A friend once asked me to share how “personal courage” shaped my medical outcomes, wanting to know more about how I do it. How is it that I walk when I shouldn’t be able to? How is it that I see when I nearly lost my sight? How is it that I seem to shape my outcomes...
I never knew cancer could have so many cousins. That the medication to prevent a third cancer round could take my sight. Out of fear came acceptance and determination, and that made me free in my art, as I paint the way the world appears when my eyes are being jerks....
Published in The Mighty August 7, 2021 The media loves to hype up a television series and as of late, they have destroyed public perception of CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome), as well as the experimental treatment of ketamine infusions. One would hope for a rare...
Published on The Mighty June 8, 2021 Ketamine infusions have been in the news for both good and bad reasons. All too often the stories involve people who have vastly different lives than most. They have access to or can afford the best in medical care. They don’t know...
Published on The Mighty 6/3/2021 Often we have discussions about our medications, infusions, therapies, and all that modern medicine has to offer. The other side of the coin is how to be a team player in your own care. It becomes a second job, your own career, and...