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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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.
On Opioids, One Year After DEA Reforms
It’s been nearly one year since my researched article on the heroin epidemic (link) in my city, and I’ve been keeping tabs on the results of the DEA’s new prescription opioid reforms. How have things have panned out for pain patients, and opioid and heroin addicts in the past year? Two years ago, National PainContinueContinue reading “On Opioids, One Year After DEA Reforms”
The Midwest Courier 