Letting go of a career isn’t always a choice. Sometimes reality makes the decision for you—and the only thing left to do is accept it and move forward.
We don’t miss the disease. We miss the version of the story where we survived it.
We don’t romanticize disease—we romanticize surviving it. And that difference matters more than people want to admit.
Cake, Punch, and Encephalitis
We’ve turned childhood diseases into nostalgia and vaccines into controversy. As a healthcare provider, I’ve seen what these illnesses actually do—and it’s nothing worth celebrating.
Boundaries Are Not Negotiations
A boundary is not a request for better treatment—it is a decision about what you will no longer tolerate. And once it becomes negotiable, so do you.