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Chronic Illness: When We Don’t Know What’s to Come
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mpratt
Yesterday was a tough doctor day for me. I had to have retests of my retinas for a problem that may or may not be related to one of the medications I take to treat lupus and keep it (moderately) at bay. Unfortunately, the tests were, once again, abnormal, and I’ll be seeing another doc…
Chronic Pain: Why Isn’t Everyone Cured?
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mpratt
When I heard the news story today about the Mississippi child who was born with HIV and now, 2 1/2 years later, seems to be cured, I was very happy for researchers and others who have been working in the trenches to understand, treat and eventually erradicate HIV-AIDS. Of course, this one story is not…
Chronic Illness: How to Handle the Snowball
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mpratt
Whenever someone visits or lives in a place where snow has recently fallen, I ask them to “throw a snowball for me.” It was one of my favorite things to do, when I lived in blizzard-prone places, and I still like the vicarious glee of thinking of one of those cold orbs arcing across the…
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