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Today was endoscopy day, or EDG day.  With PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis) comes progressive inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts, yielding cirrhosis, or low liver function.  The...

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3 Month Update & A Prayer Request

Hi everyone, Just a little update and a prayer request below. I’m doing so great.  It’s been 3 months since my surgery, and I can’t help but reflect on where I’ve been.  Thinking back on my life with...

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Good News

In preparing for my 3-month-scan and labs to make sure the tumor that triggered my transplant hadn’t returned, I found two journal articles.  (Yes, I’m a nursing student who has a penchant for...

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Life, Interrupted: Medical Bills, Insurance and Uncertainty

I like to write my own pieces on this site, but sometimes I read things that resonate much too deeply to ignore.  Things that I want to shout from the rooftops and say, This is real life.  This is my...

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Second wind

Go download Eve Ensler’s new book, In the Body of the World: A Memoir.  Like right now. Profound.  I recommend this work of art to anyone who cares about or is involved in suffering, the human race, or...

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This journey…

As some of you know, I (finally) graduated in August after 9 years in college.  And as some of you also know, for all of those years, I fought and fought to get ahead despite my many health challenges....

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5 Years.

5 years seems so short sometimes.  Tiny babies grow to age 5 right before your eyes.  My dog is 11, and that happened out of no where! Has it really been 2 years since I’ve been out of the country?  My...

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