The Fight Like a Girl Club would like to spotlight one of our members and Power Story writers, Allison Healy, who was recently awarded by the National Collegiate Wrestling Association for her bravery in battling multiple serious medical conditions, including RSD/CRPS, Gastroparesis/Intestinal Dysmotility/DTP, and POTS/Dysautonomia. Allison was chosen for the award after …
Read More »All my life I have gotten questions about my health. ‘How long will you live?’ ‘Does having a heart condition hurt?’ And my favorite, ‘Can I catch what you have?!’ But as I start down this new journey of getting a heart and lung transplant – I am getting more …
Read More »Most inspirational quote books available today are simply compilations of various quotes by different authors, many of which we’ve all read or heard a thousand times. There is certainly nothing wrong with such an approach, but this is not what you get with In the Garden of Happiness. Each of …
Read More »The latest buzz on the internet is a new television show called Red Band Society. I’ve read a few reviews of the show that were written by chronically or terminally ill teens who had watched the pilot. Their reviews made me worried that chronic or terminally illnesses wouldn’t be portrayed …
Read More »You may or may not have noticed my absence the past couple of months. The fault is entirely my own, and to be honest it’s because I just couldn’t find the words. Ironic for a writer when words are what you depend on. But after every negative pregnancy test I became more …
Read More »Something I have found lately since starting infertility treatments is that I am much more sensitive to people’s comments now. I completely understand that a lot of people don’t really think about what they say before they say it and of course a lot may not know our situation but …
Read More »Do you sometimes feel disconnected? Like somehow life stuff took over and left you stranded on a baron path in the middle of nowhere? Have you ever looked in the mirror and asked yourself who the person looking back at you is? We’ve all been there. Somewhere along the way …
Read More »I think when you face a chronic disease you always find yourself thinking about “The Finish Line”. When the fighting is over, when your done, and when everything is just finished. I feel like I am facing that now. As many of you know I have been trying Lupron shots. …
Read More »Danielle Viverito and Michelle Kohlas have done it again. They have taken a difficult topic, this time, bullying, and presented it in an easy-to-read, beautifully illustrated story format that children will understand and adults can learn from. My Bully and Me not only takes us into the world of a young …
Read More »At the end of the year we all look back and reflect upon the year we are leaving behind. The good times we have had, the changes we have went through, and then the bad times and the things we will gladly leave behind. I can personally look back and …
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