How I Went From a $60,000 Career to Needing Emergency Food Stamps

My career is in public health, where I spend my time advocating for people in order for a reduction in health disparities.  The clients we serve are typically low income, with insurance difficulties, health problems or risks, and competing needs in obtaining the necessary resources to survive.  I have worked to get people access to…

New Year, Big Changes

As the doctor handed me a two page paper to sign, the only words that stuck out to me in big bold letters were “Chemotherapy Consent“… Let me back up and start from the beginning.  I have been regularly going to the rheumatologist and about nine other specialists for my various symptoms and complications stemming…