Why did you just leave me there, Delta Air Lines?

**Update: I have been contacted by Delta and I have received an apology. Along with other assurances. Now we wait and watch to ensure they make real changes in how they handle the most at-risk who just want to travel safely. I was scheduled to fly with Delta Air Lines...

Healthcare for All

Recently, I started fighting back against my health insurance company. I was on the phone with the person filing the appeal, but their automated system simply found a keyword and denied the appeal seconds after she hit enter. This opened my eyes to just how really...

Coming Soon “Badass” by Jennifer Coffey

“I watched the dismantling of my life. My career in medicine was over. I couldn’t even care for myself properly and I couldn’t drive anymore. No one told me not to it was self-imposed. I still don’t drive to this day. If I have a spasm behind...

When Access to Medication and Treatment Is a Matter of Life and Death

Published on The Mighty June 1, 2023 America boasts the best health care in the world. Often we hear stories of people coming to America for life-saving treatments. Yet every day people needlessly die in the good ol’ US of A. Compared to other nations, it’s disgusting...

Heading to DC

I will be in D.C. next week to participate in a panel discussion and support the introduction of Healthcare for All legislation. The bill will be introduced on Wednesday and I will be present for the press conference to follow. If you are in the area I hope to see you...

We are finally getting national attention!

SIGN THE PETITION https://ppls.ac/jenncare ! PLEASE SHARE! UnitedHealthcare Bragged about $8.1 B in profit in 3 mos. made from people who pay them for health coverage. Their money model relies on denying people care. People just like Me. Join us to demand that United...

Acceptance and Understanding with Gender Dysphoria

What Helped in My Struggle With Gender Identity as published in “The Mighty” March 2023 “Thank you, young man.” I can still hear the sound of the elderly lady’s voice as I held the door open for her at my auntie’s apartment building. I spent countless...

Birth

Birth There are secret places within me. Hiding the awful truth of my existence. Dark halls and whispers follow me all of my life. Duck and cover, don’t get hit. Hide beneath the dirt pit. Glared at by daggers pushing away. My very existence is a plague. How awful one...

“Born Wrong” An excerpt #2:

Born Wrong a work in process. An excerpt #2: “Back to reality, “God must hate you.” the jerk continues lowering my head filling it full of fowl faces and cruel words. It’s as if the jerk stands as a barrier outside of the darkness. The darkness that began on the...

The Chronic Pain Treatment That’s Changing My Life

I decided to try LDN, Low Dose Naltrexone, and it’s changing my life Published “The Mighty” December 2022 This year has been a hard one. The pain had been hard to control. The neurological symptoms that come with CRPS (complex regional pain...