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This year’s party, our 3rd Annual Online New Year’s Eve Party, was a smashing success. Somewhere between 100-150 guests attended

Illness: Light Breaking Through The Darkness

Yesterday, two things happened: First, I learned of a contest for artists with rare diseases. I entered it. (You can

Over the weekend, I was getting my butt kicked by pain from both the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and psoriasis. At

One of the hardest aspects of chronic illness is saying goodbye to hobbies and interests. Some of us have even

This is a picture of my mom and my nephew, Mikko, at his 8th birthday over the weekend. I missed

When people who are sick complain about their illnesses–whether it’s physical pain, fatigue, or depression–one of the most common responses

Did you know that by the year 2020, the World Health Organization says depression will be the second greatest disability in

I’m in so much pain right now I probably shouldn’t even be writing. But I am. This week has been

Starting Monday night, I got this terrible headache. Somehow, I pushed through and managed to write a new blog post. The

June is Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Awareness Month. MG is a neuromuscular autoimmune disease many people do not know about. People with