I was compensated by Med-IQ through an educational grant from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Sanofi Genzyme to write about asthma as a chronic disease and new treatments. All opinions are my own. On a cold day in November in the early 1980s, I stood at the starting line in the freezing cold with my fourth-grade classmates for […]
Itching from The Inside Out: What It’s Like to Live with Atopic Dermatitis
This is a sponsored post about atopic dermatitis: I was compensated by Med-IQ through an educational grant from Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to write about the signs, symptoms, and treatments available for eczema/atopic dermatitis. All opinions are my own. I was six years old when I realized my dad’s legs looked different than those […]
Screw You, Pink Ribbon (Why You Should Stop Buying Pink In October)
Update: When I wrote this post in 2016, I knew my dear friend Beth Caldwell was dying. I knew she was running out of time because her metastatic breast cancer wasn’t being researched enough. On November 2, 2017, her gorgeous soul left this world. But, her light continues to shine because she left us armed […]
Gin and Tonic With A Twist of LYME Disease
When school got out for the summer, I had visions of beaches, long summer nights around the fire pit with friends and road trips. I was eager for the slower paced days and catching up on all the books collecting dust on my night stand. No lunches to pack, no homework to check, no screaming […]
This Is Nursing: Why I Chose To Become a Registered Nurse
In September 1995, I sat on my parents’ bed and cried. Hard. I begged them to let me come home from college, to let me quit my nursing courses. I cried because the schedule was rigorous, the professors demanded excellence that I feared I didn’t have and because I had to take Physics. Physics, […]
Nurses Are Always In the Right Places At The Wrong Times
Over the weekend, I participated in my third triathlon. For months, I’ve been swimming, biking and running all over my town in preparation for the big day. Read: trying not to drown, nearly getting run off roads, and blistering my feet something fierce all for the privilege of paying to spend 2 hours physically […]