Medical Experiences

Service dog. What flashes in your mind when hearing those words? A blind man with a vision dog, a veteran who is an amputee? While these are two valid types of work of service dogs, there are [...]

WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY AWARENESS POST: I will hold onto your hope for you Trigger warning: attempted suicide, mental illness Getting diagnosed with a chronic illness is never easy. [...]

Are you committed to your therapy journey? Do you do what your therapist tells you to do? Do you follow the instructions you’re given by your doctor? Do you persevere with therapy for as long as [...]

Have you ever wondered how we ended up with a Zebra as the “mascot”, if you will, for the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes? I think about it frequently, in this line of business. In fact, I’m confronted [...]

Who’s got your back? International Scoliosis Awareness Day was on June 30 with the theme #gotyourback18. I feel passionate about highlighting this awareness day because I have been [...]

When people are diagnosed with a hypermobility-related condition, they are often catapulted into the world of medicine and allied health. The trouble is, having had no previous experience with [...]

BEFORE: Tomorrow morning I will be attending my first CBT session which will be a new experience for me. I saw a counsellor for basic talking therapy last year, but I’m aware that this will [...]

When I first received my Marfan Syndrome diagnosis many years ago, I felt like I had been given a death sentence. No word of a lie, I thought the doctor was trying to tell me I was about to die. [...]

It’s been two weeks & three days now since my last appointment with the Cardiologist, one of those “news you are not expecting” appointments. I have to see him regularly [...]