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...reactionscomments
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...reactions6comments
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions3comments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions3comments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions2comments
