Columns

To me, modern life equals stress. Like everyone else, I’m not immune to the effects of stress on my life. However, as a single mother…

Vacation is all most of us ever want after slogging through spring’s yearning and the early promise of a great summer. We fly to foreign…

During my time writing columns for Liver Disease News, I’ve often shared about themes like worry, stress, and anxiety. These are common feelings when you’re…

When I sat down to write this column, I hit a bit of an initial roadblock. I’ve been writing columns here for over a year…

As I sat down to write this week’s column, my imagination flipped on its silly switch. I couldn’t help but picture a sick cartoon liver…

When I started getting sicker from metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), doctors prescribed several medications to manage my symptoms and, hopefully, prevent further damage.

My son Finley is a ball of energy. At times, he’s hard to contain. He’s opinionated and, like all 4-year-olds, has extremely selective hearing. And…

Last week marked one of the two times each year when I see most of my doctors to check on my ailing liver. I call…

I’m not a morning person. Truthfully, nobody in my household is. Still, our weekday morning routine frequently features at least one sleepy and grumpy individual.

It’s been over a year since I started writing this column about my family’s experience with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), and it’s been…