A book review of “Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women’s Pain” by Abby Norman Physicians dismiss women’s pain more than men’s. Period. This unfortunate truth is displayed in full color detail throughout Abby Norman’s book, Ask Me About My Uterus. Raw, bold, and unflinchingly honest, her memoir flashes […]
21 October 2020Autoimmune Care & Caregiver Support
Expert-informed articles on autoimmune care, offering practical guidance for navigating healthcare systems and supporting those living with chronic illness.
What Is Telehealth? Telehealth refers to the strategy of providing virtual healthcare. This includes any technologies and services that physicians use to conduct appointments remotely. Another feature of telehealth is the use of communications between hospitals and clinics to bring collaborative expertise into emergency procedures. As early as the 1970s, telehealth was used to assist […]
17 September 2020Have you been told “it’s just stress”? Or diagnosed as a hypochondriac? Has it taken years to find a diagnosis? Maybe you’re still searching for one. The exhaustion is real! It’s a long road to figure out what’s wrong and how to address it, without getting derailed by judgement and misdiagnoses. The experience of managing […]
30 May 2020If you know someone—a friend, parent, sibling, patient, coworker—with a chronic or invisible illness like autoimmune disease, you may be unsure of how to talk to them, and how to respond appropriately in regards to their health. It can be tricky, especially since good intentions are often drowned out by poor word choice. You may […]
05 March 2020