This is for those who are suffering in acute or chronic pain and need a story of hope. My story is about spinal disc bulges with nerve compression as confirmed on two MRI’s. — I was a 22 year old fresh out of the nursing school grind, in a ready stance at the start line of my career when I found myself in the Emergency Department with a Neurosurgery Consult. I was otherwise healthy. I was deemed a surgical candidate for a vertebrectomy and…

Do you remember being your new little self? New to earth, new to the systems that form society, new to the rules and new to the game? …

When you bump into an old friend, have dinner with your extended family, or are introduced to someone, how would you answer the question; “What’s new with you?” — — if you are a 30 year old new divorcee with no house, no dog, no kids, and due to COVID…

The drive to work is dark and early and quiet. I walk up a hill to reach the hospital, climb three flights of stairs, and enter my unit. Who will I meet today? You? I walk forward into my work day, into the sounds of machines and alarms, I assume…

I work as a nurse, and I meet a lot of elderly people. I help them find their teeth in the bed sheets, and I change the batteries in their hearing aids, I help them comb what’s left of their hair, I help them put on three sweaters to keep…