I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was twenty-three years old, the perfect age to enjoy life, when I was diagnosed with brucellosis. It felt like the world was crashing down around me. The doctor told me it was an infection caused by bacteria that would require antibiotics for a long period of …
I never really thought much of my Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. I had been going to the doctor since I was little, and I had known since then that there was something wrong, but it never seriously affected my life until I got older. Growing up, I was always a bit unsteady on my feet …
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I lie in my hospital bed, writhing in agony, feeling like if I am going to die. I’m a patient suffering from Neurapathic Agony. This is a disease where I feel a burning, sometimes searing pain, hurting more than anything I’ve ever experienced in my life. The pain originates deep within my nerves, but I …
I am a girl patient, and I have dementia. It all started with confusion and forgetfulness, but then the darkness followed. I’m not sure when it began, but the darkness was insidious, inching its way into my mind until I felt totally ensnared. I couldn’t think clearly, and I felt like I was losing control. …
