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    Chronic Illness,  Intracranial Hypertension,  Spirit

    How I’ve Healed

    September 15, 2025 /

    Roughly one year ago, I shared a post about healing called “What Must I Do?” It was one of many on the subject, as naturally it comes with...

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    My Shunt Surgery

    September 2, 2020
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    The Auditory Symptoms of Intracranial Hypertension

    January 7, 2021
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    In Sickness & In Health

    June 12, 2019
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    Chronic Illness

    The Broken Body

    May 22, 2019 /

    Do you remember when your body broke? I do. Thursday, January 26, 2017. 9:30 am. It was the day I had my first child. It was the moment I had the epidural that went too far. Sure, that’s a common occurrence. Countless women experience it. The needle penetrates too far into the dura that surrounds the spinal cord and causes spinal fluid to leak out from around your brain. Excruciating headaches ensue. Sometimes the body heals itself before the new mother even notices. Other times, the skull crushing pain lingers for weeks or even months afterwards. The good news is doctors can fix this. All they have to do is…

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    My Shunt Surgery

    September 2, 2020
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    My IH Journey – Series Intro

    September 3, 2024
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    A Day in the Life of Chronic Illness

    July 31, 2019
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    Chronic Illness

    “But You Don’t Look Sick.”

    May 15, 2019 /

    Do I look sick to you? Odds are I don’t. But I am living with an invisible illness. I am living with chronic pain. Do you know what unusual mentality comes along with being chronically ill? Paranoia. “But you don’t look sick.” Is a phrase so commonly used among the sick that we begin to question it ourselves. What if it is all in my head? What if it’s really not so bad? What if I could hold a job right now? What if I really didn’t need to cancel plans today? Maybe I’m not that sick after all. How can I be if I don’t look it? I even…

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    November 25, 2020
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    The Way, The Truth, & The Lyme

    May 6, 2020
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    Not by Sight

    November 13, 2019

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