How disease shaped my life for the better
I drifted through childhood tight-chested, detached, and anxious, unable to breathe fully. Sinus infections once a month, face always full of mucus, and clenching my stomach constantly to keep it from aching and spasming and screaming in the middle of tests. My limbs were twigs but I had B-cup man boobs and a pot belly.…
NATURAL CURES FOR SLEEP APNEA
I was diagonsed with sleep apnea as an underweight twenty one year old. I didn’t think I “fit the profile”, but the doctor assured me that many young people with no risk factors were diagnosed with sleep apnea these days. Both my nurses fell into this category. They said they looked healthy but had awful…
My Insomnia Journey: A review of every cure I’ve tried
What kind of twelve year old gets insomnia? My only stresses in life were geometry, my modern warfare K/D ratio, and coloring in maps of the world. Yet I still tossed and turned all night in my Spongebob quilt. I told my doctor about it. He didn’t take me seriously. “Stop playing video games so…