Living with a chronic heart condition I have had to identify what causes my anxiety to worsen. Sometimes it can be a person whom I have been at odds with at work or in a relationship. Often it is waiting for a lab result or doctor’s appointment knowing that my being short of breath and […]

It was 1998 and I was new in town.   By town, I mean a Midwest city on a big river with well over two million residents and two academic medical centers.  Having been diagnosed with a rare heart disorder many years before, finding a good cardiologist in town was one of my first priorities. I […]

When I was young, I was either a healthy, adventuresome kick-ass professional woman walking the halls of Congress or laid up in my bed counting my heartbeats and waiting to die.  There was no in-between. Not only did I make sure the world only saw one side of me; I only saw one side of […]

Much has been written about how to survive the pandemic, both mentally and in everyday activities involving your income, relationships, living situation, etc.  Virtually no aspect of our lives has been untouched or left unchanged. So how does someone adjust to a life when so much around them looks different? What keeps coming to my […]