Fifteen years ago, we brought home a small white Puppy with one ear that didn’t stand up straight. Ace was a West Highland Terrier and he was the alpha of the pack. Our daughters were 4 & 7 and after living with multiple sclerosis for years, I’d developed ulcerative colitis that left me […]

Louise, who was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis at age 21, shared her journey with me. Her first doctor tended to minimize her suffering, telling her it wasn’t so bad. She thought he was nuts but didn’t speak up for herself. When her chiropractor referred her to an allergist a couple of years later she was […]

This post has been submitted by a colleague, Nicole Matoushek. Thanks, Nicole, for offering your perspective!
As ridiculous as this sounds, in David Letterman fashion, I have created my own top ten list of the positives of the chronic illness experience.
10) Your pharmacist knows you by name.
9) Otherwise complete strangers are your instant […]

In her comment to the post, Gone for treatment back by 2:00, Nancy wrote that it is helpful to remember that chronic fatigue won’t kill us. My physical therapist put it another way, saying, “It’s just pain - that’s all”. I knew that she wasn’t minimizing it, just trying to help me from worrying […]

I was sent links to a couple of video marketing movies (I think that’s what they’re called.) They both got my attention but one caused me to think about the readers of this blog, and those not yet here. The movie was about dreaming and it asked many questions. Are we too young, too […]

There was recently an article in The Boston Globe that noted the difficulties for women in science and medicine to stay “on career track” during their child rearing years. The article cited institutions that are trying to make the challenges easier.
As a mother who faced a lack of support within the institutions in which […]

Isn’t it just that way for some of us? Headstrong and determined, we’re not going to let this illness stop us. Sure, we’ll work around it, but stop us? Never!
I received an interesting article from an old issue of Pink Magazine yesterday. The title is “Fever Pitch: Health on the Line but Working Overtime?” by […]