Getting Closer To Myself

Teaching my own course this spring has made me realize, for really the first time, that I need to be selfish and take time to do things for ...

I wanted to let you all know of a new blog carnival, “ Patients For A Moment ” (PFAM), that is up at Duncan Cross . PFAM is a patient-cente...

The reality of illness is hard to deal with. Time and again, there is something that will happen that sets off a cycle of crazy thoughts, th...

“Won’t you take me to Funkytown?” Well, that’s pretty much the way I felt about this latest rheumatologist appointment, which happened yeste...

Lately I’ve encountered several people who have asked me to be candid with them about my illness experience. While this has been a welcome c...

This was the first Grand Rounds in awhile that I’ve submitted to, and David Harlow at HealthBlawg makes an astute observation about my post,...

This weekend, I had the opportunity to go up to Mackinac Island with some friends (you can find information about the Island here ). I inter...

I was asked to write a guest post for lupus awareness month by my friend Maria over at My Life Works Today . The post, entitled, “It Does N...

May (which is shockingly half over already!) is both lupus and rheumatoid arthritis awareness month, which is a little weird for me since I ...

“Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes […] Don’t be ashamed to cry, let me see you through Cause I’ve seen the dark side too. When...

On the journey that is chronic illness, there are many struggles to be had. To me, the two biggest are the hard-won battles against ourselve...

I haven’t posted a song in a long time, but I think this one is so amazing. Plus, since the butterfly is the symbol of lupus, I thought some...

As much as I hate it and it pisses me off sometimes, sometimes lupus can be useful. For instance, when I am wigging out because of a failed ...

“Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend ...

“[…] Have no fear for giving in Have no fear for giving over You’d better know that in the end It’s better to say too much Than never say wh...

It is a rare occasion that I air my feelings about comments left on my blog publicly. But in the haste and hurry of Grand Rounds, the follow...

“ Lucy: Do you think anybody ever really changes? Linus: I’ve changed a lot in the last year. Lucy: I mean for the better.” - Charles Sch...

I’m hosting Grand Rounds next week. This is my first time hosting and I’m really excited about it. The theme is loosely reflections on the w...

What follows is a speech I gave tonight at a town hall meeting about disability and access put on by the Graduate Employees Organization (GE...