I have decided that too much of my time has been spent trying to figure out how to live against Multiple Sclerosis; it's time now to learn to live with this disease. I hope that this blog will help me achieve that goal. I also hope that it will be a way of reaching out to others with MS. Armed with voice-recognition software (my hands are useless when it comes to typing more than a couple of...
I am mommy to one son, Austin, who was diagnosed with a catastrophic form of epilepsy known as Infantile Spasms/West Syndrome at six months old. He was diagnosed in May 2008, and it has been an uphill battle ever since. We struggle with numerous daily seizures and developmental delay. My blog tracks our progress (medically and emotionally) as we continue to fight for...
My goal is to push my limits (physical, emotional, mental) and encourage others to do the same.
At age 17 I was devastated with the diagnosis of a rare disease called Friedreich's ataxia (FA). What the heck is Friedreich's ataxia and what would it mean to me for the rest of my life? Over the next couple years my family and I found out that FA is a progressive...
In early 2005, I was 28 years old and just beginning to break into a career as an opera singer. I had received contracts for three main stage productions, a culmination of ten years of work toward my goal of making opera my life's work. I was at a turning point; these performances could make or break my budding career.
One morning in March of that year, I woke, stood up, and passed out,...
My husband and I are the proud new adoptive parents of a beautiful baby girl with Down syndrome. We are also the proud parents of two biological children.
The goal of our blog is to promote adoption as an option in Canada for birth parents who receive an adverse prenatal diagnosis.
Having been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis aged 33, I lived with the illness for nearly 4 years before surgery became my only real option. Number Twos covers my experiences from my initial diagnosis to my recent colostomy.
This blog is a attempt to bring the subject of ECG to the hearts of all you clinicians and students, with a aliment of fun in working out the clinical relevance, abnormalities. See if you are up for the challenge of the cause of the arrhythmia, its clinical significance, differential diagnosis and the practical aspects of patient management.
I am a 25 year young female in New Zealand. I have designed my blog to help others who might be looking for answers to their questions about hip impingement and labral tears. Going through the process of diagnosis and treatment myself, I know the run-around a lot of these patients get to find the right diagnosis and treatment for themselves. I have included my full radiology and operation...
I am a 55 year old woman living a life that includes COPD / emphysema. While my diagnosis four years ago did change some things about me - I retired from teaching to avoid colds and flu, for example - it did not change who I am. I am an active, productive and happy woman - I write, I engage in several (too many?) hobbies, I care for my granddaughter while her mother works. I believe in the title...
William C. Dement MD PhD (born 1928), is a pioneering US sleep researcher, and founder of the Sleep Research Center, the world's first sleep laboratory, at Stanford University. He is a leading authority on sleep, sleep deprivation, and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy.
