental Health
Apr 9, 2021

Overcoming Medical Trauma with IBD

“I remember trying to explain that I wasn’t feeling well and then downplayed it for just being tired because I’m used to doing that.”
Migraine
Feb 12, 2021

Migraine Lyfebulb Ambassadors: Connecting Patients Like Me

Originally posted on MyMigraineLife I wanted to write about this experience for so long. But honestly, I’ve …
Transplantation
Jan 21, 2021

Honest Thoughts on Connecting with the Transplant Community

The clock struck 2 AM, my face illuminated by the blue light cell phone glow. Visiting hours …
Chronic Illness
Dec 11, 2020

5 Healthy and Creative Breakfast Ideas

Whenever we create breakfast dishes, we tend to lean toward certain breakfast “staples” like sunny side eggs …
Transplantation
Nov 25, 2020

“My daughter was close to kidney failure, and when I heard that, she didn’t have to ask me, I told her that I would donate a kidney.”

My biggest fear before donating was that they would take the kidney and put it into my daughter’s body, and then it wouldn’t work. I was never nervous about the actual surgery or the recovery afterwards
MS
Nov 20, 2020

Living life one nap at a time!

I start every morning with four alarms. After snoozing my third alarm, I usually lay in bed, …
MS
Oct 9, 2020

Tantrums and Toddlers and Flares, Oh My!

I have MS, and I acknowledge this fact. This disease is debilitating, and some days I question how I can power through this at all. But, nothing trumps having to parent during these times.