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Acronyms

Karissa Pentlichuk,  BASc, IBD, AS, HT, OTS, BLD with GA, PsO, IAE, TMD, CM When I was in university, I would dream of the educational pos…

General Medical Update

Here is the rundown and update as of Feb 2025.  I am currently 38 years old, turning 39 this August.  Diagnoses & Chronic Conditions: …

A Malfunctioning Ship

If you haven't seen the movie Passengers, there are spoilers below.  In this movie, the ship that the passengers are traveling on start…

One-Size-Fits-All

One of the biggest myths of healthcare is a one-size-fits-all approach. We are led to believe that:  Bacterial Infection -> …

When Do You Feel Your Best?

When do you feel your best?  I know that, for me, this can be a complicated question to answer.  The truth is, it depends on the disease an…

Volleyball ?

Okay - some of THE best news!  I have been able to play a tiiiiiiny bit of volleyball!  If you know me (or have been following along with t…

Love What Matters

This past week I was asked to write a condensed version of my health story for the website Love What Matters .  This website is dedicated …

Family Feud Perspective

Super interesting moment tonight.  We were watching Family Feud and this question came up: "How many days would you say you spend sick…

RFA #3

My radio-frequency ablation is finished for another year!!  My recovery this year has been much better than the last two years. AND they on…

Chronic Illness Makes You Feel Like a Liar

I always feel like a liar. Not because I'm lying, but because chronic illness is so variable, unpredictable, and always changing.  For …

Fight The Fusion 2022

This year's Fight The Fusion has, again, been very lowkey. I can't entirely blame the pandemic.... so let's just say that life …

Nerve Freezing

Last week I had my first appointment of having my nerves frozen in my SI joints in preparation for nerve ablation.  The preparation for the…

Perpetually Temporary State

Everything is temporary, we all know that, but when it comes to chronic illness, temporary is etched in our heads every single day - for th…

Busy Immune System

I have a fair few number of diagnoses.  Most of them have something to do with inflammation and many of them are autoimmune in nature. This…

I Love My Dysfunctional Body

My dysfunctional body has been through what feels like hell and back. It goes back and forth between good days and bad - every morning figu…

The Five Stages of Weaning

Over the years, I have had to change medications countless times, often weaning one and adding another, sometimes only weaning, or simply a…

Struggling with Isolation

Self-isolation and social distancing is relatively simple in its concept, and difficult in its execution.  As I have mentioned on here befo…

Balancing Act

Managing Covid-19 and the economy is going to be a balancing act. Once we have reached and passed the peak of this first wave of infections…

Liaison

Snowy days call for outdoor yoga practice.  My day today is all about phone calls and filling out forms.  Sometimes being the c…

Reading Back - A Week in The Life...

I have been in the strict habit of keeping a medical journal for years.  I cannot take the credit for it, since I thought it was a ridiculo…