There’s nothing quite like spilling all your secrets to a complete stranger. It can be liberating … or it can be terrifying. Plus, going through your HMO’s provider book isn’t going to tell you what you want to know about the therapist you’ll be working with. I’ve been seeing therapists on-and-off for a decade and […]
A spinal cord injury sounds scary, and the reality is, it can be. However, as The Gomez Firm notes, 17,000 new spinal cord injuries occur every year in the United States. Auto accidents are the top cause of spinal injuries. Thirty-eight percent of spinal injuries are related to auto accidents, and falls are the next […]
The only thing I didn’t consider when planning this solo traveling adventure is that I might end up in hospital. Sadly, I did. I woke up in a pool of my own blood a few nights ago and was faced with a difficult choice: Do I go to the ER (which would be ridiculously expensive for […]
Health insurance is important, and we all know about that already. Some of us might have already purchased one for ourselves and our family. Some of us might be just vaguely considering the idea. Some of us might be too lazy to get off our cozy couches and get one. There are all kinds of […]
Two years ago when my boyfriend and I were having a conversation about when we lost our virginity, I lied and told him I was 22 and had slept with three people before him. The truth is that I’d just lost my virginity a few months earlier when I was 25 and hadn’t slept with […]
It is not easy working in the healthcare sector. You dedicate your life to studying, learning, and growing, and yet it takes a long time until you start earning some decent money. If you’re lucky, you’ll be paying off your student loans well into your late 30s. That mostly refers to doctors, who make up […]
I don’t obsessively wash my hands; in fact, I spend most of my time barefoot, germs faze me that little. I don’t feel an inexplicable need to count things. I don’t have any good luck charms, either physical (objects) or mental (numbers, letters, etc.). But I do have moderate OCD that has, over the course […]
When I married Jason on August 7, 2015, the same day as his 29th birthday, we didn’t feel that marriage would change our relationship dramatically. After five years of dating, we were true partners-in-crime who had traveled the world together, raised two small dogs as though they were our children, and enjoyed daily debriefing sessions […]
A week before my high school graduation, my doctor told me that I had to go to the hospital. My weight had fallen too low, my EKG results were scary, and my continued refusal to eat was putting my life in danger. While my classmates went to college orientation, I went to nutrition counseling and […]
