5 Things About COVID Anxiety That Patients Wish Friends, Family, and Colleagues Understood
COVID-19 cases in the US have plummeted since the vaccine rollout in January. The millions of vaccines still being given each day are working tremendously — preventing infection at remarkable rates, as well as minimizing severe illness and death in those who do experience breakthrough infections. Added to this is the warmer weather calling us […]
Pregnant, Sick, and Quarantined
No matter who you are or where in the world you live, this year has been one of a kind. I feel incredibly fortunate that not all of the changes I’ve experienced have been negative — I spent much of this year pregnant and feeling remarkably well (for me)! If all goes well, I will […]
5 Reasons We’re Set Up for Success in the Final Months of COVID
We’re in the home stretch. COVID-19 infection rates in the US are still hovering just under 60,000 each day, about the same as the spike last summer. Yet the end feels near — case numbers have plummeted since January, as have hospitalizations and deaths. The long-awaited vaccines are working tremendously, and warmer weather means we […]
5 Tips for Staying Safe With Chronic Illness as the World Opens Up
Spring is here, vaccines are flowing, and states are loosening restrictions. For those of us with chronic illnesses or compromised immune systems, these changes come with extra concerns. What is deemed safe by some may not be safe for all. As the world begins to venture out again, we all need to take stock of […]
Making the Invisible Visible
The best part of working at a small patient-owned business is getting to create the products that we wish we’d had ourselves! When COVID-19 first hit, I found myself wishing I had a way to tell everyone around me, even strangers on the street, the truth that they could not see: that I am more […]