The Strength of Community For Communal Health (Part 2)Editor's note: This is part 2 of a series. Be sure to check out part 1! For her job, my mom kept many records to analyze the public health status...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Living With Heart Disease Can Be Hard to Open Up AboutI have felt discouraged in talking about my heart condition and sometimes even writing about my journey. Now and then, I have felt unmotivated, but recently, the lack of motivation...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
The Strength of Community for a Communal Health (Part 1)Editor's note: This is part 1 of a series. Be sure to check out part 2! We face many problems globally, as communities, families, and as individuals. But I find...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Boundaries and ParentingThis is a lesson I have learned along the way, and I hope to pass it on to others. I am lucky to have people like my parents, uncles, aunties...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Chronic Illness, Relationships, and FriendshipsChronic illnesses can affect relationships and friendships significantly. As a result, many patients with one form of chronic disease or another encounter social problems regularly. The demands imposed on friends...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Mindfulness (Part 2)Editor's note: this is part 2 of a 2-part series. Be sure to read part 1! As a young kid, I was fast and furious with everything. Somehow, I was...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Mindfulness (Part 1)Editor's note: This is part 1 of a 2-part series. Be sure to also read part 2! Today, I want to talk about mindfulness. I previously wrote a few pieces...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Panic, Revisited (Part 2)Editor's note: This is part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 is titled 'Panic, Revisited (Part 1)'. About a week after I first visited Sutter Sacramento hospital in mid-2016...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Panic, Revisited (Part 1)My good health in 2013 stretched into 2014, by the end of which I had gotten engaged to Desirée, become a father, and completed my master’s degree. Feeling strong in...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Heart of a Giant Support System, Part 3: My Medical Care TeamMy medical care team, of course, is the best in the world! At the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart & Vascular Center, my cardiologist, Dr. Garrick Stewart always tells me...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Heart of a Giant Support System, Part 2: In Sickness and in HealthEditor's note: Part 1 of this series, Even a Giant Needs Shoulders to Stand On, can be found here. I am very lucky to have great friends and, more importantly...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Heart of a Giant Support System, Part 1: Even a Giant Needs Shoulders to Stand OnLife is by itself hard enough. Living with heart failure, I must fight for every day, I must work harder for everything - to live, to be fit and get...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
