I guess a more accurate title would have been, “my self quarantine ended weeks ago, but now it feels like I am moving into a new phase.” A close friend of mine had the coronavirus back in March/April. Fortunately he came through relatively easy. He asked me last night, “so what do you think about...
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The dumbest thing going is that mask wearing has devolved into a binary political issue. I have lived through years of severe respiratory illness, and if that counts for anything, then let me get on my soapbox and say that breathing through an N95 mask was (and still is) not an inconvenience whatsoever. I will...
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I have taken this time of self-isolation to work on a lot of things in my life – whether it’s learning a new skill like coding or taking time to reflect on the past. I find myself doing much of the latter on my daily walks. Let me back up, for a moment. Long hikes...
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Last week I put on what little PPE I had and walked into a Quest Lab about 30 minutes from my home to get a SARS-CoV-2 serology test. The lab in Claremont, New Hampshire was little more than a small standalone building awkwardly situated in a strip mall parking lot. My test was negative. Not...
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Articulating risk tolerance is hard. It is especially hard during the coronavirus pandemic because we all have competing levels of risk tolerance. It requires a certain degree of vulnerability and deep personal understanding. Our priorities are different across the board. How do we value personal security vs. the security of a loved one… or a...
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In the spirit of cystic fibrosis awareness month, one of the most important things we can do as patient and family advocates is communicate effectively about the disease condition that affects our lives. From the outset, many of us lack formal medical education (me included!) and without that, it can be challenging to talk about...
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We all know someone… someone in our lives who is living in blatant disregard for social distancing. For no good reason, too! They are not an essential worker, nor are they contributing to constructive economic activity. Watching it from a far elicits… a complex emotion. You know who I am talking about. We see them...
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