My LONG psoriatic arthritis story summarized: In 5th grade, I had my first knee surgery. My meniscus was ripped, flipped and separated from the bone. My orthopedic surgeon back then said it was most likely something I was born with and I injured it from dance and softball. But, from that point on it seemed …
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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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This year has been an interesting year. I’ve had some really high highs, and then I’ve had some struggles along the way. But, when you really put it all into perspective, this year was fantastic. I became a God Mother, I experimented with raw vegan, I spent quality time with family, saw the Pens win …
This is the second post in a series of Dr. Siegel posts regarding his keynote speech and master class I attended at Medx. You can read the first Dr Siegel post here! I’ve discussed numerous times with other patients how important a connection with your doctor is. Unfortunately, the health care model we have today …
Take a deep breath and center yourself to be present in this moment. I had two favorite lectures during Medx – Dr. Dan Siegel’s Master Class Workshop and Dr. Bonnie Feldman’s Autoimmune presentation. This post is the first of a few that I’ve written about what I’ve learned from Dr. Siegel. I was accepted into …
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“I want you to amputate my leg.” This isn’t something that most people will say in their lifetime and seriously mean it. The strength this man has makes me feel so proud to have met him. His story has opened my eyes to a whole world of health that I wasn’t even aware of. You …
Stanford Medicine X. 2015 ePatient Applications. You keep seeing my tweets about applying, but what would you be applying for? Plus, I’m willing to bet the ‘Am I even qualified enough’ question crossed your mind! First off ask yourself these questions: Are you a patient? Are you a caregiver? Are you an advocate for patients …
Head Up, Heart Strong. That was Matthew Dudley’s message and a key phrase that I’ll always remember. As I sat there watching this live at medx, I had tears in my eyes and chills all over my body. As I sat here at home watching it, I again had chills and was just so overly …
One of my favorite sessions I attended at #medx was an autoimmune presentation by Dr. Bonnie Feldman (@DrBonnie360). I’m pretty sure my neck hurt from shaking my head in agreement the entire time she was talking. In her presentation, @DrBonnie360 talked about how we need to add an integrative layer in our healthcare system and …
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Going out to eat is kind of a stressful event now a days. Autoimmune patient food choices can be verrrryyyyyyy limited. I get kinda creeped out when reading menus where ONE of the dishes will be “all natural, no hormone” chicken. Sooooooo does that mean all the other chicken options are not natural and use …
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