My best friend is a fighter. And by best friend I am not talking about my college roommate (who, by the way, is pretty awesome), not my boyfriend (although he comes a very close second), but the friend I am talking about is my mom. The woman who not only […]
By Jenny Jones of Life’s A Polyp After disclosing my own journey through broken-heartedness and divorce while dealing with chronic illness, I heard from several people who had gone through similar trials, and it touched my heart. Regardless of the type of relationship, those of us with a chronic illness […]
By Rachel Brandt of Deleting the Adjectives I remember the first and only real sex education class I ever had. I was 17, sitting in a senior world religions class, shifting uncomfortably in my standard issue desk as I tried to figure out why I was looking at a freeze-framed […]
By Jenny Jones of Life’s A Polyp With a hemoglobin of 9.4 that has likely continued to drop, I’m experiencing chronic fatigue due to iron deficiency anemia. Without enough iron the body is unable to produce enough hemoglobin, which creates red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. Common […]
By Alyce Kominetsky of One Word At A Time I have lived with anxiety for almost as long as I can remember. It lurked below the surface until one day, it reared its menacing force and never left. As a child, I didn’t understand. As a teenager, I was embarrassed. As […]
By Jenny Jones of Life’s a Polyp Last year my pediatric GI doctor of over 20 years decided to push me out of the nest and transition me to an adult GI doctor. During my hospitalization I faired well with the change in doctors as my new doctor and I started […]
By Kathleen Gemmell She knew that she couldn’t continue on this way. Things had to change. Each day was a carbon copy of the one before, and it was killing her. “I’m going to die, “she thought as her rasping breathing found her collapsing onto the worn chair. Marsha cried […]
By Jen Schwartz of The Medicated Mommy Some moms think pushing a baby out of their vagina is the most beautiful experience. I’m not that mom. Some moms would rather die than send their new baby to the nursery during the hospital stay. I’m not that mom. Some moms live […]