Glossier Review: Phase 2 Set, Haloscope and Cloud Paint
After lusting over my American friend's Glossier stash, I was finally able to try a few products for myself as Glossier started shipping...
Why Pulmonary Hypertension Isn’t an Invisible Illness to Me
Pulmonary hypertension might be an invisible illness, but it isn’t invisible to me. I notice pulmonary hypertension first thing when I...
Finding Reasons to Be Happy
It became difficult to envision many milestones in my life after I was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Getting married,...
Oxygen in Real Life, Part 2: News and Entertainment Media Need to Represent Us Better
I’ve discovered that news and entertainment organizations either fail to write about rare diseases like pulmonary hypertension or portray...
Oxygen in Real Life, Part One: Young Adults Use Oxygen, Too
Although pulmonary hypertension caused me to give up my fancy grown-up job, I have been lucky enough to work part-time from home. I...
Can We Celebrate Instead, Please? The Importance of Embracing Good News
“Can we celebrate instead, please?” crossed my mind as my doctor discussed the results of my most recent right heart catheter. He showed...
Wiggle Your Big Toe
When life gets hard, remember to keep trying to wiggle that big toe.
Grief, The Alchemist
When I think of grief, I think of Rumi's quote "The wound is the place where Light enters you." Pulmonary hypertension has lef
3 Years: A Soundtrack
When Laura Jane Grace roars "There is an ocean in my soul where the waters do not curve," I feel the words that I have been search
How Anxiety Induced by Pulmonary Hypertension Feels
There hasn't been more than a few moments in the past three years where I haven't thought about pulmonary hypertension. Nothing seems to...
