I spent years understanding disability as a healthcare provider. Then multiple strokes put me on the other side of the exam room and taught me how different understanding disability is from living with it.
Category: Healthcare issues
Apparently, My Nervous System Didn’t Get the Memo
Trauma responses don't always make sense from the outside. Sometimes the danger is long gone, but the nervous system is still sounding the alarm. A look at PTSD, hypervigilance, safety, and learning that not every alarm means there's a storm.
Diagnosing Through a Screen
Healthcare professionals earn public trust by practicing evidence-based medicine, not by diagnosing strangers from social media clips. Observation is one thing. Diagnosis is another.
Hogwash, Hypocrisy, and Public Health
Recent changes to vaccine recommendations have reignited debates about public health, personal choice, and government policy. As a former healthcare provider, I take a look at RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda, the misinformation surrounding vaccines, and the strange contradiction between bodily autonomy and selective government interference.