Monthly Archives: February 2016

I wrote this email to a woman who posted her story about her journey with breast cancer. It was particularly tragic, because they had first found a lump when she was 35, but the mammogram and ultrasound came back saying … Continue reading →

I just realized, a lot of the symptoms I’m feeling are consistent with the infection hitting my heart.

I bought Noah a college biology textbook…Bio 101. On Friday, I brought Noah with me when I saw Dr. Pitchon, and I was absolutely *blown away* by the questions Noah was asking the doctor…and even more amazing, the way he … Continue reading →

David is allergic to bandaids (or at least this brand), so we had to go to paper tape and gauze, which is better anyway 🙂 (David had a mole removed on the side of his neck, and it’s healing up … Continue reading →

I just coughed up a good lug, and it’s definitely yellow-y. (I’m about 2 hours late starting the Vanco tonight, cuz I didn’t bring my pump with me to the hospital when I did my Vanco trough…just starting it now.) … Continue reading →

There are so many pathways in the immune system to alert the body of an infection…I wonder which is the one screwed up in me. http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2014-05-immune-cells-outsmart-bacterial-infection.html

I just had a poo that was almost just pure liquid…I had another one a few hours earlier, that was also very loose (but not as bad), but it smelled like someone had died. Even Noah said he had never … Continue reading →

This is me, but it’s always been that way since I started getting my periods. (To give you an idea of how bad it is, when I had appendicitis, at first I thought I was just having my period — … Continue reading →

This is a comment I just posted in a Facebook group I just joined, for patients who are on IVIG therapy. It turns out a few of us were posting how we’ve gained weight since starting regular IVIG treatment. Then … Continue reading →

Checking out his mole 🙂