Blogs by years

The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

“You wake up in the middle of the night with both hands lying across your chest like a couple of plucked bird carcasses, dead of all sensation.” Lynn Coady Carpal tunnel syndrome. It affects so many women I know. My mother suffered from it years ago, and my cousin was recently diagnosed with it. It’s…

Oh my Thyroid!

“Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it.”  Siri Hustvedt Thyroid disease first impacted my life thirteen years ago. My diagnosis came out of the blue after suffering weird symptoms that weren’t the “typical” ones.  I suddenly had trouble drawing…