This summer I’ve been really quiet on social media. It started off with an awesome family vacation, followed by my boyfriend leaving for a year-long deployment, followed by weeks of not feeling well. Josh left on July 7th and that weekend I just crashed in bed. I had been traveling for almost a month straight …
It’s summer folks! I hope that doesn’t mean you’re covering up your psoriasis and are ashamed to flaunt your flares! Ps. Did you know that the National Psoriasis Foundation is having a #FlauntYourFlares instagram challenge all summer. Head over to insta and post a picture of you with #FlauntYourFlares. You could win awesome prizes! With psoriatic disease, …
As part of #arthritisAwarenessMonth, I shared some of my favorite arthritis bloggers on my Facebook and Twitter channels. I say SOME of my favorites because there are a TON of arthritis bloggers out there who are FANTASTIC. I have to give a HUGE thanks to The National Psoriasis Foundation because they really were the first …
As you can see, over the last year, the frequency of posts on my site has dwindled. Why is that? Well, it’s because of numerous factors. . . I was able to get off disability completely and get back to work! (YES!) I’ve been writing for many other online publications and, at the end of …
Traveling has always been one of my favorite things to do. Ever since I was young, I’ve always enjoyed seeing new places, cultures, and things. From exploring America, laying on the beaches of the Caribbean, safari-ing (is that even a word?) through the African bush, riding camels on a Tunisian beach with Arabic speaking natives, …
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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! …
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 …