Getting Closer To Myself

Every once in a while, there is a news story related to health that I feel compelled to talk about.   Angelina Jolie’s op-ed in the New...

Something truly terrifying happened to me yesterday.   I fell in the shower. Now for a “normal,” healthy person, this might not...

May is both Lupus and Arthritis Awareness month.  I don’t love these awareness months, as for me, awareness is 24/7/365 – in other words, ...

The last several Fridays, my boyfriend and I have gone out with friends.  They haven’t been wild and crazy nights, but they have necessita...

Today I have the honor of having Laurie Edwards here, author of “In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in Am...