Since launching this blog, I’ve been on three immunosuppressants: Humira, Enbrel and now Cosentyx. Humira felt like a wonder drug to me until I started to crash for no apparent reason – crushing fatigue, foggy brain, confusion. I got lost in a doctor’s office, and I’m the one with maps in her head. Take meContinue reading “Moods and Molecules”
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Sharps Box
Yesterday I was due for my second COVID vaccine but I couldn’t get it because I’ve got a sinus infection. I’m on antibiotics for a sinus infection, which have plagued me my entire adult life — I’ve undergone two sinus surgeries, experienced more infections than I can ever count, and was gifted with very smallContinue reading “Sharps Box”
A Parachute Out of Everything Broken (Part Two)
Our limbic systems leap to attention when we’re making tough decisions. It’s one of the reasons why some people can’t seem to make up their minds (outside the Libras among us, they’re excused), and why making that decision gets harder and harder the more you agonize over it. But if you make that decision withContinue reading “A Parachute Out of Everything Broken (Part Two)”
Everything is Always Over 