Category archives: Featured
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- Transmission of hepatitis occurs when blood from someone with the virus enters the bloodstream of another person. The virus is not passed on through general day to day contact between people. Because of this, there is negligible risk in the workplace – except for certain sectors such as skin penetra[...]
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- Well, since the hives were about gone from the allergic reaction to the chemo, I was beginning to feel human again. We had spent the weekend in Kansas City at the rental home since I was a mess and John was working extra to help with all the bills.Mom was at our home, which is about three hours awa[...]
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- October is Down syndrome awareness month, and as I thought about what to be aware of the word retarded continued to come to mind. You see, in many ways this word haunts me and the many others who live and love people with mental disabilities. As I thought about what to write and how to express my [...]
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- Originally, they had told me no treatment was needed, but there were still many unanswered questions. My tumor was not a typical astrocytoma. The oncology doctor had advised us to start radiation as a precaution. But, I was afraid to and not too.
The thought of losing my hair, oh my gosh...I h[...]
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- Editor's Note: This is the first of many blog posts from Theobald Owusu-Ansah, a Hepatitis activist in Ghana and the founder of the Theobald Hepatitis B Foundation.
Last year, a lady called and told me that she has tested positive for HBV and wanted to know if there is a treatment. I asked her abou[...]
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- Its that time of year again and who could miss it. The stores are displaying their goods, the advertisements and emails from retailers are filling up InBoxes, and people are beginning to prepare their lists. (and check them twice!)
But for some of us this can be a very difficult time of year, a t[...]
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- As I said it can only happen to me…
The day has come to see the plastic surgeon and give him my decision as to whether to have surgery on my eye socket and also the visit to the primary care doctor that I missed when I fell on my face. I had taken off the walking cast and decided to see what hap[...]
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- A few days ago I met with a new patient for the first time, he was elderly, in relatively good health considering he suffers daily with a debilitating disease, his smile was warm and inviting and his attitude towards life was refreshingly happy. He made me feel very welcome and appreciated that I to[...]
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- One of the things that surprised me when I first became a patient advocate for Sanguine BioSciences was how “normal” all of my patients were. Many of the diseases we work with on a daily basis have names that sound scary, like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Lupus. Most of us picture these people with[...]
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- As I said it can only happen to me…
After the five day stay in the hospital, John and my kids were adamant that I come home and recuperate with my mom. To be honest, so did I as they still had me on a soft food diet, no dairy and my appetite was almost none. But, I slept a lot and tried to get my[...]
