It’s a frightening thing to say; to admit. And on Valentine’s Day 2019, I learned at my local ER that I have cancer. Chronic myeloid leukemia, to be precise. The same cancer that killed my husband’s grandmother; a version of the cancer that plagues my grandmother now; a cancer that allegedly isn’t hereditary; a cancerContinueContinue reading “I Have Cancer”
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An Open Letter to Dr. Andrew Kolodny
Update 6/27/18: I am overwhelmed by the positive responses I have received for this letter. I would ask that readers also take a look at all the articles and references cited in this piece, and share those as well. Those references go into much, much more detail and research than I have had space orContinueContinue reading “An Open Letter to Dr. Andrew Kolodny”
A Rock and a Hard Place: Pain Patients Suffer from Heroin Laws Fallout
See also: An Open Letter to Dr. Kolodny, The Truth About the Opioid Crisis, and Strangulation on Medicine Good, law-abiding people are suffering severely in the fallout from recent state and federal laws. Designed to curb heroin addiction, these laws and prevailing societal views all begin with the false assumption that prescription pain pills likeContinueContinue reading “A Rock and a Hard Place: Pain Patients Suffer from Heroin Laws Fallout”
Strangulation on Medicine: My Life as a Pain Patient
What is life like as a pain patient in America? I invite you to take a walk in my shoes.
The Midwest Courier 