This is what an autoimmune disease does. It wrecks our bodies and minds, crushing the jar of clay into fractured shards or pounding the wet clay into a shapeless lump. We are destroyed. This is the physical reality, the daily …
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Autoimmune disorders are strange, because every single case is unique. Why? Because each human being is unique. Whenever a human body attacks itself, it does so in a peculiar way. Because of this, there is no specific test that can …
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Bloggers typically create content ahead of time. I just wanted you to know this upfront, so you’re not overly concerned about me today. I wrote this three weeks ago. I don’t handle sickness well. I just confessed this to a …
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These are the secrets whispered in rheumatologists’ offices as we attempt to communicate our daily reality. Communication is one of the most important tools in medicine, and it goes both ways. I must find words my doctors understand. It’s surprising …
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Imagine putting together a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle without having the picture. We’d look for flat-sided pieces and corner pieces and then slowly fit together the outside edges of the puzzle. The rest would require tedious examination of each and every …
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I’ve been in love with my husband since I was fourteen. My attraction for the sixteen-year-old version of him scared me so much that I broke up with him and dated several other guys in the interim just to keep …
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Maybe you’ve had an inner wound. I’m currently nursing one. Only the salve of God’s Word and His nearness heals raw edges and reopened emotional scars. I’m putting together the formerly misunderstood pieces of my past and mourning what was …
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This year my resolutions smacked of self-reliance and gracelessness. I sought to control the free-fall of my health, thinking I could handle it. Instead, Jesus used His own tools, no formula required. His Holy Spirit is gentle, gracious, and effective. I …
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If you’ve been sick for a long time and no one can tell you what’s wrong, I’m writing to you. Relief may be in sight. But action is required. I was just diagnosed with CREST syndrome, also known as limited …
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I didn’t want to be part of a real-life science fiction story where mystery ailments strike hard at the general populace. Is it a sinister plot? Has the government been testing chemical warfare on us as part of a secret …
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