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Pregnancy microcephaly experiences

Pregnant With a Diagnosis

Carrying a baby with a scary diagnosis puts life in a different...
Posted 8 years 10 months ago BY PETRA WHEATON
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Thyroid disease and pregnancy

The Question

Be careful what you ask for...
Posted 8 years 10 months ago BY JENNIFER L.
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Chronic Illness: Looking Back

A Reflection on having a chronic illness.
Posted 8 years 10 months ago BY KRISTIN GEORGE
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Atrial Fibrillation and Mortality

Atrial Fibrillation: The Visibility of Mortality

Most of the time we can avoid thinking about it.
Posted 8 years 10 months ago BY CASON BOYD
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ameloblastoma dreams

The Tooth Revealed in a Dream: Update

Risa Nye wrote about her ameloblastoma experience for us. Now she provides...
Posted 8 years 10 months ago BY RISA NYE
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The Tube and I

The Tube and I

The Tube and I were never formally introduced before we met in the...
Posted 8 years 11 months ago BY LINDA SLUSSER
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Partial Gastrectomy

My Partial Gastrectomy

I didn’t intend or want to die. I just practiced denial like an art form.
Posted 8 years 11 months ago BY Patricia M.
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Altitude Sickness

Altitude Sickness

“Oh, God, make it stop,” I prayed. “This is supposed to be a vacation!”
Posted 8 years 12 months ago Stephanie Allen Crist
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giving blood transgender

The "T Box"

Sometimes you just want to help out and it gets complicated.
Posted 9 years 1 month ago BY CAMERON VAN
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How To Be Sick: Part Two

How To Be Sick: Part Two

More life lessons learned from chronic illness-from the other side of the...
Posted 9 years 1 month ago BY MINENHLE D.
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How To Be Sick

How To Be Sick: Part One

I've learned a lot from being sick.
Posted 9 years 1 month ago Amy Estoye, after
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Long Hospital Nights

Long Hospital Nights

It’s lonely in the middle of the night, when the painkillers wear off.
Posted 9 years 1 month ago BY DESERAE CONSTANTINEAU
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