The loneliest people I see are those whose child (or children) are battling pancreatic disease. Their faces reach me like a beacon of despair, their pain hits me squarely in my heart.
Tag: Life
Life Interrupted Part 3: A New Normal
As my disease progressed and my symptoms worsened, I became a “frequent flyer” at the ER - the term some ER staff use to refer to patients they believe are drug seekers.
Life Interrupted Part 2: Down the Rabbit Hole
Doctors are trained that when you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras. The doctors I’d seen were looking for a horse, but maybe, just maybe, I was a zebra.
Life Interrupted
I was reduced to a woman lying on the floor of a public bathroom for hours at a time because the abdominal pain, vomiting and other symptoms left me no other option. When you're that sick, dignity and concern for germs are casualties to the cause.
That’s When Life Called
It came in over my cell phone where my gastroenterologist was telling me that we needed to talk about removing my pancreas and a possible transplant - sooner, rather than later.
We’re All Healing From Something
It's been twenty years since I saw his chest rise, then fall for the last time.
Navigating Life With a Chronic Illness (or Two)
After six years of being seriously ill, in early 2011, I spent three months offline and out of my office recovering from extensive surgery. Truth be told, it was life-saving, life-changing surgery. And that made it non-negotiable.
Like a Phoenix Rising (Again)
As I sit here this morning, waiting for my name to be called, I'm feeling a weight heavy on my heart. I pick through the various adjectives, trying to lay claim to the one that fits what I'm feeling. And then I realize what it is. It's grief. Bone-crushing, heart-wrenching grief.
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