For most of my adult life I was blissfully unaware of rare diseases. This lasted until 2016, when I was…
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Last month, I suffered a significant injury to my left knee. I had just parked outside a medical building for…
In times of hardship, I’ve found nothing to be more valuable than human connection. After I was diagnosed in 2016…
One of the unique challenges of living with an invisible illness is figuring out how to tell others. Although I’ve…
As we approach year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, I am tired. I’m sure we all are. This pandemic fatigue,…
I have tried countless times to describe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). In 2019, I tried to explain what it…
The weight of the world is getting heavier. With the holiday season underway and the omicron variant of the…
It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is here, and Christmas is less than two weeks away. Although many…
A doctor once told me he wasn’t sure I’d survive until my 30th birthday. If I did, I’d likely be…
I never understood the relationship between the heart and lungs before I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in…