When Ricky White reached out to me asking if I’d like to review his book “Taking Charge. Making Your Healthcare Appointments Work for You”, my answer was hell yeah!. I love reading resources that may be helpful to my community. Doctor’s appointments can be overwhelming and frustrating and I know exactly how that can feel. …
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New to my Otezla journey? Catch up here: Day 0, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4 updates. This week I give a brief update on how week 5 and 6 went! My GI issues have settled and I think I’m starting to see benefits? Check out my new video for the update! …
To catch up on my whole Avascular Necrosis + Regenexx journey, click here and peruse all of the posts. I’ve been blogging my entire journey in hopes that it will help others make informed decisions about their AVN treatment. I searched for answers and was on crutches for 3.5 years before I found the solution to …
New here? Catch up here: If you missed Day 0, Week 1 and Week 2, and Week 3 updates. Week 4 is in the books. Honestly, nothing too earth shattering to report, but check out my update. Here are links to some of the things I talk about in my video (and a few …
Don’t want to read the whole story? Scroll down to the bottom to watch my 2016 Stanford Medicine X Ignite Talk. My health story is a long and fairly complicated story. A tale of a girl who went through most of her life undiagnosed. Suffering many different symptoms that were never connected. It wasn’t until …
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Already finished up week 3 and headed into week 4! Time flies when you’re having fun . . . BAHAHA I can’t even type that with a straight face. If you missed Day 0, Week 1 and Week 2 updates – catch up first! Otherwise, check out my update and peep my lessons learned so …
To recap thus far . . . First, I freaked out and had to come to terms with taking Otezla. (Read: Am I a Failure? A Fraud?) Then, after dragging my feet for a month, I finally decided to start it. (Peep: Starting Otezla) Post week 1, I gave you an update on the side …
Hey, Chronically Fabulous Patient. Hope you’re having a great week! As you heard here, I started the first week of the Otezla starter pack on February 12th. I filmed the following week 1 recap video on February 18th – so just shy of a week. Overall, week 1 was alright. Mostly annoying, to be honest. I …
Well, I did it. I started Otezla today. Press play to see me take my first dose – as seen on Instagram stories this morning February 12th, 2017. I have very mixed feelings, but mostly I’m hopeful that it can give me the boost I need. Honestly . . . the boost to get …
An editor at HealthCentral asked me what would be part of my psoriatic arthritis survival kit and it got me thinking. . . . Hmmmmm – WHAT WOULD make my list? It was hard to pair down my list, but it was a fun topic to think about. Click the image below to be taken …