Nurse-In-Training

During the week or so between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (the Jewish High Holidays), most find themselves being introspective, thinking about themselves, their lives, and their futures- the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly. While it is a time for repentance and forgiveness, I also think it is a time to think about … Continue reading Nurse-In-Training →

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Bleach

A year ago this week, Tali Wohlgelernter wrote a beautiful blog for my site about her daughter Sarena, and life with a baby with Dravet Syndrome- a seizure disorder that begins in infancy (see original blog here: https://wp.me/pc2nF1-O) Not much has changed since then... oh wait, so much has. Sarena walks, talks, the Wohlgelernter family … Continue reading Don’t Cry Over Spilled Bleach →

Sorting out Psoriasis

August is National Psoriasis Awareness month. I haven’t brought in a collaboration post for a while, so I’m happy to have one that is both relevant and insightful. The author wishes to remain anonymous, so I’ll only tell you that she is an 18 year old female. According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, Psoriasis is … Continue reading Sorting out Psoriasis →

Places to go, People to see

Hanging on the wall by our apartment door is a large whiteboard calendar. I am an organized person by nature and love lists, so I get genuine pleasure from writing the dates each month, planning dinners, and putting down events and appointments. A lot of the dates have doctor appointments on them, notations about which … Continue reading Places to go, People to see →

Hiding Finding, Seeking Keeping

It’s been a really rough summer I won’t lie. In June I had 18/30 migraine days, in July I had 13 with headaches almost every day, and I can only hope for better this month. After what any chronic migraine sufferer (or teenage girl) would have identified as a (exquisitely executed if I may say … Continue reading Hiding Finding, Seeking Keeping →

Must be Pain on the Brain

According to Neil Carlson and Melissa Birkett, the authors of the incredible Pearson textbook Physiology of Behavior (I highly recommend it), the word ‘stress’ refers to “the physiological reaction caused by the perception of aversive or threatening situations (568).” Many things fall under this definition, including the fight-or-flight response one would have when facing a … Continue reading Must be Pain on the Brain →

Tell me, How do you Sleep?

Though the title may be recognizable as a line from a somewhat recent song by Sam Smith, I am asking the same question- and have been for about a month. For no apparent reason, starting towards the end of July, I started being unable to fall asleep, stay asleep, or get a solid night of … Continue reading Tell me, How do you Sleep? →

A Love Letter to the Lake Place

Every single summer of my life I have visited my grandparents in rural Canada. For most of those summers they have lived on a lake in Nova Scotia, and we go for anywhere from 2-4 weeks. A perfect escape from central Jersey, our time there is spent hiking, hanging out with the wildlife, mountain biking, … Continue reading A Love Letter to the Lake Place →

Diagnosis

At risk of being repetitive, I’ll start this blog by ‘apologizing’ for the lapse in posts recently. As always, whether due to school work, migraines (ironic, isn’t it?), or day-to-day life, it is often difficult to think up an idea, write a blog, and edit and publish it. And I do feel bad that there … Continue reading Diagnosis →

CoVid or Go Home

I haven’t written in a few months (though I’ve wanted to) due to a mix of both migraines and a series of somewhat unusual events which I’ll discuss in this post. Now that these events have passed, and I’ve finished school for the semester, I’m excited to hopefully dive back into weekly writing! A lot … Continue reading CoVid or Go Home →