Continuing Care During a Pandemic
The struggles brought on by the pandemic in healthcare and the challenges in continuing and re-establishing care.
Author: venaalex
21 year old, recently disabled by chronic migraine. I studied architecture and interior design, before choosing to take time off to focus on understanding my migraines and finding a treatment option that is right for me.
Behind The Scenes: Step Therapy for Interstitial Cystitis
A continuation of the Behind the Scenes series digging into my mom’s experience with medical neglect and insurance induced step therapy in the treatment of interstitial cystitis.
Medication Trial and Error – Behind the Scenes: When Side Effects Force You To Restart Care
An introduction to my new blog series diving into what our quality of life really looks like during the often lengthy trial and error process for finding the right medication.
Disabled In Design, Building the Kitchen of My Dreams
When you’re asked what it is that matters in this life, what’s something that you value that losing it would completely change who you are and how you view your life? For me, that answer has always been: Independence. There isn’t much I value more than my own space and my solitude. It’s been two […]
Rejecting What Recovery Should Be
Rest is rebellious and restorative and embracing a life that prioritizes rest has forced me to reject the ideas of what recovery should lead to.
My Life. My Migraine. 