The kind folks at University of Chicago Medicine Celiac Disease Center have a program where they send out care packages to those of us who are recently diagnosed with…
In education, there is a theory that talks about "learned helplessness" (actually it is behaviorist psychology). Learned helplessness occurs when an animal is repeatedly subjected to an aversive stimulus…
Back at Medicine X Ed, one of the speakers mentioned an online journal that was written and run by medical students, called In-Training. I tweeted out asking if they…
At one point in time, I stopped researching my illness. I didn't start researching about breast cancer. In the early days, I couldn't research. I couldn't mentally process the…
I recently completed an application that asked me what is one thing that I've wanted to do (bucket list item) that I haven't done yet, and why haven't I…
I recently asked an online celiac support group what messages they would like to send to an audience of healthcare professionals. I was really surprised at one of the…
One of the side effects that some people face during and after chemotherapy (and cancer treatment even without chemotherapy) is called "chemo fog". Heck AnneMarie Ciccarella used it as…
The lymphedema doctor said that I needed to wear a level 2 compression garment on my left arm and hand until the swelling goes away - anytime that I'm…
