Tag: Medical Resources

  • The Trifecta: What is it and why do I have it?

    The Trifecta: What is it and why do I have it?

    Researchers are still trying to understand why POTS, EDS, and MCAS overlap so frequently, but many believe connective tissue dysfunction, nervous system dysregulation, and mast cell activity may all play a role. While the exact connection is still being studied, the overlap is becoming increasingly difficult for patients and researchers to ignore.

    Researchers are still trying to understand why POTS, EDS, and MCAS overlap so frequently, but many believe connective tissue dysfunction, nervous system dysregulation, and mast cell activity may all play a role. While the exact connection is still being studied, the overlap is becoming increasingly difficult for patients and researchers to ignore.

  • CRPS Isn’t Black and White. Stop Pretending It Is.

    CRPS Isn’t Black and White. Stop Pretending It Is.

    Living with CRPS means learning that medicine rarely offers simple answers. As social media debates treatments like spinal cord stimulators, it’s important to remember that real patients live in the gray areas where one person’s failure can be another person’s relief.

    Living with CRPS means learning that medicine rarely offers simple answers. As social media debates treatments like spinal cord stimulators, it’s important to remember that real patients live in the gray areas where one person’s failure can be another person’s relief.

  • My hEDS Diagnosis

    My hEDS Diagnosis

    It wasn’t quick. It wasn’t straightforward. It wasn’t easy. BUT… it’s real and it finally has a name!

    It wasn’t quick. It wasn’t straightforward. It wasn’t easy. BUT… it’s real and it finally has a name!

  • 26 Years In: Lessons and Resources I’ve Learned Along the Way: Part 2

    26 Years In: Lessons and Resources I’ve Learned Along the Way: Part 2

    Finding the right resources can be just as challenging as managing chronic illness itself. The tools, providers, organizations, and support shared here aren’t meant to be exhaustive or prescriptive. They reflect what I haev learned through my experiences, research, and advocacy. This is meant to be a starting point and adding additional resources is the…

    Finding the right resources can be just as challenging as managing chronic illness itself. The tools, providers, organizations, and support shared here aren’t meant to be exhaustive or prescriptive. They reflect what I haev learned through my experiences, research, and advocacy. This is meant to be a starting point and adding additional resources is the…