Money. We all need it. But what happens when your health means you can’t earn it? Or your diagnosis means you need way more of it. Or what about what to do with it once your time is up?
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Next came the results from the biopsy. A Giant Cell Tumour, thankfully benign, but the flip side to it all was that this type of tumour is quite rare and due to the location, it would be incredibly dangerous to remove.
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When I was about 20 I went to hospital was a horrific UTI (get them dealt with ASAP, ladies) and the ultrasound tech nonchalantly told me my right kidney was lodged between some blood vessels in my pelvis.
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In post-op ICU, complete with 16 tubes, I remember feeling like some sort of character from Alien mixed with the State Puff Marshmallow man.
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“Daddy, why’s your arm shaking?” My outstretched arm was trying to hand my eight-year-old son a glass of water. It was shaking uncontrollably.
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From there the stabbing begins, as though the knife I used to cut through last nights chicken has lodged itself within my tissue.
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Here are six steps that will help you cross things off your bucket list:
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We sat down for an intimate chat w/ special guest Dr. Mark Tyndall - Director, BC Centre for Disease Control! We'll talk about his career in Epidemiology and his mission to prove that harm reduction is the first step out of North America's opioid epidemic.
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Today I get poked and prodded at least once every two weeks, sit through a several hour infusion, have breathing tests, muscle tests, dietary restrictions, a genetics team… and this list could go on for a while.
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I was born with Arthrogryposis, which is a lack of muscle in various joints of the body. My motto in life is I can do anything! It just might take me a little longer! Oh and I am unstoppable.
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We decided to follow up a hard week of loss with some light hearted and silly fun! This week we’ve got a very special host episode AND sit down with our long time friend of the podcast/sound guy, DONOVAN THE MIRCAT MORGAN. Although from this day forth he will now be known as Donovan "C-PAP" Morgan on account of his Sleep Apnea machine.
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To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it! - Charlie Chaplin
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After her main parachute malfunctioned, she pulled her reserve parachute. The two tangled and collapsed. She fell 3,200 feet (1km or the hieght of 2 CN Towers). She hit the ground at 90 KM an hour.. part of her body went 3 1/2 inches into the ground.
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After a few months in an induced coma, 106 blood transfusions, hundreds of hours of orthopaedic and reconstructive surgery, a bowel reconstruction, colostomy and eventually a reverse colostomy I was started the rehabilitation process.
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We have come a long way in reducing the public’s perception of mental illness and stigma, and while there are miles to go, we don’t seem to extend that same compassion to our peers in medicine.
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Imagine being compelled to do or say the worst possible thing at the worst possible time. This could include shouting the “N word" in your class at school, farting on a date, or yelling “Bomb!” in an airport.
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Based on my experience of living with Narcolepsy, I offer you a few nuggets of wisdom to help guide you in supporting the people in your life, or the people you will encounter, who are living with illness. Consider this a crash course in support ‘networking’…
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I’ve had a diagnosis of major depressive disorder for longer than I haven’t. It started when I was about ten years old. Between the ages of twelve to seventeen, it was severe. I became addicted to suicide. I saw death as the solution to what I felt like was a constant catastrophe inside me.
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The saying goes “If you fall down, you get back up” but sometimes you have no choice but to lay there bleeding to death on the ice wondering if you just killed yourself with your figure skate.
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