Last weekend I had the pleasure of being invited to San Diego to visit Exagen Diagnostics Lab. Exagen Diagnostics is doing some really cool things related to lupus and diagnosing it. After being ill for ...
I’m on Pantaloc/pantoprazole and have been for a while; I have bad reflux. In the past 2 weeks, even though I’ve been taking my usual one pill a day, I’ve had crazy burning in my ...
They can’t “see” your illness, so they don’t believe it. My Apple Watch woke me from my deep sleep as it vibrated gently. I woke up in a daze and looked at my wrist. 5am. ...
Step number one: cut your nails. Long nails and menstrual cup insertion…not an ideal situation. When I was on dialysis for a number of years, I stopped menstruating. I guess it was one of those ...
Without fail, the same thing happens at or around this time of the year. I went to bed last Saturday, looking forward to the fun to come the following day. Greg and I were going ...
As the cold weather begins to rear it’s ugly head, so has my achy hip and knees. Luckily these annoyances haven’t caused me too much pain, but I am very much aware that the pain ...
As you might imagine, wearing a medical id bracelet is key for someone like myself who has medical conditions. Thankfully, nothing has ever happened where someone else needed access to looking at my bracelet, but ...
The month of August has been a nightmare. At the beginning of August, I caught a stomach bug. After tossing, turning, and writhing away in bed until 1:30am, I decided that it was time to ...