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PTSD is real…

I catch the judgments when I mention PTSD to even those closest to us. I have the utmost respect for our military, and our servicemen and women.  They are the front lines, defending us and keeping us...

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Show Up

It was three MRIs in two days that week in November.  That’s too many, in case you were wondering. One was an extension of an August MRI, which had been a knee follow up.  If you’ve been following –...

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“…What is essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“You don’t LOOK sick.” Like all things your perception changes over time.  When I was much younger if someone asked me for the most hurtful thing someone could say to me – it would have been something...

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Pandemic Got Your Tongue?

NYC #COVID19 NYC #Covid19 There are things you could do without ever experiencing.  Clearly #COVID19 is one of them. I live in NYC.  I have lived here every one of my 46 years. I was born and raised...

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I’m not afraid of the dark, and other COVID-19 revelations…

For Cowden’s Syndrome patients, there are surgeries.  There are different kinds for different people.  But, inevitably there are surgeries. When most young people talk about being afraid of the dark,...

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What will your verse be?

“…That the powerful play goes on and you might contribute a verse.” -Walt Whitman (O Me! O Life!) “What will your verse be?”- Robin Williams (Dead Poet’s Society) I couldn’t sleep last night. This...

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Easy is for Amateurs

I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. I did. I just didn’t realize it was going to be THIS hard. I mean, maybe I should have. Easy is for amateurs after all. But, I didn’t realize it. And as a direct...

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The Future of Healthcare

I could write for days and never fully tell all that is spoken through those eyes. I could detail wars, physical, mental, and emotional that would have decimated those who think they understand...

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…in the basket of the shredder

The primary care, a title he earned through the path of least resistance, abruptly left the practice in December. There was no notice, and I found out quite by accident. But, none of that surprised...

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Let’s talk about PTEN

… said almost no one except us. Ever. That’s why it was intriguing and exciting when Kristin Anothony from the PTEN Foundation contacted me last spring and asked me to share my story on a podcast....

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