Notes From a Noncompliant Patient

Notes From a Noncompliant Patient

I trust science. I am humbled by the amount of study, training, and practice that go into becoming a doctor. When a doctor advises me to do ...

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RA and COVID: Fear and Hope

RA and COVID: Fear and Hope

Uncertainty is baked into living with chronic conditions. Feeling well is not a given when you have RA. The prospect of physical limitation forever ...

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My Sjögren's Experience

My Sjögren's Experience

I have Sjögren's (pronounced “show-grins”). It’s a common, systemic autoimmune disease. It frequently affects people with other autoimmune diseases, including ...

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Communicating With Doctors

Communicating With Doctors

I’m not sure what I expected from doctors before I became a person who spends an unreasonable amount of time in their exam rooms. I suppose I pictured ...

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Me, My Health & the Internet

Me, My Health & the Internet

My relationship with internet research was complicated by success. I scoured medical research online for years, searching for (and ultimately finding) an explanation ...

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Putting Popular Culture’s Health Messages in Perspective

Putting Popular Culture’s Health Messages in Perspective

Pop culture health tropes make me cringe. Exclamation points are mandatory. There’s the personal-mastery variety: “Take charge of your health!” ...

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