6 Tips for Soaking up the Sun: Summer with a PICC Line
As someone hailing from the Ocean State, I was devastated when I realized that summer with a PICC line meant that I wouldn’t be able to splash in the waves at Narragansett Beach, where I grew up. Growing up, most of my friends were at summer camp, so my dad would drop me off with […]
Top Favorite Finds From Oley 2017 Conference
At this year’s Oley Conference, the Mighty Well team had the opportunity to connect with potential partners, who share a socially conscious mission to not only improve the patient’s lifestyle, but also to aid caregivers in giving the most supportive care possible– similar to our mission of showing appreciation for caregivers, and “friends in the fight!” YOU’RE […]
Lyme Lyfe as a College Student
College is supposed to be this period of transition from school to the working life – a step closer to self-reliance. There are so many expectations, hopes, and fears attached to this experience. However, when Lyme comes barging into your life at this particular point, it is very easy for all of these hopes and […]
Patient Tips: Showering with a PICC Line
When you have a PICC line, life is already hard. You have to remember to organize and prep your medication, set up your nursing visits, and to take the time to do your infusions. As if this wasn’t enough, one of the biggest challenges is showering. Here are our 4 most commonly asked questions for […]
Traveling With a PICC Line: Our Top Tips
Traveling is exhausting for everyone, let alone while managing a PICC line and IV medication. Thanks to the Air Carrier Access Act, all flights to and from the USA are required to provide certain free accommodations to people with disabilities and medical conditions. Here are six tips for traveling with a PICC line to help […]
Perfect Presents – PICC Style
We have compiled our favorite products for PICC line patients to look and feel their best while going through treatment and while using a PICC line; but of course, these gifts will help any one feel ‘PICC’d Up’!
Creating Meaning and Purpose While Living With Chronic Illness
Being a Boss Lady is hard: Managing your business, other people, and a growing startup presence. Then add on top of that, managing your 3 IV infusions through your PICC line a day, oral medication, doctors appointments, a home care nurse, weekly blood works, and a slew of symptoms that seem to pop up at […]
A Multicultural Love Story With a Taste of Lyme
Here’s a story that will throw you through a cultural loop. My mother was born Irish Catholic and my father is an Ashkenazi Jew. I grew up in Rhode Island, USA, knowing that I was in some way Jewish, but I never celebrated that fact until I was given the gift of Birthright when I […]
Why I Cancel Plans Because of My Chronic Illness
They say that tomorrow is another day, but with chronic illness, you are never going to know how you feel day to day. That is why we sometimes have to cancel, reschedule, or just put our hand up and say ‘not today’.
A Thank You Note To My Nurses – Mighty-Well
DEAR EVERY NURSE WHO HAS EVER TAKEN CARE OF ME, Some of my doctors don’t even know my name, but many of you willingly send me messages to check in on me. What a difference?! My friends call me a “Professional Patient” because my pharmacist knows me by name, I am always going to my […]
“Adulting” with Lyme Disease
This summer I was supposed to start “adulting.”
5 Reasons to Be Grateful For Your Chronic Illness
Chronic illness is definitely tough most days… However, it can also make you very grateful for what you do have. Since we have to live with it either way, we might as well make the best of it! Personally, having Lyme Disease and living with a PICC line has given me these 5 reasons to be grateful for […]