The Lighter Side of Medicine

It is truly amazing what hope can do for someone. As long as there is a tiny little sense of hope, no matter how small or seemingly unobtai…

Workplace competition is widespread and pretty common. It can also be ruthless and unforgiving. One missed meeting or one big mistake can k…

Tonight I have a migraine. Well, had a migraine. It was a whopper of a pounding headache with associated nausea and dry-heaving. The lig…

We are all have several different 'sides' to us that make us exactly who we are. We all have a grumpy side, a giddy side, a strong …

I just woke up from an awesome dream. We were headed on a little vacation and I thought we were headed somewhere in the mountains. It was …

I want to take a minute to talk about this planned surgery. I want to talk about what something like this can do to a person - psychologica…

Before I explain one of my most treasured professor-student relationships, I want to take a moment to say that I had COUNTLESS supportive t…

We all have those moments when we are witnessing someone handle a nearly impossible situation and we think to ourselves: 'I don't k…

The thing about being ill is that you will always find yourself in waiting rooms. Hospital waiting rooms, lab waiting rooms, doctor's …

Let's be honest here... Your health has no vested interests in your plans. In fact, if you have been particularly busy or stressed an…

Does this seem to happen to anyone else?: You have a specialist appointment coming up, and things have been bad. So bad, in fact, that thi…

When your tolerance level for certain activities is incredibly low, blowing past that tolerance level becomes an everyday occurrence.  Yest…

Like many people who have any slight interest in fashion, I have a bit of a shoe collection.  And by "a bit of a" I mean "a …

In most situations, it is much easier to come to terms with bad news or negative outcomes when you have the ability to forgive.  If someone…

You know, having invisible diseases doesn't just challenge the views of others of what I am actually capable of, but that doubt seeps i…

The first thing that I want to say is how much I appreciate the type of medical care that I receive, and have received, living in Canada.  …

A few weeks ago, although feeling incredibly rotten, I NEEDED to get to the grocery store. I was out of some over-the-counter medications …

For the last 15 years, most of my fundraising focus has been on Crohn's and Colitis awareness events - such as the M&M Meats CCC (C…

Lately I have been doing nothing much more than sleeping. It's been weeks already... So when I woke up at a decent time this morning (1…