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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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!” ...