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Diary of a Dying Woman: I Was Drowning From the Inside Out—And No One Believed Me
April 17, 2020 – From my hospice diary: I’m back in the hospital—swollen, tired, and uncomfortable. My legs feel heavy and tight. My feet...
Jul 10, 20252 min read
My Rent or My Medicine: No One Should Have to Choose
People are breaking down in Facebook comments—because they can’t afford their Eliquis. It’s hard to read.Some are skipping doses.Others...
Jul 8, 20252 min read
Women Were Left Out of Research—And We're Still Paying the Price
Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get enough attention. Before 1993, most women weren’t included in medical research. Not because...
Jul 3, 20252 min read
Patient Responsibility: A Conversation We Need to Have
Being quiet won’t protect you—but being informed just might. If you're anything like me, you didn’t choose this health journey—but here...
Jul 1, 20252 min read
The Quiet Side Effects of Survival
Because Some Wounds Don’t Show Up on X-Rays I’ve talked about this before, but I don’t think I realized just how real it was until now....
Jun 26, 20252 min read
Held Together by What We’ve Survived
Every scar tells a story worth sharing . Life and advocacy really is like a rubber band ball. Each band is something you’ve lived...
Jun 24, 20252 min read
The Body Doesn’t Lie—But Sometimes Doctors Don’t Listen
Lived Experience Isn’t Optional Data. It’s the Truth You Can’t See in a Test Doctors vs. Patients: Why Being Heard Means Everything in...
Jun 19, 20252 min read
I Lived What 95% Don’t—And I’m Telling the Story
How surviving fibrosing mediastinitis, a rare disease no one believed, changed everything. My first dance with death started in 1987....
Jun 17, 20253 min read
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...
Jun 12, 20252 min read
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...
Jun 11, 20253 min read
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...
Jun 10, 20253 min read
💓 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 4, 20252 min read
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 3, 20252 min read
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 29, 20253 min read
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 28, 20253 min read
💬 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 27, 20253 min read
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 22, 20252 min read
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 21, 20252 min read
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 20, 20253 min read
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 19, 20252 min read
"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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