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August 3, 2017
The Text of Shame
It’s your best friend’s birthday. You bought tickets to the show she’s been wanting to see for the last year and promised you would go no matter how sick you got in the hours leading up to your departure. Leaning into those words, your dear friend has skipped both the 24-hour and 4-hour check-in texts. She’s oblivious to the raging... Read morePosted in CVID, Rare Disease, Relationships | By Stacey Philpot
January 30, 2017
The Dangers of Love on the Wildwood Exit
You hear a lot about happiness on your wedding day. He just seems to make her so happy. The bride was beaming with happiness. I hope you two live happily ever after. And whether she realizes it or not, every blushing bride prances down the aisle with her own vision of what her happily ever after... Read morePosted in Autism, Chronic Illness and Diagnosis, Chronic Life, CVID, Lyme Disease, Marriage | By Stacey Philpot
September 26, 2016
Is Accepting Our Diagnosis a Good Thing or Bad Thing?
Like many, the early stages of my diagnoses were often fraught with a rapid, fluid exchange of emotions and thought processes. One day they were the end of the world and the next they were maybe not so bad after all. However, with each diagnosis, my processing window shortened, and I steadied myself more quickly. I’ve always been a dichotomy.... Read morePosted in Chronic Illness and Diagnosis, CVID | By Stacey Philpot