Christmas has come early, loves! This blog site has been my home for so long. Since I started TSW, Topical Steroid Withdrawal, in 2015, I’ve leant hard on this platform. From sharing my skin to my thoughts, it has been a blessing of a community. But now, we move on to bigger and better things!… Continue reading New Documentary + New Website
Hey loves, So, for awhile, I have been writing for an internet magazine, AD.net (atopic dermatitis.net). They are shorter, less thought-provoking articles, but none the less, writings from me on all things skin related. I will attach links here to some articles that may interest you. I also will be starting a new video series,… Continue reading Updates
Once again, it’s been an age since I’ve written. I’ve had so much to say, yet no energy to say it. Words are just floating around, clogging up my emotional airways and if I don’t spill out, I will suffocate. I watched “Spiderman, No Way Home” last night. If you are a follower, you are… Continue reading TSW: No Way Home
Hey loves, I haven’t been posting much about my current state at the moment because I have been trying to keep a positive outlook, especially since I am healing still from two different surgeries. This time last year, I was feeling pretty good. My arms and hands were always still a fluctuating area of concern,… Continue reading 6 Years TSW / 76 Months
The age old question of, “how are you?”, has been popping up steadily on my phone. After having surgery, one is prepared to answer this question over and over. Usually, the age old answer is “fine”. No gory details. It allows us to skirt on to other things. But, you know what… I’m not okay.… Continue reading And That’s Okay
Welcome back! *Anything underlined is specific information about the surgery or recovery process. This surgery, called a periacetabular osteotomy, comes exactly 2 weeks after my arthroscopy surgery for my labrum repair. Day 14: Second surgery day #2 It was another 9am arrival. I first signed off on my mom and dad being able to make… Continue reading Week 3: PAO Surgery
Palimpsests noun a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain. I recieve a weekly journal prompt that I have not been able to do since February. I have been increasingly overwhelmed with all the different spokes of… Continue reading Not so Clean Slate
Let’s cut to it — I’ve been struggling for a bit now. It’s been about 3.5 weeks of dealing with this harsh, and seemingly unwarranted, flare. First it was my face and neck, the usual places that give me trouble, and then my hands and arms got worse, the redness and dryness surging on pieces… Continue reading Requiem for a Quarantine
“This is the most impossible condition to explain to people because you see what’s going on on the surface, but you don’t see what’s going on underneath the surface.” – Janelle Norman, Preventable I am in awe that one year has passed since the launching of my documentary — of our documentary. So many voices… Continue reading Preventable Anniversary
Today marks my 5 year anniversary of starting Topical Steroid Withdrawal. To think I’ve carried this around for half a decade is mind boggling, but as a friend once told me, “perhaps you were born for such a time as this (Esther 4:14).” I’ve always wanted to believe that. And if I am meant to… Continue reading Inevitably
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