Jul 16, 2023Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST): No Longer a "Benign" DiagnosisFor those not familiar with me, a little back story. I began experiencing IST in 2013 in the 20th week of my last pregnancy at the age...
Apr 15, 2023Life with Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)Ten years ago next month began the most difficult decade of my life by far. What started as a benign, unnamed arrhythmia, wreaked so...
Jan 16, 2022A Girl and Her WorthTo state the obvious, I am a girl. A grown-up girl, but still a girl nonetheless. Volumes have been written on a girl’s worth and...
Oct 1, 2021BenignI was alone, driving north on the Chicago I-294 tollway, after a quick trip to Cincinnati ended in the failure to secure a cardiothoracic...
May 24, 2020CorduroyAt some point, your subconscious picks up on it, and believes it. As a patient, I felt Corduroy’s unacknowledged existence intensely.
Dec 15, 2017BiggerDec, 2017: After nearly five years of a heart arrhythmia that came on suddenly during my last pregnancy, and years of attempting to treat...