Search Results: A Life With Chronic Illness

On my 30th birthday, my best friend had planned this amazing trip to party in Austin. I wasn't keen on the thought of relinquishing my 20's, but she was hell bent on improving my mood with a good old bit of birthday...

One of the best ways I've ever heard living with a chronic illness described is a guy who said it was like living in a world where everyone had a self driving car that no one had to do anything with to get to function...

A few years ago, I got what I thought was food poisoning. I'd never taken any days off work, I worked 50 hour work weeks while also operating my own business on the weekends. I was busy all the time, and so, it was under...

For my entire life, I’ve been dealing with a number of chronic health conditions. At first it started with the common conditions such as asthma and eczema. Then it turned into some lesser known conditions. It’s hard to...

On this, World Mental Health Day, I wanted to talk about something near to me, which is mental health in relation to chronic illness. In the US alone, 133 million people are estimated to suffer from chronic illness. I am...

I recently shared a myTake about psoriasis and my experiences with it. I wrote it because I wanted to end the stigma and educate people about it - I wasn't asking for health advice . Little did I know that about half...

I remember my mom and dad sitting in the front seat of the car with my mom trying to hold back tears because she didn't want to say it, but when the doctor said in front of us that given my blood work, I might have Lupus,...

Over the last few years, I have been diagnosed with two, somewhat rare (basically under diagnosed and little known about them) conditions - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTs) and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome...

Well, it's always been hard to talk about how Bipolar Disorder has shaped my life. First off, what is Bipolar Disorder? Mayo Clinic defines it as "a disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive...

I'm not unique. I'm one of the 133 million American's, nearly 40% of the population that lives with chronic illness. And it sucks. The best way I ever heard someone describe chronic illness was to imagine everyone on the...