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The Letters I Wrote When I Thought I Was Dying
How hospice taught me to leave a legacy and live one too. When I was in hospice, everything changed. Not just physically, but...
4 days ago2 min read
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Left at the Door: The Burden of Caregiving During COVID
How Pandemic Policy Redefined the Role of Family Caregivers I want to talk about a group of people who rarely get the spotlight but...
5 days ago3 min read
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The Part of Heart Disease No One Prepares You For
We hear so much about the physical side of heart disease. The surgeries, medications, rehab. But what about the emotional side? What...
6 days ago3 min read
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💓 One Less Thing to Worry About: My Lp(a) Test Result
Heart stuff is never simple, especially when you’ve walked through it like I have. But sometimes, we get a bit of good news in the...
Jun 42 min read
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Healing Out Loud: The Story Behind the Smile
Because surviving isn’t the same as healing As we know mental health doesn’t always come with a warning sign. It’s not as visible as a...
Jun 32 min read
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When Your Doctor Says Yes… But the PBM Says No
Why the people deciding your treatment aren’t the ones trained to treat you. Right?! It’s absolutely wild. Your medically trained doctor,...
May 293 min read
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This Is What Life After Hospice Looks Like
Advocacy wasn’t the plan—but it became my purpose. Advocacy is deeply personal for me. I’m a two-year hospice survivor living with...
May 283 min read
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💬 Dear Doctors: Stop Telling Women It’s Just Anxiety
Because I almost died from the thing you said was in my head. Let’s talk about the elephant in the exam room.You know the one—where...
May 273 min read
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Two Diagnoses, One Fight: How We Held Each Other Through the Storm
Caregiver and patient. Wife and husband. Fighter and fighter. Some love stories are sweet. Ours is survival. There was a moment—maybe...
May 222 min read
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Your Heart Talks Through Symptoms—Are You Listening?
Sometimes, the body whispers before it screams. Heart failure isn’t just “your heart is not working.” It’s your lungs gasping. It’s your...
May 212 min read
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Survival Shouldn’t Depend on a Zip Code
When Access Takes Everything You've Got—And Then Some Nobody really talks about how hard it is to get access to care when you're already...
May 203 min read
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Real Talk: Building My Second Chance Took a Village
I talk a lot about second chances—because I’m living proof they exist. But the facts are, I didn’t get here on grit alone. It took a...
May 192 min read
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The Interview Every Patient Deserves
Questions Every Doctor Should Be Asked—Before You Trust Them With Your Care I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been let down by a...
May 154 min read
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From Barely Breathing to Truly Living — Why I Won’t Stay Quiet About TVR
Why am I talking about Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation (TVR)? Because talking about it creates change.Because sharing our stories makes...
May 142 min read
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🩺 The Truth About Life After Hospice: Surviving Isn’t the Same as Healing
Some stories don’t end. They evolve—with every scar, every stumble, and every ounce of strength it takes to keep going. t’s strange what...
May 133 min read
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From Hospice to the Hill: Why I’m Honored to Join CLA by PACH
📍 Washington, D.C. | June 7–9, 2025 ✉️ Hosted by the Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health (PACH) I’ve learned that life after...
May 82 min read
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📰 From Bellingham to Australia AGAIN: My Story Travels
My Heart Story, Their Health Policy Living with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) isn’t just challenging—it’s exhausting, isolating,...
May 72 min read
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Well, Here We Go Again… Aflutter’s Back
Just when I thought I could finally hit cruise control for a bit, atrial flutter decided to make a comeback. If you’re not familiar,...
May 62 min read
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The Heart Surgery I Couldn’t Have – And the One That Saved Me ❤️🩹🥑
When traditional surgery failed me, innovation gave me a second chance I’ve always known I wasn’t a candidate for open-heart surgery. My...
May 13 min read
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✨ When the World Shut Down, My Fight BeganSurviving Hospice in the Time of COVID
Facebook Memory April 2020 | UW Regional Heart Center This popped up today, and I felt it in my bones.April 2020, UW Medical Center. I...
Apr 301 min read
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"If no one else was telling their story, then maybe I needed to tell mine. And maybe, just maybe, that would give others permission to share theirs too."
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