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One 👏🏻 Day 👏🏻 At 👏🏻 A 👏🏻 Time 👏🏻 I have lots of thoughts being an RN with chronic illnesses and a compromised immune system during this time. But that’s for another post when I have more time and energy. Today, just remember, cliche it may be, we are all just taking this one […]

For whoever needs to hear this right now:: your pain, suffering, fear, disappointment, and anxiety is just as valid as anyone else’s. This pandemic has us all struggling in different ways. I’ve had multiple people in the past week tell me about some way that they are suffering, and then promptly discount their own suffering […]

Updates! There’s so much. I just got back from visiting my family. It’s been heavy since my dad passed. There’s a lot of logistics we are still figuring out, and the nature of the current COVID situation isn’t helpful. I love my family dearly ♥️ I’m an RN, so I’m still going to work. As […]

I’ve had a lot of people asking me how it’s been going back to work. In short, it’s been awesome and challenging at the same time for a few reasons. My body is still recovering from surgery. It’s healing much slower than it did when I had the same surgery on my right hip in […]

Five ✋🏻 Months • That’s how long it’s been since I worked my last shift. Until today! First day back at work since all this stuff went down. My colleagues and friends at work are so supportive and the transition back couldn’t have been smoother. It feels good to be the nurse again, not the […]

🙌🏻 More good news 🙌🏻•My gastroenterologist just wrote saying all the biopsies were benign. No signs of cancer! No Barretts Esophagus (phew!) just a ton of chronic inflammation. The polyps were benign hyperplastic polyps. All my blood work came back normal too. So he wants to go over all my medications, prescription and OTC to […]

YOU GUYS! It happened! My short term disability got approved!! So thankful for sone good news. Hope you got some good news today too ♥️••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••It’s 👏🏻 About 👏🏻 Time 👏🏻… disability #ShortTermDisability #disabilityapproval #DisabilityAwareness #FAI #FAO #hipimpingement #hipsurgery #hipdysplasia #labraltear #arthritis #EDS #POTS #MCAS #chronicillness #chronicillnesswarrior #butyoudontlooksick #invisibleillness #chronicpain #buildabridge

::GI UPDATE::•••After many years of abdominal pain, cramping, and other GI issues, I finally got around to having an endoscopy/colonoscopy. The doctor found three ulcers, polyps, and signs suggestive of something called Barrett’s Esophagus. He biopsied all of these and I should have more information when those results come back.•••I don’t really know how I […]

New endocrinologist appointment today. Went pretty well. Lots of labs I’ll hopefully get done next week. Overall she was nice and thorough. She spent 1 1/2 hours with me. Following up with my Hashimotos disease- but she agrees my symptoms can’t all be explained by thyroid disease. Ruling out Hyperparathyroidism (based on previous abnormal labs), […]

I survived. This year has held adventure as well as a lot of loss and hardships. TONS of physical therapy. I was diagnosed with EDS, MCAS, CCI, hyperPOTS, and a few other things. I went to California to visit wonderful friends and see Paul McCartney (!), my musical idol for decades. I discovered two cysts […]