Illness

13 Ways of Looking at a Sweaty Life

My Half-Century of Struggle with Hyperhidrosis

Proof of Living

I’m sitting in this café listening to classical music, watching the necks of two tall industrial cranes rise above the shopping…

My Best You

So, she says, I have a list of things I need you to do, alright?

I Was Diagnosed With Congestive Heart Failure At 32

I Needed Brain Surgery At 18

When I got to my big-ten college in 2010, I figured it was the beginning of the rest of my life. After four…

What No One Told Me About Chronic Pain

In my mid-20s, I consulted an orthopedist when my wrists started to feel warm after typing…

My Period Almost Killed Me

But Instead Just Gave Me A Really Embarrassing Medical Story

How Being Diagnosed With Three Major Illnesses At 26 Cured My Hypochondria

In Which We Try to Maintain Better Posture

My grandfather is bad and I guess I did not know how bad that meant. Not bad like…

I Had a Brain Tumor

At 24, I thought I was invincible — I was wrong.