I've been wanting to write this blog for ages and I'm so excited to finally share it! My fav guest writer, Tali Wohlgelernter, took time out of her even-crazier-than-usual schedule to talk to me about her daughter's medical service dog. Tali's youngest daughter, 6 year old Sarena, has had seizures since 7 months old. At … Continue reading Who Ever Said Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend?
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Having Cancer: the Good, The Bad, and the Life- Changing
For many people cancer is a word unspoken because they are so afraid of it. Most of us know what cancer patients go through physically; the chemo, the radiation, the nausea, the exhaustion. But it’s hard to imagine what people go through emotionally when they receive a cancer diagnosis. Leora Landy Finklestein gives us an … Continue reading Having Cancer: the Good, The Bad, and the Life- Changing
Suicide Headache
It has been a long time since I have been able to write a blog. I have even had to stop posting my weekly Tuesday Tidbits on Facebook. Here's a tidbit to make up for the missing ones: apparently, migraineurs can experience unexplained shifts in triggers and changes in sensitivity to existing triggers. In my … Continue reading Suicide Headache
We’re all Made of Stars
The other night I fell asleep thinking about all the things I can’t do (cheerful, I know). But it’s important to acknowledge that I am very impacted by my chronic migraine disorder and accept that I have limits. I can’t tell you the date I’m graduating college, nor what I’ll be doing afterwards. I can’t … Continue reading We’re all Made of Stars
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
Going Against the 'Graine 